Senior Quantity Surveyor: Data Center & Infra Projects Lead

Decima International; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Decima International is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead cost management on large-scale, mission-critical projects in the UAE. You will review BOQs, validate measurements, and support commercial decisions across design and construction teams.

The role focuses on contract administration, change management, and cost reporting to clients and project leadership, ensuring adherence to schedules and budgets on data center and industrial facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Commercial Management, or related technical field.
• 15+ years of quantity surveying, cost management, commercial management, or construction cost control experience.

Responsibilities

• Support quantity surveying and commercial management activities across the project, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with contract requirements.
• Prepare, review, and validate quantity take-offs, bills of quantities, measurements, and cost-related documentation.
• Review contractor payment applications, progress claims, invoices, and supporting documents to verify accuracy against completed works, contract terms, and approved quantities.
• Support the evaluation of change orders, variations, claims, and commercial impacts, including quantity verification and cost substantiation.
• Assist in preparing cost reports, budget updates, payment trackers, variation logs, and commercial dashboards for project leadership and client review.
• Coordinate with cost control, planning, procurement, contract, engineering, and construction teams to validate quantities, progress, and cost impacts.
• Review drawings, specifications, BOQs, scope documents, and contract documents to support accurate measurement and valuation.
• Conduct site visits and progress inspections to verify installed quantities and support payment and variation assessments.
• Maintain accurate records of measurements, payment applications, change orders, claims, correspondence, and commercial documentation.
• Support the preparation of estimates, forecasts, cost-to-complete updates, and financial projections based on project progress and approved changes.
• Assist in identifying commercial risks, cost discrepancies, scope gaps, and potential variations, escalating issues to project leadership when required.
• Support contract administration activities by reviewing commercial terms, deliverables, payment milestones, and supporting documentation.
• Participate in commercial meetings, progress reviews, cost workshops, and contractor coordination sessions.
• Ensure quantity surveying activities align with internal policies, client standards, contract requirements, and industry best practices.

Skills

Quantity Surveying

Cost Management

Commercial Management

Reading drawings

Cost reporting

Analytical skills

Communication

Excel

Contract knowledge

Education

Bachelor degree in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Procore

Aconex

Oracle Primavera Cloud

SAP

Job description

Decima International is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead cost management on large-scale, mission-critical projects in the UAE. You will review BOQs, validate measurements, and support commercial decisions across design and construction teams.

The role focuses on contract administration, change management, and cost reporting to clients and project leadership, ensuring adherence to schedules and budgets on data center and industrial facilities.