Commercial Quantity Surveyor

HUMAN-AI-Z Nexus Technology; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

HUMAN-AI-Z Nexus Technology seeks an experienced Quantity Surveyor to lead post‑contract commercial activities in Dubai. You will own IPA/IPC, monthly valuations, and final accounts, coordinating with project teams to ensure accurate progress, variations, and robust cost control.

Ideal candidates have strong post‑contract experience, proficiency with Excel and QS software, and a solid understanding of FIDIC/contract documents. UAE project exposure is a plus.

Qualifications

• Post-contract experience in commercial management and contract administration.
• Ability to prepare interim payments, valuations and final accounts.
• Strong understanding of main contracts, subcontracts, and payment provisions.

Responsibilities

• Review and manage post‑contract commercial activities from award to final account.
• Prepare IPA/IPC, monthly valuations, and payment certificates.
• Maintain variation logs, claims, and commercial trackers.
• Coordinate with Project Teams for accurate progress quantities and documentation.

Skills

Post-contract experience

Variation evaluation

Cost control

Commercial reporting

Final accounts

IPA/valuation processing

Payments and interim certificates

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management or related

Tools

Excel

QS software

BOQ tools

Job description

1. Review contracts, tender documents, BOQs, drawings, specifications, and project scope.

2. Manage all commercial and contractual activities from project award through final account settlement.

3. Prepare and submit interim payment applications, monthly valuations, progress claims, and supporting documents.

4. Follow up with clients and consultants for payment certification and outstanding receivables.

5. Evaluate, certify, and process subcontractor interim payment applications.

6. Prepare subcontract agreements, work orders, commercial terms, and payment conditions.

7. Identify, evaluate, price, and submit variations, change orders, and additional-work claims.

8. Maintain variation logs, claim registers, payment trackers, subcontractor registers, and commercial records.

9. Prepare contractual notices, claim notifications, commercial letters, and supporting documentation.

10. Perform accurate quantity take-offs, BOQ preparation, remeasurement, and rate analysis.

11. Monitor project budgets, committed costs, actual expenditure, revenue, cash flow, and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage all post-contract commercial and quantity surveying activities from contract award to final account.

• Review and understand main contracts, subcontracts, BOQs, specifications, drawings, scope of work, contract conditions, commercial terms, and payment provisions.

• Establish and maintain comprehensive commercial and contractual control systems for assigned projects.

• Prepare, submit, monitor, and follow up Interim Payment Applications (IPA) and Interim Payment Certificates (IPC).

• Prepare accurate monthly valuations based on measured and verified progress.

• Coordinate with Project, Site, Planning, QA/QC, and Construction Teams to obtain accurate progress quantities and supporting documentation.

• Verify executed quantities, installed quantities, fabrication quantities, delivered materials, site progress, and completed works for valuation purposes.

• Prepare quantity take-offs, measurements, BOQ reconciliation, progress measurement, valuation sheets, and payment summaries.

• Review certified amounts and identify payment discrepancies, deductions, retention, advance recovery, contra charges, and other commercial adjustments.

• Monitor payment status, outstanding certifications, receivables, retention, and contractual payment timelines.

• Prepare and maintain Variation Orders, Variation Claims, Change Orders, Change Requests, and additional work submissions.

• Identify and evaluate variations, omissions, additions, substitutions, design changes, client instructions, site instructions, and scope changes.

• Prepare detailed variation quotations, cost build-ups, rate analysis, supporting measurements, and commercial submissions.

• Negotiate variation rates, additional works, revised rates, and commercial settlements with clients, consultants, main contractors, and subcontractors.

• Maintain Variation Registers, Change Registers, Claim Registers, Payment Registers, and Commercial Trackers.

• Identify potential commercial risks, scope gaps, cost exposure, contractual risks, and entitlement opportunities.

• Review project correspondence and site records to establish commercial entitlement and contractual rights.

• Prepare and submit claims, contractual notices, entitlement submissions, disruption claims, prolongation claims, acceleration claims, loss and expense claims, and EOT-related commercial submissions where applicable.

