Quantity Survey Manager

Mohammad Al Habib Real Estate Co. | شركة محمد الحبيب العقارية; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Mohammad Al-Habib Real Estate Investment Company is seeking a Quantity Survey Manager to lead the QS function across all projects. You will standardize policies, oversee cost estimation, cost control, and contract administration, and collaborate with senior leadership to ensure financial performance across the portfolio.

Ideal candidate has 10+ years in quantity surveying, senior oversight experience, and strong leadership with Arabic and English fluency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
• Proficiency in QS software and advanced MS Excel
• Fluency in Arabic and English required

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to QS teams across all projects
• Standardize QS policies, procedures, and templates company-wide
• Prepare and consolidate periodic cost progress reports across projects
• Monitor progress against targets and drive corrective actions
• Escalate cost and progress risks with clear recommendations
• Review cost estimates, BOQs and cost plans before submission
• Oversee variation orders, claims, and change control processes across projects
• Consolidate cost reporting for senior management

Skills

QS software

MS Excel

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Arabic & English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Job description

Posting this for Mohammed Alhabib Company's subsidiary Asalah Residence Company

Mohammad Al-Habib Real Estate Investment Company is a family-owned and privately-held company that expresses legacy and noble lineage. Al-Habib company was founded in 1972 and specializes in real estate investments, developments, master plans, scouting land for urban projects, managing construction details with contractors, and designing commercial and residential communities that add value to the surrounding environment and people.

Joining Al Habib Company provides flexibility and freedom to set your own pace. Your income will directly reflect your efforts, with no limits on what your hard-working can earn. To be a successful candidate for our company, you need to be goal-oriented, persevering, self-motivated, ambitious, and people-oriented. The rewards of being one of our team members are the potential for high earnings, status in the community, autonomy, time freedom, helping people, intellectual challenge, and satisfaction from those accomplishments.

Position Summary:

The Quantity Survey Manager is responsible for leading and supervising the Quantity Surveying function across all company projects. This role sets QS standards company-wide, oversees project-level QS teams, and ensures consistency in cost estimation, cost control, and contract administration practices across the portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership, supervision, and technical direction to Quantity Surveyors and QS teams across all active projects
• Establish and standardize QS policies, procedures, templates, and best practices company-wide
• Prepare and consolidate periodic progress reports (physical and financial progress) across all projects, tracking actual vs. planned achievement rates
• Follow up closely with Project Managers and site teams to monitor progress against targets, flag slippages early, and drive corrective actions to keep projects on the required achievement curve
• Escalate progress and cost-performance risks to senior management with clear recommendations, and push project teams to meet or exceed required progress/achievement rates
• Review cost estimates, BOQs, and cost plans prepared by project-level QS teams before submission.
• Oversee variation orders, claims, and change control processes across projects, ensuring consistency and commercial rigor
• Monitor and consolidate cost reporting across the project portfolio for senior management and executive reporting
• Conduct periodic audits/reviews of project QS functions to ensure quality control and identify risks early
• Act as the escalation point for complex commercial/contractual issues raised by project QS teams
• Liaise with senior leadership (e.g., Deputy CEO) on cost governance, progress performance, and portfolio-wide commercial performance
• Drive value engineering and cost optimization initiatives across projects

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
• Professional certification strongly preferred (RICS, MRICS, or equivalent regional certification)
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in quantity surveying, including significant experience at a senior/head-office or multi-project oversight level
• Demonstrated experience managing or supervising QS teams across multiple concurrent projects (high-rise/tower experience a plus, not mandatory)
• Proficiency in QS software and advanced MS Excel
• Fluency in Arabic and English required.
• Strategic thinking with strong commercial/financial acumen at a portfolio level
• Strong leadership and people management skills — able to supervise QS staff who are physically based on different project sites
• Excellent stakeholder management across senior leadership, project teams, and external parties
• Strong governance mindset — able to standardize and enforce processes across diverse project teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication/reporting skills