About this opening
NSR Associates is hiring a Contracts & Cost Director in Dubai for a Tier 1 main contractor. Sitting within the senior leadership team and based at the Dubai head office, the director owns tender and cost reporting accuracy, works contractual issues upstream and downstream, leads the claims process, and mentors a small cost and contracts team.
What the role involves
- Sit within the senior leadership team and make sure tender percentages and reported figures are actual and clear
- Work and challenge commercial and contractual issues upstream and downstream
- Drive clarity on positions, entitlement and the claims process
- Run an audit process so best practice, standards and procedures are followed every time
- Lead bid-to-final-account work across large-scale FIDIC contracts, including risk, claims and recovery programmes
- Mentor and lead a small dynamic team of around 3-6 staff, acting as the go-to person on cost and contracts
Requirements noted by the source board
- Proven experience as a Contracts & Cost Manager handling FIDIC contracts for main contractors — the client directs that PMC or cost-consultant backgrounds are not sought (as listed on the board)
- 12+ years post-graduate experience in Quantity Surveying, and MRICS (as listed on the board)
- A permanent employment background with reputable Tier 1 main contractors on major build projects
- Middle East experience is a bonus but not essential (as listed on the board)
- A clear, calm and measured approach, happy to work into the detail of a FIDIC contract and its risks, and happy to be based at the Dubai head office
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