Quantity Surveyor - Variations and Claims

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 13,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is seeking a Quantity Surveyor specialized in variations and claims to manage commercial assessment, valuation, and contract interpretation for major construction projects.

You will identify changes early, quantify commercial impact, maintain records, and administer variations in line with contractual requirements, while coordinating with planning, design, and construction teams to support timely project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5-10 years of quantity surveying experience.
• Strong background in variations, valuation, change management, and commercial administration.
• Experience with FIDIC or similar contracts.

Responsibilities

• Review design revisions, site instructions, RFIs, notices, and modified requirements to identify potential variations.
• Determine whether changes create cost or contractual implications.
• Evaluate direct/indirect costs, prolongation, disruption, and other commercial impacts.
• Prepare detailed estimates for proposed variations using quantity breakdowns and rates.
• Manage variation activities from initiation to closeout and final accounts.
• Prepare variation orders, change requests, and related documentation.
• Maintain audit-ready records and clear basis for each valuation.

Skills

Variation management

Change management

Cost forecasting

Contract negotiation

Data analysis

English communication

Education

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

Tools

CostX

Candy

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Snapshot

Role: Quantity Surveyor - Variations and Claims

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Construction

Function: Contracts Administration

Experience: 5-10 years

Job Type: Full-time

Country: Saudi Arabia

City: Riyadh

Industry: Construction

Function: Contracts Administration

Salary: 13000-22000

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

Quantity Surveyor - Variations and Claims in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Construction opportunity for a commercially focused professional experienced in variation assessment, quantity measurement, change control, claims evaluation, contract interpretation, cost forecasting, and contractor negotiations. The role is responsible for identifying project changes early, determining their commercial impact, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring variations are assessed and administered in line with contractual requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Review design revisions, site instructions, Requests for Information, contractual notices, and modified requirements to identify potential variations.
• Determine whether project changes create measurable cost or contractual implications.
• Evaluate direct costs, indirect costs, prolongation, disruption, and other commercial impacts.
• Prepare detailed estimates for proposed variations using quantity breakdowns, rates, resources, and supporting project information.
• Manage variation activities from identification and initiation through evaluation, recommendation, approval, implementation, and final closeout.
• Prepare variation orders, change requests, commercial evaluations, and related documentation.
• Maintain clear records demonstrating the basis of each valuation and commercial recommendation.
• Measurement and valuation responsibilities will require accurate assessment of changed works.
• Carry out quantity take-offs using approved drawings, specifications, site records, and applicable measurement standards.
• Perform remeasurement of variation works where actual quantities differ from original scope assumptions.
• Develop detailed quantity schedules to support commercial evaluation.
• Review contractor quantities against verified project records.
• Apply appropriate contract rates when valuing additional or omitted work.
• Prepare new or derived rate analyses where existing contract rates are not applicable.
• Confirm that valuations are transparent, justified, traceable, and auditable.
• Maintain high accuracy across quantity, cost, and financial calculations.
• Contract interpretation will be central to managing entitlement.
• Review clauses governing variations, Change Orders, notices, valuation mechanisms, rates, and contractual entitlement.
• Apply FIDIC principles or other relevant international forms of construction contract.
• Assess whether required contractual notices have been issued correctly.
• Identify commercial implications arising from client instructions, revised designs, changed conditions, and scope modifications.
• Prepare contractual correspondence covering valuation, entitlement, notices, disputed rates, and commercial agreements.
• Support project teams with interpretation of change-related contractual requirements.
• Contractor submissions must be reviewed independently and critically.
• Evaluate contractor variation submissions against approved scope, drawings, specifications, contractual provisions, and site evidence.
• Review submitted quantities, rates, labour, materials, plant, and supporting resources.
• Challenge unsupported assumptions or insufficient substantiation.
• Assess whether proposed rates are consistent with contract provisions and prevailing project conditions.
• Review technical alternatives from a cost and commercial perspective.
• Coordinate clarification meetings with contractors and consultants.
• Negotiate variation values and rates within delegated authority.
• Record agreed commercial outcomes and ensure documentation is updated accordingly.
• Claims assessment will include both cost and time-related commercial exposure.
• Assist with claims resulting from scope changes, delay, disruption, prolongation, and differing site conditions.
• Review the financial impact of time-related events.
• Evaluate cost substantiation submitted with contractor claims.
• Coordinate with Planning teams where programme analysis is required.
• Support preparation of commercial recommendations regarding entitlement and valuation.
• Maintain documentation needed to support claim assessment and dispute avoidance.
• Identify areas where early commercial intervention could prevent escalation.
• Change-control governance must provide management with clear visibility.
• Maintain an accurate Variation Register.
• Update Change Logs covering proposed, pending, approved, rejected, and closed changes.
• Record values, status, approvals, responsible parties, and outstanding actions.
• Ensure approved changes are incorporated into current commercial records.
• Monitor pending variations that may create future project exposure.
• Track unresolved submissions, negotiations, approvals, and contractual responses.
• Reconcile change information with wider project cost and forecasting records.
• Cost forecasting responsibilities will incorporate both approved and anticipated changes.
• Update project forecasts to include approved variations.
• Assess likely exposure associated with pending or anticipated changes.
• Support preparation of cost reports and commercial forecasts.
• Identify trends showing potential growth in project cost.
• Highlight significant commercial risks to project leadership.
• Recommend mitigation measures where change exposure threatens budget objectives.
• Provide accurate information for management reviews and financial reporting.
• Multidisciplinary coordination will be required to build complete variation assessments.
• Work with Design teams to understand the technical basis of changes.
• Coordinate with Construction teams to verify actual site conditions and executed quantities.
• Engage Engineering teams where technical clarification is required.
• Liaise with Planning and Project Controls teams to assess time and programme implications.
• Work with Commercial teams to maintain alignment between cost records and contractual assessments.
• Obtain supporting documentation from relevant disciplines before finalizing recommendations.
• Attend progress, commercial, and change-control meetings.
• Present concise updates on variation status, financial exposure, and outstanding decisions.
• Commercial records must remain complete throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maintain correspondence, assessment sheets, approvals, supporting calculations, and related documentation.
• Ensure each variation has a clear audit trail.
• Prepare periodic reports for project management and client review.
• Support commercial audits and project reviews.
• Assist with final account preparation and reconciliation.
• Support contract closeout activities and confirmation of outstanding variation status.
• Ensure commercial records are complete and audit-ready before project completion.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5-10 years of relevant quantity surveying experience.
• Strong background in variations, valuation, change management, and commercial administration.
• Experience supporting large infrastructure, mixed-use, building, or major construction projects.
• Demonstrated ability to manage variation processes from identification through final agreement.
• Strong knowledge of standard methods of measurement and quantity surveying principles.
• Practical experience preparing detailed cost estimates and rate analyses.
• Proven capability reviewing contractor variations and change requests.
• Strong understanding of FIDIC or comparable construction contracts.
• Ability to interpret contractual provisions relating to notices, rates, variation mechanisms, and entitlement.
• Working knowledge of claims associated with delay, disruption, and prolongation.
• Strong analytical skills for assessing both cost and time impacts.
• High attention to detail when reviewing quantities and commercial records.
• Confident written and verbal English communication skills.
• Strong negotiation capability with contractors, consultants, clients, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple commercial matters and deadlines simultaneously.
• High professional integrity and strong commercial awareness.
• Professional membership such as MRICS, AIQS, or equivalent is advantageous.
• Previous Middle East experience, particularly within Saudi Arabia, is also preferred.

