Quantity Surveyor (Landscaping)

Asico Real Estate Llc; Dubai; Presencial; AED 201.000 - 335.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health coverage

Work permit

Professional development

Growth potential

Descripción de la vacante

Asico Real Estate Llc in Dubai seeks a qualified Quantity Surveyor to own the commercial side of landscaping contracts, pricing tenders, and producing accurate payment applications and certificates for hardscape and softscape works.

You will protect margins by precise bid pricing, maintain rate databases, manage subcontractor pricing, and support cost control from tender through to handover, ensuring timely payments and accurate final accounts.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying or related field.
• 5–8 years as a QS, with at least 3 years in UAE.
• Experience pricing landscaping, external works or infrastructure packages.
• Proven record pricing tenders and producing monthly payment apps and certificates.

Responsabilidades

• Lead tendering and pricing: review enquiry documents, prepare BOQs, price gaps and risk allowances.
• Build and maintain rate database for materials, labour, plant and subcontract packages.
• Prepare tenders with pricing summaries, preliminaries and margins for management review.
• Prepare post-tender positions and value engineering options.
• Prepare interim and final payment applications and certify payments to subcontractors and suppliers.
• Set up project budgets from winning tenders and monitor cost against budget.

Conocimientos

BOQ prep

Takeoffs

Cost analysis

Excel (Advanced)

Drawings review

FIDIC familiarity

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying

Herramientas

CostX

Bluebeam

Descripción del empleo

Role purpose

The Quantity Surveyor owns the commercial side of our landscaping work in Dubai pricing and preparing tenders and producing accurate payment applications and payment certificates for hardscape and softscape installation and maintenance contracts The role protects margin by pricing correctly at bid stage and getting every completed quantity and approved variation paid on time

Department

Operation amp Projects

Location

Dubai UAE

Reports to

Head of Projects

Employment type

Full time

Tendering and pricing

The QS leads the commercial build-up of every bid from enquiry review to submission Review tender documents drawings specifications and BOQs and flag scope gaps exclusions and risks before pricing Carry out quantity takeoffs for hardscape paving kerbs retaining walls water features pergolas furniture lighting irrigation and softscape trees palms shrubs groundcover turf soil mulch irrigation Build and maintain a current rate database for materials plants labour plant and equipment and subcontract packages Request chase and compare supplier and subcontractor quotations and prepare written price comparisons for approval Price installation works and recurring maintenance scopes including manpower consumables replacement planting and seasonal adjustments Prepare tender pricing summaries preliminaries overheads margin and risk allowances for management review Compile commercial submissions priced BOQ clarifications qualifications programme inputs and bond or insurance requirements Track bid status win or loss reasons and actual rates achieved to improve future pricing Prepare post-tender negotiation positions and value engineering options

Payment applications and certificates

The QS prepares our interim and final payment applications to clients and main contractors and certifies payments due to our own subcontractors and suppliers

Payment applications to clients receivables

Prepare monthly interim payment applications from measured site progress supported by quantities measurement sheets photos and approved inspection requests Reconcile applications against the contract BOQ approved variations materials on site advance payment recovery and retention Apply contract terms correctly retention percentage and release advance payment VAT at the applicable UAE rate back charges and liquidated damages Submit applications within the contract cut-off dates follow up consultant and client valuations and resolve differences quickly Maintain a payment tracker showing amounts applied for certified invoiced received and outstanding

Payment certificates to subcontractors and suppliers payables

Measure and value subcontractor work and prepare payment certificates net of retention advances back charges and recoveries Check supplier invoices against purchase orders and delivery notes before payment approval Maintain subcontractor ledgers and agreed final account positions

Cost control and contract support

Set up project budgets from the winning tender and report monthly cost against budget with forecast final cost and margin Prepare and negotiate variation claims extension of time cost impacts and notices with measured records and rate justification Support procurement purchase orders subcontract packages and long-lead items such as trees and imported plants Maintain contract records correspondence instructions daily and weekly progress records and drawing revisions affecting quantities Prepare final accounts completion and handover cost statements and release of retention and defects liability Support maintenance contracts with scope schedules monthly billing and annual rate reviews

Skills and tools

Strong command of measurement methods BOQ preparation and rate analysis Sound understanding of FIDIC-based and standard UAE subcontract conditions including variations retention advance payment and time bar notices Advanced Excel formulas lookups pivot tables experience with a costing or QS package such as CostX Bluebeam or similar is an advantage Ability to read landscape architectural and irrigation drawings and detect quantity differences between revisions Accurate organised and deadline driven with clear written English Arabic is an advantage Confident negotiating with suppliers subcontractors and client representatives

Monthly Compensation Health Coverage and Work permit Professional development opportunities and resources A dynamic and collaborative work environment with growth potential

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management or a related field.5 to 8 years as a QS, with at least 3 years in the UAE, ideally on landscaping, external works or infrastructure packages.Proven record pricing landscape tenders and producing monthly payment applications and certificates.Working knowledge of hardscape and softscape items, irrigation systems and plant sourcing, including typical UAE supplier rates.Membership or progress toward RICS, or equivalent professional recognition, is preferred.Valid UAE driving license and ability to visit sites are preferred.