JOB DESCRIPTION-POSITION TITLE: Senior Commercial Manager (Pre-Contract)
LOCATION: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
DEPARTMENT: Commercial / Cost Management
1. Position Purpose The Senior Commercial Manager (Pre-Contract) holds a pivotal leadership role within our cost management team, supporting a major KSA Giga program client, focusing primarily on up-front capital cost planning, design stage cost plans, and BoQ’s, and tendering support. Operating in a client advisory capacity, this role ensures long-term cost certainty and comprehensive cost risk mitigation from project inception through to contract award.
The ideal candidate brings advanced expertise in cost management/cost planning throughout the project pre-contract life cycle, measurement standards, pricing methodologies, and benchmarking tailored to the KSA region, ensuring maximum cost certainty and value from project inception.
2. Key Responsibilities Strategic Cost Planning & Design Economics Develop, refine, and manage high-level project budgets, benchmark metrics, cost plans, and cash flow forecasts from conceptual stages through to detailed design and tender. Oversee the preparation of accurate Bills of Quantities (BOQ) and Pricing Pre-Tender Estimates (PTE) utilizing standard measurement principles such as POMI, NRM, and CESMM. Lead internal value engineering and project optimization exercises to ensure cost certainty, adding maximum design value within the client’s established financial limits. Establish advanced cost-escalation and indexation formulas within pre-contract budgets to protect client positions against volatile local material and labor markets. Establish and manage cost/commercial risk registers during the design phases to identify, quantify, and mitigate volatile market pricing variables before market release.
Tendering Provide commercial responses to tender queries relating to the BoQ raised during the tendering process. If required, provide commercial tender reviews, analysis, and bid scoring models.
Client Advisory Provide expert-level, direct commercial/cost advice to clients and program directors, defending cost-to-value allocations. Serve as the chief presenter to the client for high-value cost plans, area statements, VE alternatives, cost risks, PTE’s, and BoQ’s generated by the company, explaining variations against the CAPEX budget / previous cost plans.
Leadership & Resource Optimization Mentor, lead, and direct a high-performance, multidisciplinary team of Quantity Surveyors and Estimators across the client portfolio of projects. Manage regional resource allocation and coordinate workforce capacity in support of the required company deliverables.
3. Core Technical Competencies Core Technical Competencies Proven mastery of initial cost forecasting, price benchmarking, design package control, and complex risk allocation models. Comprehensive technical command over measurement protocols (POMI and NRM are essential) alongside modern estimation tools (e.g., Cost X, Candy) and MS Excel. Outstanding command of technical English (written and verbal), with the executive presence needed to manage high-level client interfaces and challenging stakeholder relationships.
4. Qualifications & Experience Academic Background: Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, or a strictly related construction discipline. Professional Credentials: Professional Chartership status with a globally recognized institution is highly preferred (e.g., Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - MRICS). Overall Career Profile: Minimum of 12 to 15 years of progressive commercial/cost management experience within construction, infrastructure, or project consultancy environments. Regional & Market Exposure: Minimum of 3 to 5 years of active GCC experience, with a dedicated preference for candidates demonstrating deep familiarity with the KSA giga-project landscape or semi-governmental developer systems.
The qualified candidates with the above-mentioned criteria are requested to share their updated CVs to: [اضغط هنا لمشاهدة البريد اﻹلكتروني][اضغط هنا لمشاهدة البريد اﻹلكتروني]