Skills Set

• Quantity surveying
• Variation management
• Change management
• Contracts administration
• FIDIC contracts
• Quantity take-offs
• Remeasurement
• Variation Orders
• Change Orders
• Cost estimating
• Rate analysis
• Commercial evaluation
• Contractor variation review
• Claims assessment
• Delay claims
• Disruption claims
• Prolongation costs
• Contractual notices
• Entitlement assessment
• Commercial correspondence
• Cost forecasting
• Cash flow awareness
• Variation Registers
• Change Logs
• Final accounts
• Contract closeout
• Dispute avoidance
• Commercial reporting
• Cost analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• CostX
• Candy
• Primavera P6
• Microsoft Project
• Project controls
• Commercial systems
• Contractor negotiation
• Stakeholder management
• Audit-ready records

Why Join Us

This role offers significant commercial exposure within Riyadh 's expanding Construction sector, where large infrastructure and development programs require strong control of variations, claims, valuations, and contractual change. The position allows an experienced Quantity Surveyor to deepen expertise in FIDIC administration, contractor negotiations, cost forecasting, final accounts, and dispute avoidance while building a pathway toward Senior Quantity Surveyor, Commercial Manager, Contracts Manager, and wider commercial leadership roles.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, infrastructure, construction management, program management, project controls, and technology services across major international developments. Its Saudi Arabia teams support complex construction and infrastructure programs where disciplined quantity surveying, contract administration, change control, and commercial management are essential to protecting project performance and client objectives.