Senior Quantity Surveyor - Building Experience

Company overview

Job summary

Commercial responsibilities

• Prepare, submit, negotiate, and certify interim payment applications and payment certificates.
• Manage variations and change orders through pricing, submission, negotiation, and commercial recovery.
• Prepare cost value reconciliations, cash-flow forecasts, and cost-to-complete reports.
• Manage subcontract procurement and administration, including tendering, negotiations, and contract finalization.
• Lead value engineering initiatives while maintaining quality and design requirements.
• Support extension-of-time and prolongation cost claims.
• Manage claims and disputes with clients, consultants, and subcontractors.
• Lead final account compilation, negotiation, and agreement.
• Monitor project profitability, commercial risks, contractual obligations, and cost performance.
• Coordinate with project managers, consultants, design teams, and subcontractors on commercial matters.

Required qualifications and experience

• At least 10 years of continuous commercial management experience is required.
• Strong knowledge of FIDIC contracts, particularly the Red Book and Yellow Book, is required.
• Strong understanding of UAE construction market rates, material pricing, and subcontractor pricing is required.
• Strong experience with estimating and cost management software and advanced Microsoft Excel skills is required.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, commercial, and dispute-resolution skills are required.
• Good knowledge of UAE contractual and commercial practices is required.
• A bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or a related discipline is required.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with high-rise and deep excavation projects in the UAE is preferred.
• MRICS or Chartered Quantity Surveyor status is highly preferred.
• Experience with BIM-based quantity extraction is an advantage.