Senior Quantity Surveyor - Post-Contract
AECOM Middle East Ltd
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Job summary
Senior Quantity Surveyor – Post‑Contract at AECOM Middle East Ltd in Dubai leads post‑contract cost management for luxury residential, commercial, and hospitality projects. You will act as the main client contact, manage valuations, variations, budgets, and final accounts across a diverse project portfolio.
The role requires MRICS membership, 8–10 years of experience, and a strong track record in cost consultancy within the Middle East.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, or another construction‑related discipline.
- Chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS/FRICS).
- Minimum 8–10 years of post‑graduate quantity surveying or cost consultancy experience.
- At least 4–5 years of relevant professional experience in the Middle East.
Responsibilities
- Lead post‑contract cost consultancy services for luxury residential, commercial, hospitality, and mixed‑use projects.
- Act as the principal client contact for assigned developments.
- Manage interim valuations and prepare payment certifications.
- Assess contractor variations, verify records and negotiate outcomes.
- Track budgets, forecast costs, and monitor cash flow and final expenditure.
- Produce monthly cost reports with movements, risks, and savings.
Skills
Education
Job description
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Construction
Function: Cost Estimating
Experience: 8-10 years post‑graduate experience
Job Type: Full‑time
Salary: 25,000–35,000 (Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the city; please confirm final offer with the employer.)
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Senior Quantity Surveyor – Post‑Contract in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Construction hiring opportunity for an MRICS‑qualified professional experienced in leading cost consultancy services across luxury residential, commercial, and hospitality developments. The role combines client management, commercial oversight, team leadership, payment certification, variation assessment, budget control, risk management, negotiations, funder advisory, and final account delivery across a diverse project portfolio.
The Senior Quantity Surveyor will lead post‑contract cost management assignments and act as the primary commercial contact for clients across small and medium‑sized projects. The position is responsible for maintaining financial control from contract award through project completion while ensuring that valuations, variations, claims, forecasts, risks, and final accounts are managed accurately and transparently. Working across a portfolio of complex developments, the role will coordinate resources, define team responsibilities, monitor performance, and protect client budgets through timely commercial advice. The successful candidate will also contribute to funder advisory services, quality assurance, benchmarking, internal reporting, and the development of junior quantity surveying professionals.
- Lead post‑contract cost consultancy services for luxury residential, commercial, hospitality, and mixed‑use projects.
- Act as the principal client contact for assigned small and medium‑sized developments.
- Manage interim valuations and prepare or review payment certifications in accordance with contract requirements.
- Assess contractor variations, verify supporting records, and negotiate fair commercial outcomes.
- Track approved budgets, commitments, forecast costs, cash flow, and anticipated final expenditure.
- Produce detailed monthly cost reports that clearly explain movements, risks, liabilities, and potential savings.
- Support claim avoidance by identifying contractual issues early and recommending practical mitigation measures.
- Review commercial claims, assess entitlement, analyse cost impact, and prepare evidence‑based recommendations.
- Lead negotiations involving variations, rates, settlements, and final account agreements.
- Manage the preparation, review, and closure of project final accounts.
- Provide cost and commercial support across a wider portfolio of client projects.
- Develop project delivery plans and allocate resources according to scope, complexity, programme, and budget.
- Brief team members on project requirements so that individual responsibilities and reporting expectations are clearly understood.
- Coordinate quantity surveying resources across one major assignment or several concurrent smaller projects.
- Monitor project performance and ensure all deliverables are completed within agreed budgets and deadlines.
- Oversee the production of funder advisory reports, monitoring updates, and supporting commercial documentation.
- Review project risks and maintain accurate commercial risk registers and mitigation actions.
- Ensure cost management procedures, internal controls, and quality assurance requirements are consistently followed.
- Lead benchmarking exercises, cost data collection, and internal performance reporting.
- Supervise junior quantity surveyors and provide technical guidance on measurement, valuation, contracts, and reporting.
- Support graduate development activities and contribute to structured professional training where required.
- Set performance expectations for direct reports and provide regular feedback, coaching, and development support.
- Escalate significant cost, contractual, programme, or commercial concerns to senior leadership and clients.
- Attend client, contractor, design, progress, and commercial meetings as the cost management representative.
- Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, or another construction-related discipline.
- Chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
- Minimum 8–10 years of post‑graduate quantity surveying or cost consultancy experience.
- At least 4–5 years of relevant professional experience in the Middle East.
- Strong background in post‑contract cost management and consultancy services.
- Demonstrated experience across luxury residential, commercial, hospitality, or mixed‑use developments.
- Proven capability in payment certification, variation assessment, budget tracking, cost reporting, claims management, and final accounts.
- Experience managing several projects or a major multidisciplinary assignment.
- Ability to act as the primary commercial contact for clients and communicate complex cost information clearly.
- Sound knowledge of construction contracts, commercial procedures, valuation principles, and contractual entitlement.
- Strong negotiation skills with the ability to resolve commercial issues professionally.
- Experience leading, mentoring, and evaluating quantity surveying team members.
- Ability to plan resources, delegate assignments, and maintain delivery standards across competing priorities.
- Advanced numerical, analytical, reporting, and commercial decision‑making skills.
- Strong attention to quality control, governance, and procedural compliance.
- Confident written and verbal communication with clients, consultants, contractors, and senior stakeholders.
- Availability to attend in‑person Day1 onboarding at an AECOM office.
- Post‑contract cost management
- Senior quantity surveying
- Cost consultancy
- Cost estimating
- Interim valuations
- Payment certification
- Variation management
- Claims assessment
- Claim avoidance
- Budget tracking
- Cost forecasting
- Cash flow monitoring
- Cost reporting
- Commercial risk management
- Contract administration
- Final account negotiation
- Funder advisory
- Project portfolio management
- Resource planning
- Team leadership
- Staff performance management
- Graduate mentoring
- Client relationship management
- Luxury residential projects
- Commercial developments
- Hospitality developments
- Cost benchmarking
- RICS standards
- MRICS
- Microsoft Excel
- Commercial documentation
- Quality control
This opportunity places an experienced cost professional at the centre of high‑value development programmes in Dubai's active construction market. The role offers direct client responsibility, exposure to complex post‑contract challenges, and the authority to influence budgets, commercial strategy, risk decisions, and final project outcomes. The position also provides a clear route toward broader cost management and commercial leadership responsibilities.
Operating within multidisciplinary specialist teams, established systems, international project knowledge, and structured professional development, you will strengthen both technical capability and long‑term career stability.
Eligible employees may receive benefits based on employment status and company policy, including medical coverage, disability insurance, life insurance, paid leave, wellbeing resources, professional training, employee assistance services, recognition programmes, retirement savings support, and other employment benefits.
AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm delivering advisory, planning, design, engineering, cost management, programme management, and construction management services. Its professionals support public and private sector clients across buildings, transportation, water, energy, and environmental projects, combining technical expertise with commercial insight to deliver sustainable and resilient developments.
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