Senior Cost Control Manager

We're hiring at Chestertons Saudi Arabia!

We are currently looking for experienced professionals to join our Building Consultancy & Project Management team in Riyadh:

Senior Cost Control Manager

If you have the relevant experience and are looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

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• Prepare realistic preliminary budgets, cost plans, benchmark studies, and financial feasibility
• evaluations during early project stages.
• Develop project budgets based on current market conditions, contractor pricing trends,
• procurement strategies, and construction methodologies.
• Review design developments and assess their financial impact on overall project budgets and
• delivery strategies.
• Develop and maintain project cost reports, cashflow forecasts, cost trackers, and commercial
• reporting systems across multiple projects.
• Monitor project expenditures, commitments, variations, claims, and forecast final project costs
• against approved budgets.
• Support tendering activities including BOQ reviews, commercial comparisons, tender analysis, and
• contractor evaluations.
• Challenge unrealistic consultant estimates and provide commercially grounded recommendations
• to management teams.
• Identify cost risks proactively and support value engineering initiatives without compromising
• project quality or operational objectives.
• Benchmark project costs against comparable hospitality, fit-out, and mixed-use developments
• within the Saudi market.
• Coordinate closely with Design Managers, Project Managers, planners, consultants, contractors,
• and procurement teams to maintain alignment between scope, cost, and programme.
• Prepare executive-level financial reports, dashboards, and cost summaries for management and
• Board presentations.
• Review contractor payment applications, variation submissions, and commercial proposals where
• required.
• Support the establishment of cost control procedures, governance systems, and reporting standards
• across all projects.
• Support project close-out activities including final account reviews, commercial reconciliation, and
• final cost reporting.

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Commercial
• Management, or related field.
• Degree / qualification in Quantity Surveying
• Approximately 10-18 years of experience in cost management, commercial management, project
• controls, or construction financial management roles.
• Proven experience in hospitality, fit-out, commercial, mixed-use, or high-end construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of Saudi construction market pricing, contractor costing structures, procurement
• methods, and commercial practices.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, cost forecasting, BOQs, tendering, procurement, variations, and
• commercial reporting.
• Good understanding of construction methodologies, fit-out systems, MEP coordination, and project
• delivery processes.
• Experience reviewing IFC packages, tender documentation, contracts, and project specifications.
• Strong analytical, reporting, and financial presentation skills.
• Experience working in fast-track project environments with multiple concurrent projects.
• GCC experience is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, reporting tools, and cost management systems.

• Commercially strong professional with deep understanding of real market pricing and construction
• delivery dynamics.
• Capable of providing realistic budget visibility and strategic financial recommendations to
• management teams.
• Strong coordination skills between technical, commercial, procurement, and operational stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented with strong reporting, forecasting, and analytical capabilities.
• Comfortable operating in client-side, PMC, or multi-project management environments.