Estimating Manager Saudi National

About the Estimating Manager Role at Mace Group

Mace Group is seeking an Estimating Manager to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This part-time role supports a landmark multipurpose venue project, designed as a dynamic destination for sports, entertainment, cultural activities, and community engagement in the heart of Riyadh.

Project Context and Contribution

The project focuses on long-term flexibility and year-round activation, hosting a diverse range of events to enhance the city's social and recreational landscape. The Estimating Manager will play a critical role in ensuring cost competitiveness and accuracy across multiple projects and portfolios, leveraging Mace's expertise in construction and consultancy.

Core Responsibilities

• Supervise teams in preparing cost plans, estimates, and measurement exercises, including schedules of quantities, across multiple projects and portfolios.
• Develop strategic reviews, prospect assessments, and fact-finding activities to support project opportunities and estimating strategies.
• Manage and perform benchmarking exercises to validate estimates and ensure cost competitiveness and accuracy.
• Oversee quality assurance processes for estimates, ensuring outputs are robust, fit for purpose, and aligned with business requirements.
• Present estimates to key stakeholders, demonstrating comprehensive understanding of project scope, risks, assumptions, and costs.
• Provide expert estimating, risk modeling, and scenario analysis, delivering actionable recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Evaluate supplier and contractor quotations, providing commercial insights, modeling solutions, and strategic options to senior management and stakeholders.
• Manage, mentor, and develop estimating teams, represent the business in client and stakeholder engagements, and support net zero carbon objectives through proactive carbon management and reduction initiatives.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A relevant degree qualification.
• Relevant experience in estimating and pre-contract cost management, including at least 6 years in senior management roles on large infrastructure or mixed-use developments.
• Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience working on high-value projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business, which are required for immigration and client approval.

Work Environment and Candidate Approach

Mace Group is an inclusive employer and encourages interest from a diverse range of candidates. While this role is advertised as part-time, the organization is open to discussing flexible and hybrid working options if suitable. Candidates are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every criterion, as suitability for this or other roles will be considered.

Application Process

Interested candidates who meet the qualifications are invited to submit their application.