Chief Quantity Surveyor- Infrastructure Contracts

Roads and Transport Authority; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

The Roads and Transport Authority invites an experienced Quantity Surveyor to lead cost planning, life-cycle value, and procurement for major infrastructure contracts. You will standardize tender templates, advise on contractual matters, and support policy development across projects.

With MRICS and related certifications, you will review tenders, manage valuations, and guide teams through dispute resolution while ensuring compliance and timely project closure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Quantity Surveying.
• 6+ years with Master’s degree (8+ years with Bachelor’s).
• MRICS, FIDIC, PMP (or equiv.), FRICS, AACE CCP/CEP/EVP, RICS APC assessor.
• Strong knowledge of contract law, claims management, and dispute resolution.
• Experience in engineering and infrastructure procurement processes.
• Understanding of core engineering principles and technical requirements.
• Ability to align procurement planning with budget and project objectives.
• Expertise in quantity surveying and cost engineering practices.
• Skilled in procurement risk assessment and compliance management.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks and regulatory compliance standards.
• Proficiency in tendering procedures and technical evaluation processes.

Responsibilities

• Set cost planning strategies, estimates, and life-cycle value benchmarks for projects.
• Advise management on contractual and legal matters and procurement approach; recommend awards.
• Contribute to the preparation, review, and updating of policies, procedures, and development plans for infrastructure contracts, and conduct awareness workshops
• Standardize tender and contract templates for in-house projects, draft letters of award and contracts and prepare TORs for consultancy tenders.
• Interview and recommend Consultant Quantity Surveyor and Senior Quantity Surveyor appointments.
• Manage day-to-day financial management and contract administration from inception to completion.
• Review contract applications for infrastructure contracts to ensure completeness of requirements before contracting
• Study and evaluate requests for dispute resolution and suggest solutions for amicable settlements related to infrastructure contracts
• Prepare and evaluate tenders, produce evaluation reports, coordinate with consultants and departments.
• Follow up on approvals for tender analysis reports, award letters, and contracts to ensure timely processing.
• Review BOQs and Conditions of Contract in consultant tender documents and issue invitations and tender notices.
• Review and approve consultants' IPCs, completion and final statements and prepare equivalent documents for in-house projects.
• Assess and validate variation valuations and claims, guide QS teams on valuation methods.
• Administer vendor correspondence and resolve contractual and commercial issues with stakeholders.
• Conduct takeover inspections at completion to confirm contractual compliance.
• Review bond and bank-guarantee releases with Finance to protect Authority's rights.
• Coordinate with the concerned departments for infrastructure project closure after ensuring all requirements are met

Skills

Cost planning and value engineering

Contract law knowledge

Dispute resolution

Procurement risk assessment

Tendering and evaluation procedures

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Quantity Surveying

MRICS

FIDIC

PMP (or equivalent)

FRICS

AACE CCP/CEP/EVP

RICS APC assessor

Job description

Strategy

• Set cost planning strategies, estimates, and life-cycle value benchmarks for projects.

• Advise management on contractual and legal matters and procurement approach; recommend awards.
• Contribute to the preparation, review, and updating of policies, procedures, and development plans for infrastructure contracts, and conduct awareness workshops
• Standardize tender and contract templates for in-house projects, draft letters of award and contracts and prepare TORs for consultancy tenders.

Operations

• Interview and recommend Consultant Quantity Surveyor and Senior Quantity Surveyor appointments.
• Manage day-to-day financial management and contract administration from inception to completion.
• Review contract applications for infrastructure contracts to ensure completeness of requirements before contracting
• Study and evaluate requests for dispute resolution and suggest solutions for amicable settlements related to infrastructure contracts
• Prepare and evaluate tenders, produce evaluation reports, coordinate with consultants and departments.
• Follow up on approvals for tender analysis reports, award letters, and contracts to ensure timely processing.
• Review BOQs and Conditions of Contract in consultant tender documents and issue invitations and tender notices.
• Review and approve consultants' IPCs, completion and final statements and prepare equivalent documents for in-house projects.
• Assess and validate variation valuations and claims, guide QS teams on valuation methods.
• Administer vendor correspondence and resolve contractual and commercial issues with stakeholders.
• Conduct takeover inspections at completion to confirm contractual compliance.
• Review bond and bank-guarantee releases with Finance to protect Authority's rights.
• Coordinate with the concerned departments for infrastructure project closure after ensuring all requirements are met

Product / Process Improvement

• Drive cost control through value engineering and life-cycle cost analysis; implement corrective measures to stay within budgets.
• Enhance controls using data-driven monitoring, automation-enabled workflows, and modelbased quantity measures.
• Implement digital tools for tracking approvals, bank guarantees, and contract closure to improve transparency and efficiency.

• 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, FIDIC, PMP (or equiv.), FRICS, AACE CCP/CEP/EVP, RICS APC assessor
• Strong knowledge of contract law, claims management, and dispute resolution
• Experience in engineering and infrastructure procurement processes
• Understanding of core engineering principles and technical requirements
• Ability to align procurement planning with budget and project objectives
• Expertise in quantity surveying and cost engineering practices
• Skilled in procurement risk assessment and compliance management
• Knowledge of governance frameworks and regulatory compliance standards
• Proficiency in tendering procedures and technical evaluation processes