1- Senior Cost Manager

For Gleeds International Management & Construction Consultants - UAE Office, April 2013 untill now

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure proper integration of specification, Drawings provided by design consultant. • Prepare Schedule of Rates/ Bills of Quantities in accordance with the “Principles of Measurements

International (POMI)” and for incorporation within the Tender Documents. • Reviewing the Tender Documentation before issuing to the Tenderers. • Co-ordinate with the consultants and officially respond on all commercial and assist with technical

tender queries. • Organise post-Tender clarification meetings, negotiations and prepare supplemental Tender Reports. • Lead the Tender evaluation and recommendation process, reviewing and approving of all the

commercial aspects of the tenders received. • Consolidate and manage technical evaluation from consultants and incorporate in recommendation

report. • Prepare a final evaluation and recommendation report in detailing a full commercial and technical review

of all Tenderers. • Review and approve the final Bills of Quantities for incorporation within the contract Documents. • Review and issue the Contract Documents for the Main Contractor including all appendices and

annexes. • Review Performance bonds and advance payments bonds submitted by the contractor and comment

on same to the Employer. Advise the Employer on any extensions needed to such bonds. • Review of the insurances required to be provided by the contractor in accordance with the contract.

Advise the Employer on any extensions needed to such insurances. • Attend start-up and progress meetings regularly. • Managing and Running Commercial meetings. • Implement a cost control procedure incorporating appropriate controls and manage construction Phase

costs including monthly cost reporting. • Assess and Value change orders proposed by the consultants or the Employer. • Assess the entitlement and value of variation requests and claims from the contractor and negotiate

agreement of the same in conjunction with the Employer. • Maintain an up-to-date register of variation orders, both issued and under consideration, including

details of approval status. • Applying value engineering processes with technical consultant and the project manager. • Site visits and site progress status update. • Assessment and checking of contractor and/or vendor applications for payment and making

recommendation to the Employer. • Maintain up-to-date register of payments. • Administration of provisional sums expenditure, including the competitive tendering of any such

provisional sum packages, all in accordance with the Employers requirements. • Examining claims, notices and submissions and advising the Employer of their validity. Advising of

potential claims and claims avoidance. • Giving advice and assist with dispute resolution between contractor and project manager according to

contract terms. • Provide advice to the Employer in relation to any entitlement to liquidated damages under the contract. • Review and checking of the final account submitted by the contractor, adjusting as necessary, and

making recommendations to the Employer. • Update cash flow forecast monthly provided for the overall project cost plan. • Issuing at monthly intervals, detailed cost reports updating all elements of the cost plan.