Talent Pool (Buildings Project) - Cost Engineer (High rise/Residential/Commercial)
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About the Role
Hill International seeks a detail-oriented Cost Engineer for high-rise, residential, and commercial building projects. The role involves cost estimation, budgeting, financial tracking, and variance analysis.
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Responsibilities
- Oversee budgeting, cost control, estimating, and reporting processes
- Implement and manage cost management software tools
- Assess variations in project costs against approved budgets
- Evaluate accuracy of cost estimates submitted by design consultants and contractors
- Prepare and update cost forecasts to reflect project changes
- Verify that cost estimates and expenditures align with contractual agreements and specifications
- Review Bill of Quantities (BOQ) prepared by design consultants and contractors
- Validate project control budgets and update them as needed
- Review final cost reports, assets registers, and project close out documents
- Ensure compliance with contractual requirements for project closeout
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university
- Minimum 10 15 years of experience in cost control including similar role for large scale projects
- Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing cost engineering functions
- Statistical knowledge in sampling distributions, probability, and hypothesis testing
- Skilled in verbal and written communication
- Advanced knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes
- Experience working internationally (preference GCC experience)
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Job Description
- Detail oriented Cost Engineer with experience supporting high rise, residential, and commercial building projects across Middle East markets, specializing in cost estimation, budgeting, and financial tracking.
- Skilled in preparing cost reports, monitoring project expenditures, and analyzing variances to ensure alignment with approved budgets and project objectives.
- Strong collaborator with project teams, contributing to cost control strategies, value engineering initiatives, and timely, cost effective project delivery.
Responsibilities
- Oversees budgeting, cost control, estimating, and reporting processes.
- Implements and manages cost management software tools. Assesses variations in project costs against approved budgets.
- Evaluates the accuracy of cost estimates submitted by design consultants and contractors.
- Prepares and updates cost forecasts to reflect project changes.
- Verifies that cost estimates and expenditures align with contractual agreements and specifications.
- Reviews Bill of Quantities (BOQ) prepared by design consultants and contractors.
- Validates project control budgets and updates them as needed.
- Reviews final cost reports, assets registers, and project close out documents.
- Ensures compliance with contractual requirements for project closeout.
- Understands and adheres to Hill International's QHSE policies, manuals, and procedures.
- Implements QHSE practices within their area of responsibility.
- Collaborates with project teams to address cost related issues.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s in engineering from an accredited university.
- Minimum 10 15 years’ experience in cost control including having been a similar role for large scale projects.
- Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, financial reporting systems, and cost analysis, in the field and the home office.
- Statistical knowledge in the areas of sampling distributions, probability, and hypothesis testing.
- Knowledge personnel administration, and training of technical and non technical personnel.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, direct, perform, review, and present cost engineering and cost estimating products.
- Skilled in verbal and written communication.
- Advanced level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes.
- Knowledge of engineering and construction management usually acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.
- Experience of working internationally (preference GCC experience).
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