Chief Quantity Surveyor- Engineering Contract

Dubai Careers - A Smart Dubai Initiative; Dubai; On-site; AED 335,000 - 670,000; Full time

Job summary

Roads and Transport Authority in the United Arab Emirates seeks a senior Quantity Surveyor to lead commercial management for infrastructure projects in Dubai. You will oversee contract administration, cost control, tendering, and claims resolution while ensuring alignment with project budgets and approvals.

The role requires a Quantity Surveying degree and professional recognition (MRICS/AIQS preferred) with extensive experience in procurement, tender evaluation, and lifecycle costing for major

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Quantity Surveying.
• MRICS/AIQS membership or equivalent professional recognition.
• Expertise in change orders and claims administration.
• Strong knowledge of contract law, dispute resolution, and lifecycle management.
• Experience in cost engineering and life-cycle costing.
• Proficient tendering and technical evaluation for infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day commercial management, contract administration, and financial control to keep projects within budgets.
• Prepare and evaluate tenders, produce evaluation reports, and negotiate awards with departments.
• Review BOQs and contract conditions; advise on tender submissions.
• Issue invitations, notices, and contract documents; compile tender/contract docs for in-house projects.
• Review interim payment certificates and final statements; prepare related documents.
• Validate variation valuations and contractual claims; guide QS teams on methods.
• Review bank guarantees and ensure contract payment alignment.
• Draft and manage routine contractual/commercial correspondence; coordinate with departments.
• Evaluate supplier performance and recommend corrective actions.
• Participate in project-receipt committees and contract closure requirements.
• Conduct value engineering and life-cycle cost analyses to support decisions.

Skills

Contract management

Value engineering

Change orders/claims admin

Project management

Dispute resolution

Procurement

Tender evaluation

Contract law knowledge

Infrastructure projects

Market research

Education

Bachelor's/Master’s in Quantity Surveying

MRICS / AIQS membership (preferred)

Job description

• Update section policies and procedures and deliver awareness sessions for concerned stakeholders.
• Set cost-planning strategies and estimates for engineering contracts and apply whole-life value principles to guide choices.
• Advise management on legal and contractual matters and define evaluation approaches and award recommendations.
• Interview and recommend Consultant QS/Senior QS and validate QS/contract-manager evaluations.

Job Description

Strategy

• Update section policies and procedures and deliver awareness sessions for concerned stakeholders.
• Set cost-planning strategies and estimates for engineering contracts and apply whole-life value principles to guide choices.
• Advise management on legal and contractual matters and define evaluation approaches and award recommendations.
• Interview and recommend Consultant QS/Senior QS and validate QS/contract-manager evaluations.

Operations

• Manage day-to-day commercial management, contract administration, and financial control to keep projects within approved budgets.
• Prepare and evaluate tenders, produce evaluation reports and negotiate and recommend awards with concerned departments.
• Review BOQs and Conditions of Contract and advise consultants on preliminary/final tender submissions.
• Issue invitations and tender notices; prepare letters of award/acceptance and contract documents; compile tender and contract documents for in-house projects.
• Review and approve interim payment certificates, inspect and approve statements at completion and final statements and prepare equivalent documents for in-house projects.
• Validate variation valuations and contractual claims, guide QS teams on valuation methods and commercial resolutions.
• Review requests for the release of initial bank guarantees for engineering contracts after receiving the final guarantees
• Review requests for financial payments for engineering contracts and ensure their compatibility with the contract
• Prepare / Review Quantum analysis reports on contractual claims and dispute resolution process.
• Draft and manage routine contractual and commercial correspondence and coordinate with departments to resolve issues.
• Evaluate supplier performance and recommend corrective actions.
• Review contract applications and purchase requests, recommend appropriate contracting means and study direct-agreement requests and submit recommendations.
• Participate in project-receipt committees and confirm all requirements for contract closure.
• Conduct value engineering/life-cycle cost analysis to support material or design decisions

Product / Process Improvement

• Drive cost control using data-driven monitoring, automation-enabled workflows, and modelbased quantity measures.
• Enhance consistency and auditability of tender, contract, and correspondence documents across projects.
• Support contract closure activities, ensuring all financial, technical, and administrative requirements are completed before final sign-off.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree/ Master’s degree in Quantity Surveying
• 6+ years in case of Master’s degree (8+ years in case of Bachelor’s degree)
• MRICS, AIQS, AIQSSL and other Professional Membership of Internationally recognized Institutes of Quantity Surveying.
• Expertise in change orders and claims administration
• Strong knowledge of contract law, dispute resolution, and contract lifecycle management
• Understanding of core engineering principles and infrastructure project requirements
• Proficiency in project management and project coordination
• Experience in quantity surveying and cost engineering practices
• Familiarity with the organization’s business context and operational environment
• Skilled in tendering processes and technical evaluation
• Experience in engineering and infrastructure procurement
• Competence in enterprise archiving, documentation, and compliance management
• Ability to conduct market research and benchmarking for procurement and project activities
• Knowledge of supplier qualification, classification, and evaluation processes

Job Category

Civil Engineering

Advertiser

Roads and Transport Authority

Department

Procurement

Required Nationality

UAE Only

Monthly Salary

Unspecified

Schedule-Time

Full time

Job Posting

20/08/2026

Unposting Date

19/09/2026