
Egis
Senior Cost Control Manager
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job expiry date: 08/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
24/08/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 40,000 - 50,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
Senior Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
08/10/2026
Job description
In this role you will oversee cost control activities on a major project in Riyadh at Egis, ensuring efficient resource allocation and financial performance for large-scale infrastructure and construction projects. You will be responsible for overseeing cost management, design review, and budget control, developing and maintaining comprehensive project budgets to ensure accuracy and alignment with project goals. You will conduct detailed cost analyses and provide regular cost performance reports to stakeholders, and you are responsible for providing cost performance analysis, interpretation, and forecasting against budgets. Your responsibilities include maintaining the Program and Project Cost Breakdown Structure, managing changes made to the structure with version control. You will support risk assessments and assist in developing mitigation strategies to minimize financial impacts, and you are responsible for creating and updating financial models to forecast project costs and cash flows. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure project deliverables meet budget constraints, and you are responsible for implementing and maintaining cost control systems to track project expenses and variances. In this role you will provide expert advice on cost-related matters to project managers and senior leadership, staying current with local regulations and industry best practices in cost engineering. You will also provide budget and cost performance evaluation and support business planning efforts, in addition to leading cost control teams and supporting recruitment efforts for cost control staff.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project budgets, ensuring accuracy and alignment with project goals
- Conduct detailed cost analyses and provide regular cost performance reports to stakeholders
- Provide cost performance analysis, interpretation, and forecasting of cost performance against budgets
- Maintain the Program and Project Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), managing changes with version control
- Support risk assessments and assist in development of mitigation strategies to minimize financial impacts
- Create and update financial models to forecast project costs and cash flows
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure project deliverables meet budget constraints
- Implement and maintain cost control systems to track project expenses and variances
- Provide expert advice on cost-related matters to project managers and senior leadership
- Stay current with local regulations and industry best practices in cost engineering
- Provide budget and cost performance evaluation, interpretation, and support business planning efforts
- Lead cost control teams and manage the cost function at a departmental level
- Support recruitment efforts in identifying, interviewing, and deploying cost control staff into the project team
Experience & skills
- Hold a bachelor's degree in Cost Control, Engineering, Science, Construction Management, or a related field
- Bring 10 to 15 years of experience in cost engineering and cost reporting/management, preferably in large-scale infrastructure or major construction projects
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge of cost engineering principles, PMO practices, and budget management
- Have led cost control teams and managed the cost function at a departmental level
- Show ability to support recruitment efforts in identifying, interviewing, and deploying cost control staff
- Demonstrate strong proficiency in cost management software such as Primavera systems and Excel
- Show excellent knowledge and skills in financial modeling, risk assessment, and contract management
- Demonstrate in-depth understanding of design review processes and their impact on project costs
- Show familiarity with construction and engineering practices in Saudi Arabia
- Demonstrate knowledge of local regulations and standards relevant to project costing and management
- Show outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail
- Demonstrate excellent English communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with diverse stakeholders
- Show proven ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Saudi nationals are preferred; proficiency in Arabic, written and spoken, is required