Senior Cost Manager

About the Role

The Commission Manager is responsible for end‑to‑end service delivery, providing excellent client service, earning trust and enhancing the firm’s reputation. The role ensures client objectives are achieved through effective cost‑management from pre‑contract through to handover. Key accountabilities include estimating and cost planning, producing and presenting final cost plans, and generating full Bills of Quantities and tender documentation. The role manages the tendering process—from pre‑qualification and tender list creation to preambles, queries, analysis, reporting and contractual document compilation. It also handles post‑contract cost variances, change control, cost checks, valuations, and prepares pre‑contract, post‑contract and ad‑hoc reports for client presentation. Additional duties involve negotiating final accounts with contractors, interfacing with all project parties, and, when appropriate, leading a cost‑management team. • Lead end‑to‑end commission management, ensuring service delivery from pre‑contract through handover. • Deliver cost‑management services that meet client objectives and enhance company reputation. • Provide pre‑contract expertise: feasibility studies, tendering, measurement, BOQ and tender documentation preparation. • Apply various procurement methods including single stage, two stage and design‑and‑build. • Manage post‑contract activities: change control, variation valuation, extensions of time and interim applications. • Work with standard form contracts, preferably FIDIC, and administer contract procedures. • Present reports and proposals confidently to clients, consultants and contractors. • Conduct estimating, cost planning and produce final cost plans for projects. • Oversee tendering process: pre‑qualification, tender list, preambles, queries, analysis and tender reporting. • Perform cost checks, valuations and address post‑contract cost variances. • Generate pre‑contract, post‑contract and ad‑hoc reports and present them to stakeholders. • Negotiate final accounts with contractors and lead cost‑management teams when required.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸commission management
• ▸cost planning
• ▸tender management
• ▸change control
• ▸contract administration
• ▸report generation

What You Bring

The ideal candidate has detailed knowledge of the real‑estate/property sector from a professional cost‑consultancy background. Experience is required in pre‑contract services such as feasibility, tendering, measurement, BOQ preparation and report writing, as well as familiarity with single‑stage, two‑stage and design‑and‑build procurement methods. Post‑contract expertise—including change management, variation valuation and extensions of time—along with experience with standard form contracts (FIDIC preferred), is essential. Strong client‑facing abilities, confidence in presenting to stakeholders, and the capacity to engage effectively with contractors are also required. Candidates must hold a degree in Quantity Surveying or a related field and be MRICS qualified, with a minimum of seven years’ relevant experience. Prior experience in the UAE and in post‑contract consultancy is essential, while consultancy experience is strongly preferred. Knowledge of construction technical matters such as procurement routes, value management and value engineering is required, and familiarity with CostX and BIM is desirable. • Hold a degree in Quantity Surveying, MRICS qualification and at least 7 years’ relevant experience, including UAE project exposure. • Possess knowledge of construction procurement routes, value management, CostX and BIM (preferred).

Requirements

• ▸mrics
• ▸quantity surveying
• ▸7+ years
• ▸uae
• ▸costx
• ▸bim

Benefits

The Real Estate team in Dubai handles a diverse portfolio of projects, including residential, commercial, healthcare, hospitality, leisure and mixed‑use developments. Most projects are new‑build, though fit‑out and refurbishment work may also be involved. This is a client‑facing role within an ambitious professional team, offering the chance to work independently while receiving strong support.

Work Environment

Onsite