Cost Manager - Egypt
Date: 16 Nov 2023
Location: Cairo, EG
Company: Knight Frank
Responsibilities
- Provide cost and commercial services in the delivery of pre and post-contract projects.
- Demonstrate Flexibility and the ability to work to deadlines.
- Deliver post contract duties including payment certification, cost reporting.
- Manage and update project budgets, issue client cost reports.
- Take suitable commercial meeting minutes.
- Work closely with clients, design teams and contractors to optimize solutions.
- Exhibit experience of project procurement and differing routes available.
- Possess A track record in delivering high quality services from inception to completion.
- Display excellent verbal, numerical and report writing skills.
- Work pre-contract including; reviewing detailed measurements, sections of BOQs, handle tender query responses, manage the PQQ process with support and input into value engineering at each design stage.
- Work post contract including being experienced in contract administration, comfortable on site walks/surveys with project teams, prepare cash flow reports, draft monthly payment recommendations and weekly commercial dashboards, managing variations and assist in closing out projects and claims / variations.
Systems & IT competence
- Word (Advanced)
- Excel (Advanced)
- PowerPoint (Advanced)
- Outlook (Advanced)
Professional Experience and Personal Skills Profile
- 5 to 8 years of Previous experience working in the Middle East.
- Degree in related subject (BSc Quantity Surveying).
- MRICS would be advantageous but not essential.
- Experience pre and post contract in project / program delivery teams.
- Use CostX, Excel and other Microsoft Office programs to an advanced level.