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Talent Pool - Cost Manager (Buildings - Villas/Mixed-Use Development/Theme Parks) - Middle East Projects

Hill International, Inc., UAE2 weeks agoMid-Senior
Mid-Seniorfulltime

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Job Description

Talent Pool – Cost Manager supporting delivery of buildings, villas, mixed-use developments, and theme park projects across the Middle East, ensuring effective cost planning and financial control aligned with contractual requirements.

Manages cost estimation, budgeting, and cost tracking throughout the project lifecycle, while monitoring variations, claims, and change control in coordination with project teams and contractors.

Provides cost reporting, forecasting, and value engineering support to ensure projects are delivered within approved budgets and financial objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Oversees budgeting, cost control, estimating, and reporting processes.
  • Implements and manages cost management software tools. Assesses variations in project costs against approved budgets.
  • Evaluates the accuracy of cost estimates submitted by design consultants and contractors.
  • Prepares and updates cost forecasts to reflect project changes.
  • Verifies that cost estimates and expenditures align with contractual agreements and specifications.
  • Reviews Bill of Quantities (BOQ) prepared by design consultants and contractors.
  • Validates project control budgets and updates them as needed.
  • Reviews final cost reports, assets registers, and project close-out documents.
  • Ensures compliance with contractual requirements for project closeout.
  • Understands and adheres to Hill International's QHSE policies, manuals, and procedures.
  • Implements QHSE practices within their area of responsibility.
  • Collaborates with project teams to address cost-related issues.
  • Provides expert advice on cost management strategies.
  • Contributes to continuous improvement of cost management practices.
  • Informs themselves of the relevant Quality, Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Policies, Manuals and Procedures within Hill International and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed by Hill.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s in engineering from an accredited university.
  • Minimum 15 years’ experience in cost control including having been a similar role for large-scale projects.
  • Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, financial reporting systems, and cost analysis, in the field and the home office.
  • Statistical knowledge in the areas of sampling distributions, probability, and hypothesis testing.
  • Knowledge personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel.
  • Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, direct, perform, review, and present cost engineering and cost estimating products. This includes planning and scheduling products independently with minimal supervision using a high level of professional judgment and knowledge related to technical planning and scheduling skills and engineering design and construction practices.
  • Skilled in verbal and written communication.
  • Advanced level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes.
  • Knowledge of engineering and construction management usually acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.
  • Experience of working internationally (preference GCC experience).

About Us

Hill International, with more than 4,300+ professionals in over 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, advisory, facilities management, and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors.

Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as one of the largest program management firms in the world.

For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com .

Hill is exclusively a program, project, and construction management provider, meaning we have one focus as a company: protecting client interests.

Free of any potential conflicts, our entire business is geared towards helping clients achieve their desired outcomes.

We are dedicated to exceeding expectations throughout the entire construction project lifecycle and adapt to the needs of each assignment to develop tailored approaches and solutions to meet those needs.

Hill is a GISI Consulting Group company, part of the Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (GISI) family of companies.

Learn more about GISI Consulting Group at www.gisiconsulting.com .

Hill International is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled

Note

*This job description is intended to provide an indication of the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities and other essential functions to be carried out as part of fulfilling the role mentioned in the job title.

Various other duties as required.*

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