Cost Control Engineer

Company Overview

GENTEC, part of Haji Abdullah Alireza & Co., is a premier EPC contractor and systems integrator focused on telecommunications, broadcasting, and security projects. The company also represents top manufacturers of fiber optic cables, critical power systems, and advanced communication technologies.

Job Location

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Role Purpose

The Cost Control Engineer will oversee the financial aspects of ELV/ICT projects, including managing Bill of Quantities (BOQ), quantities, vendor pricing, procurement commitments, forecasting, variations, and commercial reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement a comprehensive cost-control framework tailored to each ELV/ICT system and building.
• Analyze contract BOQ alongside engineering scopes to detect omissions, duplicates, quantity mismatches, and scope gaps.
• Cross-check quantities from engineering outputs such as MTOs, cable and device schedules, rack equipment, licenses, accessories, containment, and installation requirements against the commercial BOQ.
• Assess vendor bids covering full system supply, installation, testing, commissioning, software, licenses, accessories, cabling, termination, containment, and integration.
• Develop commercial comparison analyses for ELV/ICT vendors and specialized subcontractors.
• Monitor purchase orders, financial commitments, actual spend, accruals, forecasted costs at completion, and remaining budget balances.
• Generate detailed cost reports segmented by system and building for various ICT/ELV components including CCTV, ACS, IDS, FAS, PAVA, structured cabling, fiber networks, Wi-Fi, telephony, UPS, among others.
• Collaborate closely with the engineering team to evaluate financial impacts stemming from consultants' feedback, revised drawings, design modifications, and extra requirements.
• Maintain detailed registers tracking variations and changes, facilitating the preparation and substantiation of variation quotations.
• Examine potential financial effects caused by delayed design alterations, site conditions, increases in containment, cabling, devices, licenses, or integration demands.
• Assist procurement coordination by identifying ELV/ICT packages with long lead times or significant value.
• Verify delivered, installed, and approved quantities using site documentation and engineering records.
• Support monthly financial valuation, progress evaluations, cost forecasting, and management reporting processes.
• Keep comprehensive commercial documentation for final account reconciliation and project close-out.
• Ensure all cost information is accountable and traceable to sanctioned BOQ items, purchase orders, delivery notes, site measurements, and authorized changes.

Candidate Profile

• Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Finance, or related disciplines.
• Bring a minimum of five years of professional experience in project cost control, preferably within ELV, ICT, or infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrate strong expertise in managing BOQs, budget tracking against actual costs, forecasting, cost reporting, procurement and subcontractor cost monitoring, as well as variation and change order handling.
• Exhibit advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience working on large-scale multi-building projects such as university campuses, utilities, infrastructure, healthcare, airports, government, or similar sectors is an advantage.