Cost Manager - CST001 - Bahrain

Salary US$22000 CTC

Responsibilities

Provision of a commercial, contractual and financial management service to the Project, all in accordance with the PM-CM Scope of Services.

Duties

• Establish and operate the Cost Control, Contract Administration and Financial Control Procedures, both for the Project and internally
• Establish and regularly update (at least monthly) the cost plan for the project, including assessment of all changes, whether from project sources or externally (such as inflation; the effects of foreign exchange; etc)
• Establish and monitor the cost allowance for the identified separate packages, including separate allowances for such items as design fees, inflation, contingency and the like.
• Establish and monitor the cost plan for each package and monitor the design development of each being carried out by the Design Team, and adjust and update the cost plan accordingly
• Review estimates established by each Design Team's QS for the construction cost of each package based upon the designs and specifications prepared by the Design Team.
  
• Prepare Project Cost and Cash Flow Reports on a monthly basis
  
• Manage the project Change Control process, including holding regular reviews with the Design
• Managers to identify change as early as possible
  
• Maintain a register of all pre-construction Variation Orders, prepare reports and notify on the cost effects of such orders on the cost plan
  
• Advise the Program Manager and relevant Design Manager on contract matters and contractual implications of intended courses of action.
  
• Prepare all costs and cash flow reports, variation logs, data systems and periodic cost-status reports
  Interrogate claims and Variation Order proposals submitted by consultants and, where relevant, contractors and obtain sufficient substantiation to convince both the Program Manager, relevant Design
• Manager and Qatar Petroleum of the legitimacy of the claim or VO proposal.
  
• Manage and facilitate a Risk Management system on the Project for each package of work.
  
• Provide support to the CM team for the project as necessary.

Key skills

• Strong character and personality
  
• Extensive experience of hands-on cost planning, contract administration and financial control
  
• Persuasive in influencing matters towards a successful conclusion for the project
  
• Thorough knowledge of design and building construction process
  
• Ability to work effectively on own and under pressure to meet deadlines
  
• Ability to work within a team framework
  
• Good communication skills
  
• Ability to think laterally.

Education and essential requirements

• B.Sc in Quantity Surveying
  
• Preferred membership of RICS.
  
• Minimum 15 years experience, preferably with some time spent in the Middle East.
  

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