Senior Quantity Surveyor
Role Overview
Responsible for commercial administration, cost control, valuations, variation management, subcontract administration, and contractual compliance for MEP and associated specialist systems.
The role supports accurate measurement, timely certification, commercial protection, contractual entitlements, and cost management from project award through final account closure.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role summary
Responsible for commercial administration, cost control, valuations, variation management, subcontract administration, and contractual compliance for MEP and associated specialist systems.
The role supports accurate measurement, timely certification, commercial protection, contractual entitlements, and cost management from project award through final account closure.
Measurement, payments, and cost control
- Prepare detailed MEP quantity take-offs and remeasurement using IFC, approved shop, and as-built drawings and site records.
- Evaluate subcontractor interim payments, variation claims, extension-of-time commercial submissions, and final accounts.
- Prepare monthly client payment valuations for completed MEP works.
- Monitor budgets, committed costs, procurement packages, subcontract expenditures, and forecast costs.
Variations and contract administration
- Identify, quantify, price, and negotiate variations caused by design changes, authority requirements, coordination conflicts, material substitutions, and scope revisions.
- Maintain variation registers, payment trackers, cost reports, subcontract logs, and commercial dashboards.
- Review subcontract terms covering payments, retention, warranties, insurance, and claim notifications.
- Prepare evidence for prolongation, disruption, acceleration, and contractual notices.
Coordination and project closeout
- Coordinate with project managers, MEP and planning engineers, procurement teams, and site staff to capture recoverable costs.
- Verify quantities for HVAC, chilled water, plumbing, drainage, firefighting, electrical installations, containment, generators, transformers, ELV, and specialist packages.
- Identify commercial risks, omissions, ambiguities, and claim opportunities from drawings and specifications.
- Participate in commercial meetings, valuation negotiations, and final account discussions; reconcile procurement quantities against work and claims.
- Support closeout through final measurement, account reconciliation, retention-release tracking, and final commercial reporting.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- At least 5 years of post-contract quantity-surveying experience in electromechanical or building contracting companies in the UAE.
- At least 3 years of dedicated experience on UAE high-rise, commercial, residential, hospitality, or mixed-use projects.
- At least 5 years of MEP experience.
Work arrangement
- Work location is in person.
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