Quantity Surveyor

Role overview

Quantity take-offs and cost estimation

• Prepare quantity take-offs from engineering drawings, specifications, and project documents.
• Prepare, review, and verify BOQs for civil, infrastructure, roadworks, earthworks, excavation, and pipeline projects.
• Calculate quantities for excavation, backfilling, concrete, asphalt, piping, utilities, and other construction activities.
• Assist with project cost estimates, budgets, and material quantity calculations.
• Review tender documents, drawings, specifications, and scope to identify quantity discrepancies and commercial risks.

Cost control and commercial management

• Monitor project costs against approved budgets and identify potential overruns.
• Maintain records of actual quantities, committed costs, variations, and expenditure.
• Prepare cost reports and commercial updates for project managers and management.
• Assist with cost forecasting and evaluate the financial impact of scope changes.
• Identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency and minimize unnecessary expenditure.

Contracts, variations, and payments

• Prepare interim payment applications and supporting quantity documentation.
• Measure and verify completed works at project sites.
• Evaluate variation orders, additional works, and claims in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Assist in reviewing contract conditions, payment terms, and commercial obligations.
• Prepare final account statements and support project commercial closeout.
• Coordinate with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal project teams on quantities, payments, and variations.

Subcontractors, suppliers, and reporting

• Review subcontractor quotations and compare commercial offers; prepare quantity schedules and assist with payment assessments.
• Verify supplier invoices and delivery quantities against approved orders and project requirements.
• Coordinate with procurement and site teams on material requirements and cost records.
• Maintain purchase orders, invoices, payment certificates, and commercial correspondence.
• Prepare quantity surveying reports, measurement sheets, BOQs, and cost breakdowns.
• Maintain commercial documentation and measurement records supported by drawings, site measurements, and relevant records.
• Assist with tender preparation, bid evaluation, and commercial submissions.
• Ensure compliance with company procedures, project specifications, and applicable contractual requirements.

Qualifications and requirements

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant quantity surveying experience in construction or infrastructure projects.
• Experience in roadworks, earthworks, excavation, pipelines, underground utilities, or civil contracting is preferred.
• Good knowledge of BOQ preparation, quantity take-offs, cost estimation, and cost control.
• Practical experience with interim payment applications, variation orders, subcontractor payments, and final accounts.
• Ability to read and interpret civil engineering drawings, technical specifications, and contract documents.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and AutoCAD.
• Familiarity with quantity surveying or cost estimation software is an advantage.
• Understanding of UAE construction practices and contract administration procedures.
• Strong numerical, analytical, organizational, and communication skills; ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple commercial tasks.