Cost Control Engineer

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain project budgets, cost plans, cost reports, and monthly cost forecasts.
• Track actual costs, commitments, purchase orders, subcontractor and material costs, and site expenditure against approved budgets.
• Identify cost variances, potential overruns, and financial risks; recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain project cost codes and accurately allocate labour, material, subcontractor, equipment, and overhead costs.
• Prepare Estimate at Completion, cost-to-complete, cash-flow forecasts, and expenditure analysis.
• Review subcontractor and supplier invoices, claims, variations, and change orders for commercial and contractual compliance.
• Coordinate cost information with project managers, quantity surveyors, procurement, finance, and site teams.
• Support budgeting, value engineering, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Maintain cost-control records, reports, and supporting documents in line with company procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant construction-industry experience in cost control, project cost management, estimation, forecasting, or commercial reporting.
• Strong understanding of construction project cost structures, budgets, commitments, variations, claims, and subcontractor cost control.
• Advanced MS Excel proficiency and experience with cost-tracking tools or ERP systems; Xpedeon familiarity is a significant advantage.
• Strong analytical, numerical, reporting, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work with site and head-office teams and coordinate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of UAE construction practices, procurement processes, and contractual procedures is advantageous.
• Main-contractor or large-scale UAE construction experience is preferred; residential and commercial building experience is an added advantage.
• Hands-on management reporting, budget variance analysis, and cost-to-complete forecasting experience is preferred.

Benefits

• Health insurance.
• Performance bonus.
• Annual air ticket allowance.
• In-house learning platform.