Senior Quantity Surveyor

KBR, Inc; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor in Abu Dhabi to oversee change management, contract administration, and cost control for an array of community development projects. Candidates should hold a BSc in Quantity Surveying and have extensive experience in handling complex infrastructure projects within the Middle East, demonstrating strong communication and commercial skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years overall experience in quantity surveying.
• At least 10 years in a similar role, with 5 years in the Middle East.
• Fluent in English, Arabic speaking is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Oversee payments for Consultants and Contractors.
• Maintain budgets, cost reports and cashflows.
• Coordinate with Package Managers and review Value of Work Done.

Skills

Communication

Contract and Commercial awareness

Planning & organising

Customer focus

Education

BSc Quantity Surveying

MRICS Membership

Tools

MS Office

Advanced MS Excel

Primavera Contracts Manager

Job description

Title:

Senior Quantity Surveyor

"Belong, Connect, Grow, with KBR!

The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical 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 value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end 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 Dhabi's 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
• Analysing and reporting on Consultants and Contractors cost reports, cash flows and deployment forecasting
• Co-ordination 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