Quantity Surveyor - Doha, Qatar

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Prepare estimates and quantity take-offs covering materials, labor, and overheads.
• Analyze costs, prepare budget reports, track expenses, and identify variances.
• Coordinate cost data with project teams and validate contractor and supplier invoices.
• Support proposals with estimates and financial analyses; maintain cost and change records.
• Recommend cost savings and comply with organizational standards and industry regulations.
• Assess cost risks, contingencies, assumptions, and exclusions.
• Evaluate variations and change orders and prepare supporting cost documentation.
• Prepare and review BOQs, pricing schedules, and detailed tender cost breakdowns.
• Review drawings, P&IDs, specifications, scopes of work, and tender documents for estimate accuracy.

Minimum qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying, construction management, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of overall professional experience.
• At least 5 years of relevant quantity surveying or cost estimation experience managing estimates and project budgets.

Job-specific skills

• Strong analytical and numerical skills, attention to detail, and financial management ability.
• Proficiency in quantity surveying and cost estimation software and Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, BOQs, and tender documents.
• Understanding of quantity take-offs, cost breakdowns, supplier quotations, and budget monitoring.
• Fluent written and spoken English, including technical and commercial reporting and stakeholder communication.

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