Job Description:

Ready to take your engineering and management experience to the next level to work on complex construction problems that will have a huge impact on the local community? 

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Head of Cost Optimisation and Value Management to join our team! In this role you will get to support the Director Cost and Optimisation to manage the deliverables of the Cost Optimisation Team. 

The Cost Section’s vision is to establish a leading cost department for real estate development projects, optimizing spending, enhancing value. With an aim to be industry leaders in cost, offering independent, innovative cost services, maintaining a comprehensive cost data library, with a focus on optimizing cost performance, close client cooperation, and value management

What You'll be Doing;

• To establish a best-in-class cost unit that optimizes spending and enhances value for our real estate development projects
• Optimize spending and improve value for real estate development projects by developing robust processes, systems, and relationships to reduce costs.
• Interface / work with client and Devco’s Commercial Teams and other Departments  to provide value management studies, cost optimization strategies and life cycle cost analysis
• Lead the value management process, provide cost studies and advice on cost effective design solutions including synergistic opportunities.
• Evaluate designs, identify cost-saving opportunities, develop alternative solutions
• Review FSC/FB/MIC Meeting material and support ExCom/ Management requests from a value management and cost optimization prospective.
• Review Business Plans from a value management and cost optimization prospective.
• Develop and share technical guidelines, tools, templates and procedures and continuously seek opportunities for process improvement.
• Performs detailed review of Devco developed Capital Cost Estimates and budgets
• Performs constructability analysis and provides value engineering recommendations
• Providing input to design optioneering and leads value engineering exercises.
• Create ad-hoc reports for management on a recurring or one-of-a-kind basis.

What Required Skills You'll Bring;

• 20+ years Value Engineering and Cost Optimisation experience post MRICS qualification
• 5+ years experience living and working in the GCC
• Experience of KSA giga projects - masterplans, hospitality, industrial, rail
• Detailed knowledge and practical experience of Value engineering and life cycle costing
• Ability to motivate others (including providing support and encouragement)
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to quickly adapt to changing environments
• Excellent problem solving, negotiating skills, financial and numeracy management skills
• Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily
• Demonstrable evidence of delivering services to Clients and managing Client relationships
• MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), or equivalent
• Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.