Associate Director - Cost Management

AECOM are seeking for an Associate Director to oversee the quality and financial success of portfolio of projects/client accounts.

Desired Skills 

• Experienced cost management professional with minimum 20 years in the construction industry, including minimum of 5 years in Dubai or the Middle East. 

• Ideally involved in both Pre-Contract and Post-Contract roles, having managed high-profile landmark projects and has led teams of larger than 10. 

• Experience in a range of asset types including High-End Residential, Commercial and Hospitality. 

• Experience in management and assessment of claims, and strong contract administration skills (FIDIC) for both consultants and contractors. 

• Experience in leading projects with large CAPEX values exceeding US$ 500 million. 

• Ability to take ownership and lead work under minimal direction. 

• Ability to provide advisory on procurement and phasing strategies, consultant appointments, contractor selection, support feasibility studies, pre-contract estimating including design to budget responsibilities and see through the post-contract phase with contracts close-out. 

• Assists in Business Development, securing new work for the business. 

• Accountable for P&L of projects undertaken and internal reporting on financials to the business. 

• Establish new and grow existing relationships with clients across the industry. 

• Manages projects and resources according to the requirements of the project and acts as primary point of contact for clients on large-scale projects. 

• Accountable for a variety of deliverables throughout the lifecycle of multiple projects, generally within an end market sector. 

• Accountable for briefing the team on project scopes to ensure roles and responsibilities are understood. 

• Manages the resources across several large-scale or a portfolio of projects, all within the established budgets. 

• Manages quality control and ensures all procedures are complied with. 

• Manages benchmarking, data collection, internal reporting. 

• Supervises and mentors more junior members of staff to enable their development, assisting with the graduate development programme where appropriate.  

• Monitors and manages the performance of direct reports.