Chief Quantity Surveyor- Engineering Contract | UAE National

Job purpose

Strategy and operations

• Update policies and procedures and deliver stakeholder awareness sessions; set cost-planning strategies and estimates using whole-life value principles.
• Advise management on contractual matters, define evaluation approaches and award recommendations, and validate consultant and team evaluations.
• Manage commercial administration and financial control; prepare and evaluate tenders, reports, negotiations, and award recommendations.
• Review bills of quantities and contract conditions; issue tender notices and prepare award, acceptance, tender, and contract documents.
• Review interim payment certificates, completion statements, final statements, guarantee-release requests, and payment requests.
• Validate variations and claims, prepare or review quantum analyses, and support dispute resolution.
• Manage contractual correspondence, supplier performance, contract applications, purchase requests, and contract closure.
• Conduct value engineering and life-cycle cost analysis; improve tender and contract document consistency and auditability.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Quantity Surveying.
• At least 6 years of experience with a master’s degree, or at least 8 years with a bachelor’s degree.
• MRICS, AIQS, AIQSSL, or professional membership of another internationally recognized quantity surveying institute.
• Expertise in change orders and claims administration; strong knowledge of contract law, dispute resolution, and contract lifecycle management.
• Understanding of engineering principles and infrastructure project requirements; experience in quantity surveying and cost engineering.
• Experience in engineering and infrastructure procurement, tendering, project coordination, supplier evaluation, and procurement benchmarking.

Process improvement