Quantity Surveyor (Landscaping)

Role purpose

Tendering and pricing

• Review tender documents, drawings, specifications and BOQs; identify scope gaps, exclusions and risks before pricing.
• Take off quantities for hardscape items such as paving, kerbs, retaining walls, water features, pergolas, furniture, lighting and irrigation, and softscape items such as trees, shrubs, turf, soil and mulch.
• Maintain current rates for materials, plants, labour, equipment and subcontract packages; obtain and compare supplier and subcontractor quotes.
• Price installation and maintenance scopes, including manpower, consumables, replacement planting and seasonal adjustments.
• Prepare tender summaries, preliminaries, overheads, margins, risk allowances and commercial submissions, including priced BOQs and clarifications.
• Track bid status, outcomes and achieved rates; prepare negotiation positions and value-engineering options.

Payment administration

• Prepare monthly interim client applications using measured progress, quantities, measurement sheets, photos and approved inspection requests.
• Reconcile applications against contract BOQs, approved variations, materials on site, advance recovery and retention.
• Apply contract terms for retention, advance payments, UAE VAT, back charges and liquidated damages; meet cut-off dates and resolve valuation differences.
• Maintain a tracker of amounts applied for, certified, invoiced, received and outstanding.
• Measure and value subcontractor work; prepare certificates net of retention, advances, recoveries and back charges.
• Check supplier invoices against purchase orders and delivery notes; maintain subcontractor ledgers and final account positions.

Cost control and contract support

• Set project budgets from winning tenders and report monthly costs against budget, forecast final cost and margin.
• Prepare and negotiate variation claims, extension-of-time cost impacts and notices, supported by measurements and rate justification.
• Support procurement of purchase orders, subcontract packages and long-lead items such as trees and imported plants.
• Maintain correspondence, instructions, progress records and drawing revisions affecting quantities.
• Prepare final accounts, completion and handover cost statements, and retention and defects-liability releases.
• Support maintenance contracts with scope schedules, monthly billing and annual rate reviews.

Experience and education

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management or a related field.
• Five to eight years as a Quantity Surveyor, including at least three years in the UAE.
• Experience in landscaping, external works or infrastructure packages is ideal.
• Proven record pricing landscape tenders and producing monthly payment applications and certificates.
• RICS membership or progress toward it, or equivalent professional recognition, is preferred.

Technical skills

• Working knowledge of hardscape and softscape, irrigation systems, plant sourcing and typical UAE supplier rates.
• Strong measurement, BOQ preparation and rate analysis skills.
• Knowledge of FIDIC-based and standard UAE subcontract conditions, including variations, retention, advance payments and time-bar notices.
• Advanced Excel skills, including formulas, lookups and pivot tables; CostX, Bluebeam or similar is an advantage.
• Ability to read landscape, architectural and irrigation drawings and identify quantity differences between revisions.

Other qualifications

• A valid UAE driving license and ability to visit sites are preferred.
• Clear written English, accuracy, organisation, deadline focus and confidence negotiating with suppliers, subcontractors and client representatives are expected.
• Arabic language ability is an advantage.

Benefits

• Monthly compensation, health coverage, work permit and professional development opportunities are offered.
• The employer describes a dynamic, collaborative work environment with growth potential.