Senior Quantity Surveyor

Role overview

Core responsibilities

• Manage project costs from pre-contract through post-contract stages, including estimating, budgeting, tendering, cost reporting, and forecasting.
• Prepare and review BOQs, pricing documents, tender evaluations, payment recommendations, variations, claims, and final accounts.
• Administer contracts, monitor commercial risks and project performance, advise on cost savings, and coordinate with project stakeholders.
• Attend meetings and site visits, verify progress and quantities, and mentor junior surveyors and commercial staff.

Commercial areas

• Relevant areas include cost planning and estimating, cost control, procurement, tender evaluation, measurement and valuation, contract negotiation, and subcontract management.
• Other areas include interim valuations, payment certification, variations, claims, cash-flow forecasting, value engineering, cost benchmarking, commercial risk, dispute resolution, and profitability reporting.
• Experience with FIDIC, NEC, JCT, or other standard construction contracts is an advantage.

Candidate requirements

• Proven experience in a senior quantity-surveying or similar construction-commercial role, with strong cost, contract, and commercial-management experience.
• A bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Building, Commercial Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7+ years of relevant experience is preferred; senior commercial experience is highly desirable.
• Strong experience with construction projects, measurement, procurement, contract administration, cost reporting, negotiation, and commercial analysis.

Additional qualifications and experience

• RICS or another recognized quantity-surveying qualification is an advantage.
• FIDIC or other internationally recognized contract experience is listed among the qualifications; FIDIC, NEC, or JCT experience is also described as an advantage.
• Microsoft Excel and quantity-surveying or cost-management software knowledge are sought; ERP, estimating, project-management, or commercial systems are advantageous.
• UAE or GCC market experience and experience with major construction sectors are desirable or advantageous.

What the employer offers

• Competitive compensation, possible performance-based incentives, professional development, and career advancement opportunities.
• Exposure to major projects and collaboration with project, engineering, commercial, and management teams.

Application details

• Applicants are asked to include relevant project, contract, tendering, claims, cost-control, software, and UAE/GCC experience in their CV.