Quantity Surveyor Procurement Engineer

Client of Guildhall; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Guildhall is seeking a Quantity Surveyor Procurement Engineer for UAE building projects. The role combines cost control with hands-on procurement, owning BOQs, cost records, supplier quotations, and purchase orders on live site packages.

You will review drawings, analyse bids, and support budget control as delivery scales. UAE construction experience is essential, with strong Excel skills and the ability to coordinate across technical and commercial teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years in quantity surveying, procurement, or a related discipline.
• UAE building construction experience is required.
• Strong grasp of BOQs, take-offs, supplier quotations, and procurement procedures.
• Hands-on experience in material procurement, supplier management, and cost control.
• Proficient in Excel and reading construction drawings and technical documents.

Responsibilities

• Calculate quantities, review BOQs, maintain cost records for UAE projects.
• Build procurement plans aligned to project schedules.
• Source and compare supplier quotations and run commercial evaluations.
• Track POs, deliveries, and payment schedules end to end.
• Support budget control and procurement variations.
• Coordinate across construction, technical, commercial and finance teams.

Skills

Excel

Reading drawings

Supplier management

Procurement procedures

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

The role

• Calculate quantities, review BOQs, maintain cost records for UAE building projects.
• Build procurement plans aligned to project schedules and site requirements.
• Source and compare supplier and subcontractor quotations, run commercial evaluations.
• Track purchase orders, material deliveries, and payment schedules end to end.
• Support budget control, cost optimisation, and procurement variations.
• Coordinate across construction, technical, commercial and finance teams.

What's on offer

• A site-level role combining cost control and procurement, not a desk-only brief.
• Exposure to large-scale building and infrastructure delivery in the UAE.
• Joining a team scaling up delivery on major regional infrastructure work.

Why apply through Guildhall

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• Direct access to the retained consultant running this search, with a confidential process.

Hiring a Quantity Surveyor Procurement Engineer in the UAE

Main contractors delivering large building and infrastructure projects in the UAE increasingly want quantity surveyors who can also run procurement, rather than splitting the two functions. This hybrid role typically owns BOQs and cost control alongside supplier sourcing, quotations, and purchase orders on live site packages. Demand for this profile tends to track project pipeline when a contractor is scaling up delivery, procurement-literate QS support becomes one of the first hires needed on the ground. UAE building construction experience is consistently treated as a baseline requirement rather than a preference.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years in quantity surveying, procurement, or a related discipline.
• UAE building construction experience is required.
• Strong grasp of BOQs, take-offs, supplier quotations, and procurement procedures.
• Hands-on experience in material procurement, supplier management, and cost control.
• Confident in Excel and reading construction drawings and technical documents.