Quantity Surveyor

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Prepare quantity take-offs for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, firefighting, HVAC, and related MEP works.
• Review tender drawings, specifications, BOQs, contracts, and commercial documents.
• Prepare cost estimates, budgets, rate analyses, and project cash-flow forecasts.
• Prepare interim payment applications and supporting documentation; review and certify subcontractor and supplier applications.
• Identify, evaluate, prepare, and submit variation claims; maintain variation, payment, subcontractor, and commercial records.
• Support procurement evaluations and prepare cost comparisons.
• Monitor costs against budgets, report potential overruns, conduct site measurements, and verify completed works.
• Coordinate with project teams, clients, consultants, subcontractors, and suppliers; review agreements, purchase orders, and commercial terms.
• Assist with claims, extensions, and contractual entitlements; prepare monthly commercial reports and cost-value reconciliations.
• Support the preparation, negotiation, and settlement of final accounts; maintain commercial correspondence and approvals.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 3–5 years of quantity surveying experience in the UAE and mandatory MEP construction or contracting experience.
• Strong knowledge of take-offs, cost estimation, variations, payment applications, and final accounts.
• Good understanding of MEP drawings, specifications, BOQs, contracts, and commercial documentation.
• Experience with subcontractor management and supplier evaluation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD, and quantity take-off or estimation software.
• FIDIC or similar construction contract familiarity is an advantage.
• Strong numerical, analytical, negotiation, and communication skills; ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Candidates available in the UAE are preferred; immediate joiners or candidates with a short notice period receive priority.

Preferred skills

• MEP quantity take-off and rate analysis; cost planning and budget control.
• Variation and claims management, interim payment applications, subcontractor valuation, and final account preparation.
• Commercial reporting, contractual correspondence, and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

Pay

• AED 5,000–8,000 per month.

Work location

• Work is in person.