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About the Role

TPM Williams is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager (Pre-Contract) to join our cost management team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role supports a major KSA Giga program client, focusing primarily on up-front capital cost planning, design stage cost plans, Bills of Quantities (BoQ), and tendering support. The manager will operate in a client advisory capacity, ensuring long-term cost certainty and comprehensive cost risk mitigation from project inception through to contract award.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 and maximum design value within 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.
• Provide commercial responses to tender queries relating to the BoQ raised during the tendering process, and conduct commercial tender reviews, analysis, and bid scoring models if required.
• 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, PTEs, and BoQs, explaining variations against the CAPEX budget or previous cost plans.
• 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 required company deliverables.

Required Technical Competencies

• Proven mastery of initial cost forecasting, price benchmarking, design package control, and complex risk allocation models.
• Comprehensive technical command over measurement protocols, including POMI and NRM, alongside modern estimation tools such as CostX and 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.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, or a strictly related construction discipline.
• Professional Chartership status with a globally recognized institution is highly preferred (*, Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - MRICS).
• Minimum of 12 to 15 years of progressive commercial/cost management experience within construction, infrastructure, or project consultancy environments.
• 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.

Work Environment and Location

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves operating in a client advisory capacity and leading a multidisciplinary team within a dynamic project environment.

Application Information

Candidates who meet the specified qualifications and experience are encouraged to apply. Salary for this position will be discussed during the interview process.