Cost Control Engineer-Arab Speaking

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Develop detailed project budgets, cost-control plans, cost codes, and cost breakdown structures.
• Monitor actual expenditure against approved budgets and commitments.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, forecasts, cash-flow statements, and variance analyses.
• Calculate and regularly update the Estimate at Completion.
• Identify cost overruns, financial risks, and cost-saving opportunities.
• Monitor labour, materials, machinery, subcontractor, and overhead costs.
• Review purchase orders, subcontract agreements, invoices, and payment certificates.
• Verify that project expenses are allocated to the correct cost codes.
• Evaluate the financial impact of variations, delays, design changes, and additional works.
• Coordinate with project managers, quantity surveyors, planning engineers, procurement, finance, and site teams.
• Compare project progress with cost performance and maintain committed, incurred, invoiced, and forecasted cost records.
• Prepare dashboards and cost-performance reports, recommend corrective actions, and support project close-out and final cost reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related field.
• 8–10 years of experience in construction cost control.
• UAE or GCC construction experience is strongly preferred.
• Building construction, villas, commercial buildings, or fit-out experience is preferred.
• Fluency in Arabic is mandatory, with a good command of English.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, variance analysis, construction costs, contracts, procurement, and subcontractor payments.
• Ability to read drawings, BOQs, project schedules, and contractual documents.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Cost-control or ERP software experience is preferred, including Oracle Primavera, SAP, Oracle ERP, Candy, or similar systems.
• Strong analytical, reporting, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.

Work Location

• In person.