Managing Quantity Surveyor

Hill-International,-Inc; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Hill International in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Managing Surveyor to oversee cost management across multiple infrastructure packages. You will lead the quantity surveying team, manage budgets, and review estimates and payments to ensure project financial health.

The role requires Chartered membership (RICS) and strong knowledge of FIDIC-based contracts, with extensive experience in claims handling and final-cost reporting. An influential position in a global firm with regional impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying or related field.
• Chartered membership of RICS preferred.
• Strong knowledge of FIDIC-based contracts and measurement methods.
• Experience with cost estimating and final-cost reporting.

Responsibilities

• Oversee quantity surveying team and ensure accurate assessments.
• Manage budgets, cash-flow forecasts, and final costs.
• Review cost estimates, bills of quantities and tender docs.
• Support tender evaluations and procurement recommendations.
• Review payment applications and provide substantiated recommendations.
• Assess variations and budget implications of changes.
• Prepare cost estimates for project elements.
• Monitor commercial risks and prepare reporting.
• Coordinate with consultants and contractors to resolve issues.
• Ensure compliance with contracts and delegated authority.
• Maintain commercial risk registers and trackers.

Skills

Cost management

Budgeting & cash-flow

Contractual knowledge

Claims handling

Leadership of surveying team

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying

RICS Chartered

Civil Engineering degree

Tools

FIDIC contracts

Bills of Quantities

Cost benchmarking

Job description

Managing Surveyor will oversee cost management, payment reviews, variations, claims and final accounts across multiple infrastructure packages.

Responsibilities

• Manage the quantity surveying team, ensuring accurate assessments, consistent standards and timely deliverables.
• Oversee budgets, cost plans, cash-flow forecasts and anticipated final costs, identifying potential overruns and recommending corrective action.
• Review consultants’ cost estimates, bills of quantities and tender documents for completeness and alignment with the project scope.
• Support commercial tender evaluations, bidder clarifications and procurement recommendations.
• Review contractor and consultant payment applications and associated assessments, providing substantiated recommendations within the PMC’s authorityand have a robust knowledge of the applicable methods of measurement
• Assess variations, including scope, quantities, rates, contractual basis and budget implications.
• Ability to prepare cost estimates for various project elements.
• Review the commercial aspects of claims in coordination with the contracts, planning and delivery teams.
• Monitor the cost implications of design changes, ground conditions, construction sequencing and interfaces between packages.
• Maintain consolidated payment, variation, claim and commercial risk registers with clear supporting records.
• Prepare commercial reports highlighting budget performance, forecast final costs, outstanding liabilities and required Client decisions.
• Coordinate with Modon, consultants and contractors to resolve commercial issues, scope gaps and potential duplicate payments.
• Support commercial negotiations, final-account reconciliation and contract closeout.
• Ensure commercial activities comply with project contracts, Client approval procedures and the PMC’s delegated authority.
• Have strong contractual knowledge and extensive experience in claims procedures, with the ability to assess contractual entitlement and prepare claims and Early Warning Trackers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Chartered membership of RICS, or an equivalent recognized professional qualification, preferred. Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
• Strong understanding of FIDIC-based contracts, bespoke consultancy agreements
• Thorough knowledge of measurement methods, bills of quantities, rate build-ups, cost estimating and infrastructure cost benchmarking.
• Sound understanding of contractual entitlement, valuation principles, change control and the assessment of supporting evidence for claims.
• Knowledge of budget management, cash-flow forecasting, contingency management and anticipated final-cost reporting.

  About Us

  Hill International, with more than 4,400+ professionals in over 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, advisory, facilities management, and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as one of the largest program management firms in the world. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com .

  Hill is exclusively a program, project, and construction management provider, meaning we have one focus as a company: protecting client interests. Free of any potential conflicts, our entire business is geared towards helping clients achieve their desired outcomes. We are dedicated to exceeding expectations throughout the entire construction project lifecycle and adapt to the needs of each assignment to develop tailored approaches and solutions to meet those needs.

  Hill is a GISI Consulting Group company, part of the Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (GISI) family of companies. Learn more about GISI Consulting Group at www.gisiconsulting.com .

  Hill International is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled
  Note:This job description is intended to provide an indication of the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities and other essential functions to be carried out as part of fulfilling the role mentioned in the job title. Various other duties as required.

  Job Info

  • Job Identification 16668
  • Job Category Projects Management
  • Posting Date 10/06/2026, 09:42 AM
  • Locations Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates