Team Leader, Cost Control

JOB PURPOSE

Responsible for working within all stages of project management to ensure smooth budgeting, cost control, cost estimation, milestone reviews, and contract management, supporting Technical & Project Support and broader Company interests. Provides cost estimation expertise for projects across business units, helping stakeholders make informed decisions on feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and investment profiles.

• Lead, supervise and coordinate preparation of cost estimates and provide cost advice and service to all projects across business units to support shareholders’ investment decision making. Compile accurate budgets, endorse project variations, and support external contractors’ negotiations, manage cost database, data collection, cost data analysis and trend forecast analysis.
• Focal point and official communication channel between ADNOC CONCESSION and ADNOC Upstream / Group Capital Projects regarding all cost reviews and reports.
• Ensure correctness of budget and cost data in ADNOC approved software (Planisware, One Project, etc).
• Consolidate, compile, and issue function 5 year Business Plan for Facilities in line with corporate directions and guidance of divisional management including the Business plan reviews.
• Ensure provision of cost forecasting and cost risk analysis to the project teams. Review feasibility studies, cost and economic studies. Update cost estimates for current and planned projects and ensure input to the budget revision sheets is produced as applicable.
• Reconcile, review, and monitor the Function Performance Contract of Capex/ OPEX KPIs.
• Review, challenge and recommend fit for purpose solutions for all post‑award contract variation orders and EoT claims.
• Provide support to finalize RACI matrix and enforce approved RACI matrix in Cost Control and Estimation; establish and measure SLAs on assigned work.
• Support during reviews such as Business Plans, Cost Optimisation Reviews, CESAR, IPR and IPA and provide required inputs in coordination with the Project team.
• Supports in the preparation of presentations for Concession holders (PRSC / Steering committee / TCM).
• Develop detailed procedures based on overall GVAP requirements and monitor compliance. Leads the establishment of project cost procedures, maintain/update company cost guidebooks / manuals and implementation of computerized systems. Include developing appropriate methodologies to cover project cost control and estimation.
• Review staffing plans from individual projects & revision control.
• Staffing & Cost Resource Management on the Projects through PMC.
• Provide advice and technical support with regards to adherence of the projects cost engineering and control standards.
• Support in defining a clear cost engineering strategy, processes, practices and toolsets for cost engineering, project risk and Management of Change (MoC).
• Provide assurance concerning the ADNOC cost engineering & control standard is being adhered to.
• Support group’s overall Cost Engineering and Control project program, monitor alignment with defined targets and identify deviations and risks to be reported.
• Provide technical expertise on Cost Engineering and Estimation whenever required.
• Review the consolidated cost control individual project reports for management. Ensure accuracy, completeness, transparency, and consistency of the reports / dashboard.
• Support assessments of variation proposals and major claims.
• Provide estimates for Design Change Authorisation / Change Trend Notices / Variation Orders.

• Plan and supervise the activities of the personnel and resources of the Section to achieve the Department objectives efficiently and in a cost‑conscious manner while ensuring implementation of approved operational plans for the Section in line with Department objectives.
• Develop the knowledge, competencies and innovative spirit in the Section and support the establishment of Personal Development Plans (PDP’s), Succession Planning and Talent pipeline within the Section in coordination with the Human Capability Group to continuously develop employees with emphasis on UAE Nationals to meet Emiratization…