Cost Control Engineer

About the role

Requirements

• - Prepare and maintain project budgets, cost plans, cost reports, and monthly cost forecasts.
• - Monitor actual costs, commitments, purchase orders, subcontractor costs, material costs, and site expenditures against approved budgets.
• - Identify cost variances, potential overruns, and financial risks, and recommend corrective actions to management.
• - Maintain project cost codes and ensure accurate allocation of costs across labour, materials, subcontractors, equipment, and overheads.
• - Prepare Estimate at Completion, cost-to-complete, cash-flow forecasts, and expenditure analysis.
• - Review subcontractor and supplier invoices, claims, variations, and change orders for commercial and contractual compliance.
• - Coordinate with project managers, quantity surveyors, procurement, finance, and site teams to ensure timely and accurate cost information.
• - Supporting budgeting, value engineering, and cost-saving initiatives where required.
• - Ensure cost-control records, reports, and supporting documents are maintained in line with company procedures.
• Qualification
• - Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Construction Management or a related field.
• - Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in cost control, project cost management, estimation, forecasting, or commercial reporting within the construction industry.
• - Strong understanding of construction project cost structures, budgets, commitments, variations, claims, and subcontractor cost control.
• - Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and cost-tracking tools or ERP systems; familiarity with Xpedeon is a significant advantage.
• - Strong analytical, numerical, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
• - Ability to work with site and head office teams in a fast-paced construction environment.
• - Good communication skills with the ability to prepare clear reports and coordinate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• - Knowledge of UAE construction practices, procurement processes, and contractual procedures are added advantages.
• Preferred candidate profile :
• - Previous experience working directly with main contractors, or large-scale construction projects in the UAE (Residential & Commercial Building experience are added advantage).
• - Hands-on experience preparing management reports, budget variance analysis, and cost-to-complete forecasts.
• - Ability to identify cost-saving opportunities and support commercial decision-making.
• - Detail-oriented approach with strong ownership of deadlines, accuracy, and documentation.

Responsibilities

Skills

• Cost control
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Cost reporting
• Variance analysis
• Cash-flow forecasting
• Cost-to-complete
• Purchase orders
• Subcontractor cost control
• Cost codes management
• MS Excel
• ERP systems
• Value engineering
• Commercial reporting
• Change orders
• Procurement coordination