Cost Manager
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About the Role
JLL is hiring a Cost Manager for their Abu Dhabi office. The role involves providing cost and commercial support, managing project budgets, and using CostX and Excel. Candidates need 5-7 years of experience, a degree in Quantity Surveying, and Middle East experience.
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Responsibilities
- Provide support to cost and commercial support in the delivery of post contract services
- Manage and update project budgets
- Take suitable commercial meeting minutes
- Use CostX, Excel and other Microsoft Office programmes to an advanced level
- Work post contract including contract administration, site walks, cash flow reports, monthly payment recommendations, weekly commercial dashboards, managing variations, and assisting in closing out projects and claims/variations
Requirements
- 5 7 years of relevant working experience
- Previous experience working in the Middle East
- Degree in related subject (BSc Quantity Surveying)
- MRICS would be advantageous but not essential
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Role Purpose
- We are currently looking for a Cost Manager to be based in the Abu Dhabi office.
- The successful candidates will be responsible for showing high levels of technical capability, sound commercial knowledge and a good understanding of the key drivers or cost and value; capturing and sharing knowledge and driving innovation in service.
What This Job Involves
- Provide support to cost and commercial support in the delivery of post contract services.
- Manage and update project budgets
- Take suitable commercial meeting minutes
- Use CostX, Excel and other Microsoft Office programmes to an advanced level
- Work post contract including; being strong in contract administration, comfortable on site walks with project teams, prepare cash flow reports, draft monthly payment recommendations and weekly commercial dashboards, managing variations and assist in closing out projects and claims / variations.
Desired Skills And Experience For This
- 5 7 years of relevant working experience
- Previous experience working in the Middle East
- Degree in related subject (BSc Quantity Surveying)
- MRICS would be advantageous but not essential.
- Experience pre and post contract in project / programme delivery teams.
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