Project Director, Cost Management, Infrastructure
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Job Summary
Team Leadership & Development
- To take line management responsibilities and develop cost managers and team members through structured guidance feedback and performance reviews.
- Hold the highest level of professional integrity and business ethics.
- Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture that supports continuous learning and professional growth.
- Motivate team members and drive towards positive client outcomes and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Responsible to manage the teams resource against the business pipeline and projects
- Conduct interviews for vacant positions in line with the companys recruitment process and resource requirements
- Critically analyze challenge and brainstorm project requirements and deliverables in order to find creative solutions and alternatives on behalf of clients.
Client & Stakeholder Engagement
- Lead multidisciplinary project teams including clients consultants contractors and suppliers.
- To act as the key day to day client interface ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value-added cost management service.
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across all stakeholders through structured meetings reporting and documentation.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful project outcomes.
Project Strategy & Planning
- Develop and lead cost benchmarks to support the overall project execution strategy defining critical success factors and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Critically analyze challenge and brainstorm project requirements and deliverables in order to find creative solutions and alternatives on behalf of clients.
- Establish robust cost reporting structures and control mechanisms.
Project Controls & Reporting
- Act as Commission Manager taking responsibility for end to end service delivery often with respect to large or complex commissions or multiple commissions.
- Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final revisions of cost plans.
- Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
- Leading value engineering and life cycle costing exercise.
- Implement and maintain cost controls mechanisms incorporated into projects schedule cost risk and change management.
Financial and Risk Management
- Monitor project budgets and financial performance in collaboration with cost management team.
- Analyze cost drivers manage variations and report financial progress against budget.
- Lead commercial negotiations and contract administration on projects alongside the cost management team
- Responsible for managing internal risk management procedures and systems including client care processes and the contract database.
- Manage invoicing processes using D-365 including:
- Reviewing and validating invoice data for accuracy and completeness.
- Coordinating with finance teams to ensure timely submission and approval.
- Tracking invoice status and resolving discrepancies.
- Ensuring compliance with client billing requirements and internal financial controls.
Business Development
- Contribute to business development initiatives including proposal writing client presentations and market engagement to support growth and positioning.
- Collaborate with internal teams to identify new opportunities develop tailored solutions and respond to client needs with agility and insight.
- Demonstrate strategic thinking and commercial awareness in identifying trends client priorities and competitive differentiators.
- Capture and share lessons learned benchmarking data and best practices to drive continuous improvement across projects and teams.
Qualifications :
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Cost Management Quantity Surveying Construction Engineering or a related field; Masters degree is a plus.
- Minimum 10 years experience in cost management or construction projects (e.g. cost manager construction manager procurement project manager vendor consultant etc.).
- Strong communication and leadership skills with experience in people management
- Strong business acumen with the ability to drive outcomes on behalf of clients develop new business leverage current opportunities and coordinate with construction and design teams to meet deadlines and deliverables
- Experience in client management with solid experience in client facing environment that requires incumbent to utilise critical business development skills and advisory skills to enhance project delivery on value management value engineering and life cycle costing.
- Native-level proficiency in English
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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