Senior Quantity Surveyor

About the role

Cost planning and tendering

• Prepare estimates, cost plans, budgets, and financial forecasts; review drawings and specifications to assess quantities and requirements.
• Prepare and verify BOQs, schedules of rates, material take-offs, and cost documents.
• Evaluate tender documents, technical specifications, contract conditions, and commercial requirements; prepare tender pricing and commercial proposals.
• Manage tender invitations, bid evaluations, quotation comparisons, and negotiations with contractors and suppliers.
• Review supplier and subcontractor quotations for pricing, technical compliance, and commercial suitability.

Cost control and contract administration

• Monitor expenditure against budgets, commitments, and forecasts; prepare cost reports, cash flow forecasts, and financial performance summaries.
• Identify cost overruns, financial risks, and budget deviations and recommend corrective actions.
• Assess interim payment applications and valuations, verify completed work, and prepare payment certificates and supporting documents.
• Review claims, variations, change orders, and additional works; measure, justify, negotiate, and document costs and entitlements.
• Administer construction contracts and advise on obligations, risks, financial implications, subcontract agreements, and commercial terms.

Procurement and project coordination

• Monitor material, labor, equipment, subcontractor, and other project costs; coordinate with procurement on purchasing and supplier pricing.
• Review material specifications, delivery schedules, and procurement documents against project budgets.
• Evaluate alternative materials, construction methods, and value engineering proposals to identify savings without compromising quality or performance.
• Conduct site visits to verify quantities and progress and validate payment claims; coordinate with project and construction teams to resolve commercial issues.
• Review schedules and progress for cost, cash flow, and financial exposure; evaluate proposed design and scope changes.

Closeout, reporting, and team support

• Maintain cost databases, pricing records, rate analyses, variation and claim records, correspondence, and commercial documentation.
• Track contract milestones, payment terms, retention, advance payments, and other commercial obligations.
• Prepare and negotiate final accounts, reconcile payments and claims, and support timely project closeout.
• Support audits and ensure compliance with company procedures, project governance, and applicable UAE construction regulations.
• Guide junior quantity surveyors, review their work, report commercial updates, and identify improvements to cost control, reporting, procurement, and profitability.

What the employer is looking for

• Strong technical knowledge of quantity surveying, construction cost management, and commercial administration.
• Excellent analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills; strong commercial awareness and ability to assess financial and contractual risk.
• Understanding of measurement, cost planning, budgeting, forecasting, construction contracts, variation procedures, and payment mechanisms.
• Proven ability to prepare and manage BOQs, estimates, tender documents, payment applications, valuations, variation claims, and final accounts.
• Strong negotiation skills and understanding of procurement, tender evaluation, subcontract administration, and supplier negotiations.
• Ability to identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend practical value engineering solutions.
• Good understanding of construction drawings, specifications, measurement methods, cost databases, rate analysis, material pricing, and labor costs.
• Organized, detail-oriented, able to manage competing priorities and deadlines independently, with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Work arrangement

• The description lists remote or hybrid options, subject to employer requirements; it does not specify which arrangement applies to this role.

Employment arrangement