Cost Control Manager

**AtkinsRéalis** is Looking for **Cost Manager**.

**_ About AtkinsRéalis_**

We are looking for Cost Manager to support the project controls teams based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Key Competencies and Underpinning Knowledge:

- Good working knowledge of financial systems.
- Understand the inter-relationship between time cost and commercial aspects of the project life cycle.
- Working knowledge of Primavera.
- Experienced in the use of SAP Finance and Project modules.

**Responsibilities**:
Reporting into the Project Controls leadership team, you will be responsible for building long term, sustainable relationships with the client base.

**What you will bring**:

- Technical experience in Cost Management services across complex infrastructure.
- An understanding of industry benchmarks / best practices, Cost and Work Breakdown Structures, and methods of measurements (e.g. RMM, NRM etc).
- Growing network within the sector.
- Experience of monitoring, analysing, and controlling cost performance against set targets.
- Collaborative behaviours to interface with multi-disciplinary teams.
- Awareness of the challenges and opportunities in the industry.
- Commercial, quantity surveying, and/or finance skills, with working knowledge of the construction industry, and an understanding of Standard Forms of Contract (NEC/FIDIC/IChemE).
- Awareness of performance measurement of projects using Earned Value Management (EVM) and similar techniques.

**Your purpose**:

- Support our Cost Management capability including development and use of Power-BI, PRISM, Oracle, Deltek, Ecosys and other Cost Management related software.
- Engage our community of practice and support technical excellence, service innovation and development of our benchmarking capabilities.
- Deliver excellent client service on our commissions.
- Support teams on project / technical delivery.

**_ Strategic_**_:_
- Support with delivering the strategy for the Cost Management Service including identifying continuous development.
- Deliver an exceptional cost management service for multiple stakeholders.
- Contribute to a positive team ethos and engage with opportunities for the team’s development.

**_ Business Development_**_:_
- Support with the Cost Management business development activity.
- Engagement and understanding of internal business processes.
- Support key accounts to maximize our impact.

**_ Project leadership:_**
- Having responsibility in delivering portfolios and projects.
- Be the ambassador for AtkinsRéalis, your profession and the professional institution to which you belong.
- Supporting with technical advice to different stakeholders.
- Competence in project commercial accountability.

**_ Technical leadership:_**
- Actively broaden your experience and expertise in line with the core competencies.
- Have a developing knowledge of legal and technical matters relevant to the work you do, and the law of the region or country in which you practice.
- Participating in relevant internal/external training initiatives.
- Supporting the client relationship and service delivery.

**_ Team building and management:_**
- Helping grow our service and sector-focused teams.
- Actively engaging within a project delivery environment.
- Mentor and develop Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the client team.

**Requirements**:

- Degree qualified with an Engineering degree.
- Relevant experience in Project Controls and/or Project Delivery, preferably in a highly regulated environment.
- Evidence of strong engineering background, ideally within a safety/regulated environment.
- High level of numeracy and excellent analytical skills.
- Excellent MS Office skills and well versed in the preparation of reports and information using packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Exhibits a strong awareness of the level of interaction required with the project team function to support the successful delivery of projects.
- The ability to reconcile cost information as it applies to the programmes of work.
- Proficient in the use of estimating, scheduling, programming and risk tools.
- Proficient in the use of Earned Value Analysis.
- Self motivated with good interpersonal skills working in a team environment.
- Good attention to detail with good time management skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Able to use initiative.
- Ability to work flexibly within the demands of the project.

**Why choose AtkinsRéalis**.

**Your difference makes a difference.** We care for our people and are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where you can thrive and build a future you want to be a part of.

**Thrive with us.** When you join us, your wellbeing, health, and safety become our top priority.

**Engineering the future with digital**. From design and engineering to project management, digital is fundamental to our way of working.

**Champion lasting change.** We build sustainability into everything we do.

**Rewards & Bene