Cost Control Engineer

Job Description

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering is preferred.
• A degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or a related discipline
• Professional qualifications such as MRICS, CCP, PMP or equivalent would be an advantage.

• Minimum 5–8 years of relevant experience in construction cost control, preferably within the UAE.
• Strong experience in building construction, civil infrastructure or major contracting projects.
• Previous experience as a Civil Cost Control Engineer, Project Controls Engineer, Cost Engineer or similar position. strong understanding of civil construction methods, BOQs, quantity measurement
• Experience with subcontractor cost control, procurement, variations and project forecasting.
• UAE construction experience is strongly preferred. Current UAE market postings commonly specify around 5–8 years for comparable cost-control positions.

RESPONSIBILITES

• Develop and maintain project cost budgets for civil construction works.
• Review contract BOQs, drawings, specifications and project budgets
• Develop and maintain the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) and cost codes.
• Allocate approved budgets across work packages, activities, materials, labour, plant, subcontractors

• Monitor committed costs, actual costs and forecast costs.
• Identify cost overruns, potential budget risks and adverse cost trends at an early stage.
• Analyse cost performance and recommend appropriate corrective actions.

• Identify potential cost exposure and provide early warnings to Project and Commercial Management.
• Review forecast assumptions with Planning, Commercial and Construction teams.
• Ensure forecasts accurately reflect current project performance and anticipated final costs.

• Analyse variances relating to labour productivity and material consumption
• Highlight negative cost trends and recommend mitigation measures.

• Monitor productivity and resource consumption against planned quantities.
• Support the validation of subcontractor and supplier claims against actual site progress.
• Ensure quantities used for cost reporting are accurate and supported by appropriate documentation.

• Track purchase orders, commitments and invoices against approved budgets.
• Support procurement teams in evaluating the cost impact of supplier and subcontractor quotations.

• Track material price fluctuations and assess their impact on project forecasts.
• Support value engineering and cost optimisation initiatives.

• Coordinate with Finance to ensure project cost information is properly reconciled.
• Provide management with reliable and timely cost information for decision-making.

• Identify potential margin erosion and recommend corrective action.
• Reconcile cost information with Commercial and Finance records.
• Monitor Cost Variance (CV), Schedule Variance (SV), Cost Performance Index (CPI)

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