Senior Quantity Surveyor - Cost Management and Infrastructure Projects

AECOM Middle East Ltd; Dubai; Presencial; AED 420.000 - 660.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AECOM seeks an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead cost management for major mixed-use and infrastructure projects in Dubai. The role covers pre-contract and post-contract cost control, budgeting, cash-flow forecasting, and tender evaluation, with strong client engagement and adherence to standards.

Candidates should hold a Quantity Surveying or Engineering degree and MRICS or equivalent accreditation, with on-site, full-time work in the United Arab Emirates.

Formación

• Bachelor of Science degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering or equivalent.
• MRICS or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Experience delivering pre-contract and post-contract QS services.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee commercial and cost management across multiple projects.
• Prepare budgets, cash-flow forecasts, and earned value reports.
• Lead client engagement on commercial matters and provide strategic advice.
• Ensure compliance with company and client procedures across portfolios.

Conocimientos

Cost management

Budgeting

Client engagement

Project leadership

Educación

Quantity Surveying or Engineering degree

MRICS or equivalent accreditation

Herramientas

FIDIC

CESMM

POMI

NRM

Descripción del empleo

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Cost Management and Infrastructure Projects Job Snapshot - Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor - Cost Management - Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Industry: Civil Engineering - Function: Cost Estimating - Experience: Experience in cost management across major mixed-use and infrastructure projects; minimum years not specified - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site

Position Overview

AECOM is seeking an experienced quantity surveying and cost management professional to oversee commercial and financial activities across a portfolio of major mixed-use, infrastructure, and public realm projects in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The position involves managing project costs from feasibility and conceptual design through procurement, construction, and project completion. Responsibilities cover both pre-contract and post-contract cost management, including cost estimating, budget control, cash-flow forecasting, tender evaluation, contractor payment assessments, and change management. The successful candidate will lead client engagement, coordinate commercial resources across multiple projects, and ensure that cost management activities comply with established company and client procedures. The role requires strong technical knowledge of construction cost estimating, recognized contract forms, standard methods of measurement, and value engineering. Candidates must hold a relevant degree in Quantity Surveying or Engineering and possess MRICS or equivalent professional accreditation.

Job Details

Job Details - Country: United Arab Emirates - City: Dubai - Industry: Civil Engineering - Function: Cost Estimating - Salary: Not disclosed - Gender: No Preference - Candidate Nationality: Not specified - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site

Key Responsibilities

Project Cost Management and Commercial Control

• Manage commercial and cost management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee project costs from feasibility through construction completion.
• Deliver pre-contract and post-contract cost management services.
• Monitor project expenditure against approved budgets and financial requirements.
• Act as the primary cost controller for assigned projects.
• Manage complex commercial deliverables across multiple projects.
• Ensure project cost management activities follow company and client protocols.
• Identify cost-related concerns and support appropriate commercial decisions.
• Maintain effective financial oversight across major mixed-use and infrastructure developments.

Feasibility Studies and Cost Estimating

• Prepare cost option studies for infrastructure and public realm assets.
• Develop preliminary cost estimates during project feasibility and conceptual design stages.
• Produce construction cost estimates using conceptual sketches, descriptive narratives, drawings, and technical specifications.
• Apply reasonable technical assumptions when preparing estimates from preliminary design information.
• Assess alternative project options from a cost perspective.
• Review available design information to establish appropriate estimating requirements.
• Support project planning and investment decisions through cost analysis.
• Maintain consistency and accuracy in cost estimating deliverables.

Budget Management and Financial Reporting

• Monitor project budgets and financial performance throughout delivery.
• Prepare earned value reports to support project cost and progress assessments.
• Develop, review, and update project cash-flow forecasts.
• Track financial commitments and expenditure against approved project budgets.
• Prepare relevant commercial information for project and client reporting.
• Identify potential budget deviations and communicate associated financial implications.
• Support financial planning and cost control across the project portfolio.
• Ensure financial reporting aligns with applicable company and client procedures.

Client Engagement and Commercial Coordination

• Lead client engagement on commercial and cost management matters across assigned projects.
• Maintain effective working relationships with clients and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Present cost estimates, financial assessments, and commercial recommendations.
• Coordinate with relevant project personnel regarding budget requirements and commercial priorities.
• Communicate project cost information clearly to support client decision-making.
• Participate in commercial discussions and project coordination meetings.
• Provide professional cost management advice throughout project delivery.
• Support effective communication between clients, consultants, contractors, and internal teams.

Project Portfolio and Resource Management

• Manage cost management resources across a portfolio of projects.
• Monitor resource allocation against established project budgets.
• Coordinate commercial deliverables across multiple assignments.
• Brief project teams on project scope and commercial responsibilities.
• Ensure team members understand their assigned roles and deliverables.
• Monitor completion of cost management activities against project requirements.
• Coordinate priorities to support effective delivery of commercial services.
• Maintain accountability for assigned project cost management outputs.

Procurement and Tender Management

• Prepare Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation for relevant procurement activities.
• Manage assigned procurement processes in coordination with project stakeholders.
• Prepare tender documentation and associated commercial information.
• Review tender submissions against project requirements.
• Evaluate and reconcile tender pricing and commercial information.
• Identify pricing discrepancies and matters requiring clarification.
• Support commercial assessment of procurement options.
• Provide relevant tender evaluation information to clients and project teams.

