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| Company: |
LBH Consultants |
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| Job Title: |
Senior Cost Manager |
| Employment Category: |
Quantity Surveying |
| Job Location: |
UAE United Arab Emirates |
| Job Description: |
Main Purpose Of Role
To provide specialist MEP cost knowledge and cost management across a number of projects in the UAE. This knowledge includes capital cost of installations and appreciation of the life cycle costs and sustainability issues related to MEP installations.
To perform the role of Senior Cost Manager, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions, including services infrastructure provision. Typically, these projects are mixed-use containing facilities in the Residential, Hotels, Leisure and Commercial Sectors.
Enhancing our cost knowledge database in relation to MEP Installations.
SCOPE
Senior Cost Managers handle commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project, etc. Typically, projects fall within the US$ 40 to $100m range.
Key Accountabilities
Commission Management, to include:
Conducting MEP feasibility studies
Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project and where appropriate involving Turner & Townsend’s specialist Value Management team
Managing MEP estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan
Ensuring that MEP post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively
Value engineering and life cycle costing
Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities
Marketing and business development, to include:
Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new clients. Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities with particular emphasis on sustainability issues.
Working with Associate Directors and Directors to construct bids for new work
Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products and hence improve the service provided to clients
Understanding, identifying and acting upon cross-divisional opportunities within Turner & Townsend.
Internal management accountabilities, to include:
Staff management (where appropriate) – Inputting into the formal management of an Cost Manager or small cost management team, to include 1st round recruitment interviews, input into resource management and attendance at staff appraisals
Knowledge management – Developing a MEP cost database. Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission related in MEP services is inputted into the Turner & Townsend internal database
Financial management – Utilising FMS in order to keep track of the ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission
Process improvement – Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes
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Skills Required:: |
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Language Requirements: |
English-Very Good
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| Employment Type: |
Full Time
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| Yearly Salary: |
Unspecified
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| Posting Date: |
Jun 20 2008 |
| Education level required: |
Bachelor
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| Experience in years: |
7 to 10 Years |
| Company: |
LBH Consultants |
| Contact Name: |
LBH Consultants |
| Preferred Method of Contact: |
No Preference |
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