Senior Quantity Surveyor

UAE Branches; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor for its Abu Dhabi operations. The candidate will oversee change management, payment processing, and contract administration for a diverse project portfolio including infrastructure developments. Requirements include at least 15 years of overall experience and significant experience in the Middle East, along with a BSc in Quantity Surveying and MRICS Membership. Strong interpersonal skills and fluency in English are essential.

Qualifications

• At least 15 years overall experience in Quantity Surveying.
• 10 years of experience in a similar role.
• 5 years of experience working in the Middle East.

Responsibilities

• Manage change management, payment review, and contract administration.
• Prepare and maintain estimates, budgets, and cash flows.
• Coordinate with Package Managers, Consultants, and Contractors.

Skills

BSc Quantity Surveying

MRICS Membership

Experience in conceptual estimating

Fluent English

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Education

BSc Quantity Surveying

Tools

MS Office

MS Excel

Primavera Contracts Manager

Job description

Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor

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The KBR team of teams delivers futureforward science technology and engineering solutions and missioncritical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and valueadded solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include worldclass licensed process technologies differentiated advisory services deep technical domain expertise energy transition solutions highend design and engineering capabilities and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Senior Quantity Surveyor

LOCATION

Abu Dhabi UAE

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Commercial Manager Senior Quantity Surveyor is responsible for change management, payment review and processing, contract administration, estimating cost control, cashflow and reporting on allocated Work Packages.

Project description

The project is a diverse portfolio of projects that contribute to Abu Dhabis growth. This includes developing service networks for newly developed land and community facilities such as schools, mosques, parks, etc. KBR will provide Project Management Consultancy services in project planning controls, change management, design and engineering management and implementation of the development and early works packages.

Main Responsibilities

• Oversee review and track all Potential Change (PVRs) and Variations (VOs) including reporting
• Oversee review and track all payments for Consultants and Contractors
• Develop, maintain and review Consultant deployment schedules
• Contract administration
• Preparation and maintenance of estimates, budgets, cost report and cashflows
• Liaise with Planning Department and review Value of Work Done (VOWD)
• Review and comment on bids and contract award recommendation reports
• Estimating of value engineering options and lifecycle costs
• Analyzing and reporting on Consultants and Contractors cost reports, cash flows and deployment forecasting
• Coordination with Package Managers, Consultants and Contractors
• Preparation of monthly and weekly reports

Experience, Skills and Knowledge

• BSc Quantity Surveying
• MRICS Membership
• Minimum 15 years overall experience
• Minimum 10 years of experience in similar role
• Minimum 5 years of experience working in Middle East
• Sound knowledge of all engineering and commercial aspects of major asset and civil infrastructure projects including roads, bridges and utilities
• Experience in conceptual estimating, cost planning, expenditure profiling, cost reporting and cost forecasting
• Experienced user of MS Office, advanced MS Excel user and Primavera Contracts Manager an advantage
• Fluent English (both written and spoken), Arabic speaking advantageous.

Competencies

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Contract and Commercial awareness
• Strong customer focus
• Planning & organising
• Accepts Responsibility
• HSE Awareness

Required Experience:

Senior IC