Senior​/Lead Cost Manager; Pre

Turner and Townsend

Employer Turner and Townsend Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Contract Not stated Level Senior Salary Salary not published Closes Not stated

This Abu Dhabi vacancy at Turner and Townsend is pitched at senior or lead grade, and it is an infrastructure post: the advert says in terms that infrastructure experience is mandatory. The work is on the employer's side of the table before a contract is let.

The cost manager takes charge of the pre-contract stage of each commission, works up value engineering options and other ways of bringing cost down, and owns the risk register and the contingency allowance. Budget reports go to the client at regular intervals and show where a scheme is drifting from its approved figure.

Preliminaries, overheads and materials are tested line by line, and the post holder keeps the work in step with industry standards, the client's requirements and the regulators. Junior cost managers on the team look to this role for training.

Turner and Townsend wants between 10 and 15 years in cost management, most of it pre-contract, and a degree in quantity surveying, construction management, civil engineering or a cognate subject. MRICS or AIQS membership, or an equivalent, is highly preferred.

On the technical side the firm lists cost planning, estimating and tender documents, measurement under NRM, POMI or CESMM, and CostX or a comparable measurement package. Candidates should also know local cost benchmarks, be able to carry several projects without supervision and be comfortable presenting cost strategy to clients and senior stakeholders.