Cost Control Manager

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  • Market related
  • Middle East
  • Permanent

Cost Control Manager

Working Location: Doha, Qatar
Contract Type: Permanent

Role Summary

An experienced Cost Control Manager is required to lead project cost planning, monitoring, forecasting, and performance management for large-scale construction projects. The successful candidate will ensure robust financial control, timely management reporting, and effective commercial decision support.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and control project budgets, cost plans, forecasts, and cash-flow projections.
  • Establish cost-control procedures, cost breakdown structures, reporting systems, and KPIs.
  • Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) and analyze cost and schedule performance indicators, estimate-at-completion, and cost/schedule variances.
  • Monitor commitments, expenditures, subcontractor costs, variations, claims, and change orders.
  • Identify overruns, financial risks, and recovery opportunities, and recommend corrective action.
  • Support tendering, commercial evaluations, pricing reviews, and business-development activities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
  • Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in cost control, cost estimation, and project financial management.
  • Strong practical experience in Earned Value Management (EVM), including cost and schedule performance analysis.
  • Demonstrated involvement in business development, tendering, and/or commercial proposal preparation.
  • Proven delivery experience on large-scale construction projects within the GCC; KSA experience is strongly preferred.
  • Strong capability in budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, cost-to-complete analysis, variance reporting, and risk management.
  • Proficiency in relevant cost-control, ERP, and project-management systems.
  • Arabic speaker preferred; non-Egyptian candidates preferred.
  • Candidates currently based in KSA, or able to relocate within the required joining timeline, are preferred.

Benefits

  • Residence ID application for spouse
  • Medical insurance coverage for spouse
  • Annual round-trip air ticket for spouse
  • 25 calendar days of annual leave

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