Senior Quantity Surveyor – Data Center, Dubai

Decima International; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Decima International is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to support cost management, measurement, commercial administration, and change control for a large data center project in Dubai, UAE.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in QS/cost control across large-scale construction and mission-critical facilities, with strong BOQ and cost reporting skills, and experience coordinating across multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of quantity surveying, cost management, commercial management, or construction cost control experience on large-scale projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Experience on data center, mission-critical, industrial, or large-scale building projects.
• Strong knowledge of quantity take-offs, BOQs, measurement rules, payment applications, variations, claims support, and cost reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support quantity surveying and commercial management across the project, ensuring accuracy and contract compliance.
• Prepare and validate quantity take-offs, bills of quantities, measurements and cost-related docs.
• Review payment applications, progress claims, invoices, and related documents for accuracy.
• Assist in evaluating change orders, variations, claims, and cost impacts.
• Prepare cost reports, budgets, trackers, variation logs, and commercial dashboards.
• Coordinate with cost control, planning, procurement, contract, engineering, and construction teams to validate quantities and costs.
• Review drawings, specifications, BOQs, and contract docs to support measurement and valuation.
• Conduct site visits to verify quantities and support payments and variations.
• Maintain records of measurements, payments, change orders, and documentation.
• Support estimates, forecasts, cost-to-complete updates, and financial projections.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Coordination with stakeholders

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Cost control

BOQ interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Procore

Aconex

Oracle Primavera Cloud

SAP

Job description

Decima International is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to support cost management, measurement, commercial administration, and change control for a large data center project in Dubai, UAE.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in QS/cost control across large-scale construction and mission-critical facilities, with strong BOQ and cost reporting skills, and experience coordinating across multidisciplinary teams.