Contractor and Consultant Payment Assessments

• Assess the value of contractor and consultant progress payment applications.
• Review payment submissions against relevant project and contractual requirements.
• Evaluate change requests and associated financial implications.
• Prepare recommendations to clients regarding payment valuations.
• Coordinate with project teams to verify relevant commercial information.
• Monitor the effect of approved changes on project budgets and cash flows.
• Maintain appropriate records of payment assessments and commercial recommendations.

Contract Administration and Change Management

• Apply knowledge of recognized construction contract forms, including FIDIC.
• Review commercial implications arising from contractual changes.
• Assess change requests and their effect on project costs.
• Support implementation of established project change control procedures.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders regarding commercial and contractual requirements.
• Review cost information associated with changes to project scope.
• Maintain awareness of contractual obligations affecting project financial performance.
• Support consistent application of relevant contract management procedures.

Value Engineering and Cost Optimization

• Participate in value engineering reviews for infrastructure and mixed-use developments.
• Evaluate alternative design and construction solutions from a cost perspective.
• Assess the financial implications of proposed value engineering options.
• Coordinate with design and project teams to review potential cost efficiencies.
• Support comparison of project alternatives using relevant cost information.
• Present commercial findings and recommendations to project stakeholders.
• Contribute to cost-effective project solutions while considering defined project requirements.

Measurement and Cost Assessment

• Apply recognized construction measurement principles when preparing cost estimates.
• Use relevant standard methods of measurement, including CESMM, POMI, and NRM.
• Review project quantities and associated construction cost information.
• Assess measurement requirements for infrastructure and public realm assets.
• Coordinate measurement information with relevant technical disciplines.
• Support consistency in estimating, tendering, and commercial assessments.
• Maintain appropriate documentation supporting quantity and cost calculations.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Education

• Bachelor of Science degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or an equivalent qualification.
• Degree must be obtained from an accredited, internationally recognized institution or university.

Professional Accreditation

• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) or equivalent professional accreditation.

Professional Experience

• Relevant experience managing commercial and cost management activities on major mixed-use and infrastructure projects.
• Experience delivering pre-contract and post-contract quantity surveying services.
• Experience preparing construction cost estimates from conceptual and technical design information.
• Practical experience in project budgeting, cost control, and cash-flow management.
• Experience managing complex commercial deliverables across multiple projects.
• Experience preparing tender documentation and evaluating tender submissions.
• Knowledge of procurement procedures and commercial tender reconciliation.
• Experience assessing contractor and consultant progress payments.
• Understanding of construction change management and commercial cost assessments.
• Experience participating in value engineering and cost option studies.
• Ability to manage project resources within established budgets.
• Experience coordinating with clients and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Minimum number of years of professional experience is not specified.

Technical Skills and Professional Competencies

Quantity Surveying and Cost Management

• Pre-contract and post-contract cost management.
• Infrastructure and mixed-use development cost estimating.
• Feasibility-stage cost planning and option studies.
• Conceptual design cost estimation.
• Construction budget monitoring and financial control.
• Project cash-flow forecasting and management.
• Earned value reporting.
• Construction cost analysis and commercial evaluation.
• Contractor and consultant progress payment assessment.
• Construction change request evaluation.
• Project cost reporting and financial recommendations.
• Commercial management across multiple projects.

Contracts, Procurement and Measurement

• Working knowledge of FIDIC construction contract forms.
• Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (CESMM).
• Principles of Measurement International (POMI).
• New Rules of Measurement (NRM).
• Construction contract and commercial management techniques.
• Request for Proposal documentation preparation.
• Tender documentation and procurement management.
• Tender evaluation and commercial reconciliation.
• Construction measurement and quantity assessment.
• Project change control procedures.
• Value engineering and cost optimization.

Leadership and Professional Competencies

• Strong client engagement and relationship management skills.
• Ability to lead commercial activities across a portfolio of projects.
• Effective resource management and project team coordination.
• Excellent presentation and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical and commercial decision-making abilities.
• Ability to prepare and communicate complex financial information.
• Effective coordination with design, engineering, and construction teams.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to commercial detail.
• Ability to manage multiple project deliverables and financial priorities.
• Professional judgment in evaluating project costs and commercial options.
• Commitment to established company and client procedures.

Recruitment and Onboarding Requirements

AECOM is committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and takes fraudulent hiring activities seriously. All newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding session at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

Employee Benefits and Professional Development

AECOM offers employee benefits depending on employment status and applicable eligibility requirements. These may include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, paid time off, leave benefits, well-being resources, employee assistance programmes, business travel insurance, retirement savings arrangements, and other available employee programmes. The company supports professional development through technical training, leadership development programmes, knowledge sharing, and collaboration with experienced quantity surveying, commercial management, engineering, and construction professionals. Employees have opportunities to contribute to major mixed-use, infrastructure, and public realm developments while strengthening their expertise in construction cost management, procurement, contract administration, commercial leadership, and project financial control.

About AECOM

AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting and professional services firm committed to delivering a better world. The company works with public- and private-sector clients to address complex challenges across transportation, water, environment, energy, and buildings. Its services include advisory, planning, design, engineering, programme management, and construction management, supporting the delivery of innovative, sustainable, and resilient infrastructure solutions. AECOM brings together more than 50,000 professionals worldwide, including engineers, architects, planners, designers, scientists, digital specialists, and construction management professionals. A Fortune 500 company, AECOM reported revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. The organization promotes collaboration, professional development, respect, and equal employment opportunities.