Assistant Cost Manager (MEP)

Currie & Brown is looking for Assistant Cost Manager - MEP to join our team in Dubai. You will work closely with our existing cost management teams across pre and post contract projects.

What you will be doing:

• Support the Cost Manager / Senior Cost Manager in delivering pre-contract cost management services for MEP packages across major building and infrastructure projects.
• Prepare and review cost plans, budgets, estimates, elemental cost analyses, and bills of quantities in accordance with project requirements.
• Assist with tender documentation, procurement strategy, tender analysis, and commercial evaluations, ensuring value for money and alignment with client objectives.
• Coordinate with designers, engineers, contractors, and client teams to develop MEP costs, identify cost risks, and provide commercially focused advice throughout design development.
• Contribute to value engineering, benchmarking, cost reporting, and risk management, using market knowledge and industry data to support informed client decision-making.

What you will need:

• BSc in quantity surveying or MEP related subject
• Previous experience gained within a global consultancy firm
• Pre- and post-contract MEP experience
• Middle East experience essential
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• A team player with a can-do attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible