Associate (Pre Contract Services)

Overview of Role:

RLB are currently recruiting an Associate (Pre-Contract Services) to join our team in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). You will be responsible for leading projects and be accountable for the effective delivery of cost and commercial management services, with a focus on pre-contract cost management services.

This is an exciting opportunity for an expert to join and strengthen our commercial pre-contract team, based in our office in Jeddah, reporting to a Director with direct responsibility for leading teams.

Key responsibilities:

• Establish the structure and format of a cost plan / estimate.
• Produce cost plans / estimates throughout the different design stages in accordance with NRM1 format for the concept design, NRM2 for the detailed design and CESMM for Infrastructure works.
• Evaluate design options and alternatives.
• Benchmarking at the various design stages.
• Monitor the cost implication of design stages and track against the budget.
• Reconcile the variance at each design stage and report on reasons for variance.
• Manage value engineering exercises and advise on cost implications.
• Attend and participate in value engineering workshops.
• Provide advice into procurement strategies.
• Prepare and agree the structure of tender documents.
• Preparation of Pre-Tender Estimates.
• Managing a competitive tender process including managing tender queries.
• Managing and contributing to structured and documented tender evaluations.
• Preparation of contract documents and advice on contract conditions.
• A track record of working with and managing teams and projects by prioritising workloads and delivering deadlines.

Person Specification:

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying.
• A chartered member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors – MRICS.
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English and a confident and clear approach to providing advice to others in meetings.
• Expected minimum of 10 years’ experience post degree qualification.
• IT proficient; able to analyse and present data to clients utilising cost management software particularly RLB’s Ross 5D.
• Excellent working knowledge of NRM1, and NRM2.
• A team player, outgoing, flexible, enthusiastic, and ambitious.

Company Overview:

With 170 KSA staff and 4,500 worldwide, Rider Levett Bucknall has a truly global reach, offering a local presence to its clients almost without exception. We are committed to our core services and pride ourselves on our dedication to customer care and leading-edge service provision.

We are an award-winning, leading independent firm providing our clients with some of the most comprehensive and forward-thinking advice available.

We offer a range of complementary quantity surveying, project management, building surveying and advisory services from conception, through design and construction to the operational performance of facilities.

Our clients have rapid access to the latest industry intelligence and innovations, enhancing value and mitigating risk. We provide expert management of the relationship between value, time and cost from inception to completion through our global and local team of experts, who possess a passion for both core services and innovation.

We are committed to developing new services and techniques aimed at enhancing our clients' businesses in the long term.

Please note that only candidates who meet the above requirements will be considered for this role. We appreciate your interest in Rider Levett Bucknall and wish you the best of luck in your job search.