Senior Manager: Cost Planning - Transport Hubs
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About the Role
Parsons Corporation seeks a Senior Manager to lead cost planning for complex multi-modal transport hubs in Riyadh. The role involves developing cost plans, managing budgets, value engineering, and providing strategic cost advice for major infrastructure programs.
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Responsibilities
- Set cost planning strategy, standards, and methodologies for transport hub projects and programs
- Provide early strategic cost advice to clients and internal stakeholders to inform investment decisions and business cases
- Lead development of benchmark cost databases and key performance indicators for transport hubs
- Own preparation, review, and sign off of cost plans through all design stages
- Develop high level order of magnitude estimates, elemental cost plans, and detailed bills of quantities based estimates
- Drive cost conscious design development working closely with architecture, engineering, planning, and operations teams
- Manage design to budget processes; identify and challenge cost drivers and scope creep
- Facilitate value engineering and value management workshops
- Lead cost risk analyses including quantitative risk assessments and Monte Carlo simulations
- Define contingency strategies and allowances linked to risk registers
- Promote and oversee whole life cost and total cost of ownership assessments
- Maintain up to date insight on construction market conditions, supply chain capacity, inflation, and key cost drivers
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline
- Minimum 15 years' experience in cost planning / cost management within major infrastructure projects
- Significant experience on transport hubs and related assets such as major railway/metro stations, airport terminals, or large scale bus terminals
- Proven track record in leading cost planning function for complex, multi disciplinary projects from concept to delivery
- Strong understanding of construction techniques, MEP systems, rail systems, and station architecture
- Advanced proficiency in cost planning software and MS Excel; experience with BIM integrated cost tools (5D)
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Job Description
- Lead the cost planning function for complex, multi modal transport hubs (e.g. rail stations, metro interchanges, bus terminals, park and ride).
- Accountable for developing and managing robust cost plans from early concept through to delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Set cost planning strategy, standards, and methodologies for transport hub projects.
- Provide early strategic cost advice to clients and internal stakeholders.
- Lead development of benchmark cost databases and KPIs.
- Own preparation, review, and sign off of cost plans through all design stages.
- Develop high level estimates, elemental cost plans, and detailed bills of quantities.
- Drive cost conscious design development.
- Manage design to budget processes and identify cost drivers.
- Facilitate value engineering and value management workshops.
- Lead cost risk analyses including quantitative risk assessments.
- Define contingency strategies and allowances.
- Promote whole life cost and total cost of ownership assessments.
- Maintain market intelligence on construction market conditions.
Essential Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
- Minimum 15 years' experience in cost planning / cost management within major infrastructure projects.
- Significant experience on transport hubs and related assets.
- Proven track record in leading cost planning function for complex, multi disciplinary projects.
- Strong understanding of construction techniques, MEP systems, rail systems, and station architecture.
- Advanced proficiency in cost planning software and MS Excel; experience with BIM integrated cost tools (5D).
Desirable
- Master's degree in a relevant discipline.
- Professional membership or chartered status with RICS, AIQS, AACE, or equivalent.
- Experience working with public sector clients, PPP/concession models, or large program environments.
- Regional experience in GCC/Middle East and familiarity with local market dynamics.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong commercial acumen and understanding of project finance and business cases.
- Excellent analytical skills; ability to synthesize complex technical information.
- Advanced leadership and people management capabilities.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- High level of integrity and professionalism.
- Ability to work under pressure on multiple concurrent projects.
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