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Job Description:

Commercial Manager (Cost Plus)

Qatar, Doha

What You'll Be Doing:

• Utilize your expertise to manage cost-plus contracts, ensuring all financial aspects are accurately tracked and reported.

• Assist in defining allowable and non-allowable costs, ensuring clarity and compliance with contract terms.

• Verify the inclusions of cost reporting and establish a robust audit mechanism to ensure accuracy and transparency.

• Conduct regular audits of the contractor's financial records to ensure compliance and accuracy.

• Collaborate with the contractor and the client to prepare a detailed baseline budget, setting clear financial expectations.

• Provide cost reports on a bimonthly basis or as required by the Engineer, ensuring timely and accurate financial updates.

• Benchmark costs (labor, materials, overhead) against market standards to ensure competitive pricing.

• Advise on subcontractor and supplier selection criteria to ensure quality and cost-effectiveness.

• Develop guidelines for the competitive bidding process, including requirements for a minimum of three quotes and single-source procurement criteria.

• Track project expenditures periodically to monitor financial performance.

• Flag any cost overruns and inefficient expenditures not related to the construction scope, ensuring financial discipline.

• Verify contractor payment applications to ensure they are accurate and justified.

• Ensure performance-based payments are calculated correctly, reflecting the contractor's achievements.

• Maintain logs for approved and rejected costs, providing a clear record of financial decisions.

• Evaluate all change order requests to determine their validity and impact on

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Degree in Quantity Surveying from an accredited internationally recognized university

• Minimum of 15 postgraduate years of experience and a minimum of 10 years of similar work experience on large infrastructure projects

• Qualified or in the process of accreditation by a recognized international body such as Chartered Status Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) and Chartered Status Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

• Must have strong command and previous experience in contracts administration cost of plus contracts in a large portfolio (200Billion Qatari Riyal or equivalent)

• Must have managerial skills and a strong command to direct, manage, and supervise the audit team to check/audit the contractor's commercial records and financial system.

• Qualified professional who can manage and coordinate specialized activity, discipline or team of moderate size and complexity

• Prior experience managing commercial delivery of large scale infrastructure projects within Qatar

• Excellent communication skills in English

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