• Support the preparation of Extension of Time (EOT) submissions by providing cost and commercial information.

• Assess financial impacts associated with delays, disruptions, variations, acceleration, prolongation, suspension, and changes in scope.

• Maintain detailed records of delay events, variation events, instructions, RFIs, approvals, correspondence, site records, and contractual notices.

• Review subcontractor payment applications, valuations, variations, claims, and final accounts.

• Measure subcontractor works and verify quantities against BOQ, drawings, approved variations, site records, and actual execution.

• Prepare Subcontractor Payment Certificates and commercial recommendations.

• Manage subcontractor commercial negotiations, back charges, contra charges, retention, deductions, and final settlements.

• Prepare and maintain subcontractor variation and claims registers.

• Monitor project costs, commitments, forecasts, actual expenditure, and commercial performance in coordination with the project controls team.

• Prepare cost reports, commercial reports, cash-flow forecasts, cost-to-complete reports, and financial forecasts.

• Monitor Budget vs Actual Cost, Committed Cost, Forecast Cost, Cost Variance, and Cost-to-Complete.

• Prepare Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) reports and analyze project commercial performance.

• Monitor revenue, cost, margin, forecast margin, WIP, accruals, and project profitability where applicable.

• Assist management in identifying cost-saving opportunities, commercial risks, margin erosion, and potential recoveries.

• Review and assess rates, unit rates, productivity rates, labour costs, material costs, plant costs, subcontractor rates, and overheads.

• Prepare detailed rate analysis and cost build-ups for variations and claims.

• Reconcile BOQ quantities, contract quantities, approved variations, executed quantities, certified quantities, and final quantities.

• Prepare BOQ reconciliation and quantity reconciliation reports.

• Review drawings and specifications to identify scope changes, quantity discrepancies, omissions, and additional works.

• Coordinate with Engineering and Technical Teams regarding drawing revisions, design changes, technical clarifications, RFIs, and revised quantities.

• Review IFC drawings, shop drawings, fabrication drawings, architectural drawings, specifications, BOQs, and contract documents.

• Prepare quantity take-offs for structural steel, aluminium, façade, cladding, PEB, metal works, fit‑out, and other construction activities.

• Track material procurement, material delivery, fabrication progress, site installation, and completed quantities where relevant to commercial valuation.

• Attend commercial meetings, progress meetings, variation meetings, claims meetings, subcontractor meetings, and client negotiations.

• Prepare commercial presentations and reports for Project Managers, Commercial Managers, Contracts Managers, and Senior Management.

• Ensure all commercial submissions are supported by appropriate measurements, drawings, photographs, site records, approvals, correspondence, delivery documents, and contractual references.

• Maintain proper commercial documentation, audit trails, contractual records, payment records, and project correspondence.

• Assist with project close‑out, final measurement, final account, final payment application, release of retention, and commercial handover.

• Prepare and negotiate Final Accounts with clients, main contractors, and subcontractors.

• Reconcile all contract values, variations, claims, payments, deductions, retention, and outstanding commercial matters before project close‑out.

Desired Candidate Profile

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Commercial Management, or a related discipline.

• 5–10 years of experience in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or Contract Administration.

• Strong post-contract experience is mandatory.

• Proven experience handling IPA, valuations, variations, claims, subcontractor payments, cost control, commercial reporting, and final accounts.

• Strong experience in variation evaluation, rate analysis, commercial negotiation, and contractual entitlement.

• Experience preparing and negotiating claims, EOT, delay/disruption claims, prolongation costs, and loss & expense is highly preferred.

• Strong knowledge of FIDIC or other major construction contract forms.

• Experience with main contractors, subcontractors, consultants, clients, and suppliers.

• Strong ability to read and interpret BOQs, IFC drawings, shop drawings, specifications, contract documents, and project correspondence.

• Strong knowledge of Excel, quantity measurement, commercial trackers, cost reports, and QS software.

• Experience with structural steel, fabrication, erection, aluminium, façade, PEB, metal works, or construction projects will be an advantage.