Senior Quantity Surveyor

Jacobs; Al Jawf Region; On-site; SAR 400,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the NEOM project, delivering commercial leadership across a major programme. You will oversee cost control, contracts, measurements, variances and progress payments while working with project teams to ensure delivery and commercial performance.

The role requires extensive QS experience, strong leadership, and proficiency with QS software. Onsite at the NEOM site with the Jacobs team, contributing to a high-profile civil and infrastructure

Qualifications

• Chartered status preferred.
• 10+ years’ Quantity Surveying experience, including 5+ years on infrastructure projects and 3+ years in the Middle East.
• Strong expertise in estimating, measurement and remeasurement, with knowledge of contracts, docs, drawings and specs, and ability to lead QS teams.
• Proficient in QS software and digital tools.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in financial and contractual aspects of multiple work packages.
• Prepare minutes of progress meetings.
• Manage financial and contractual matters across work packages.
• Finalize monthly payment certificates with assistance from QS.
• Maintain cost and quantity records.
• Advise on measurement procedures and interim/final quantities.
• Evaluate unit rates for new work items.
• Record day works and monitor details.
• Advise on contractor resource allocation.
• Prepare monthly cost reports.
• Review contractor payments and valuations.
• Verify measurements and completed works.
• Monitor project costs and expenditure records.
• Coordinate team activities and commercial processes; finalize Final Accounts.

Skills

Estimating & measurement

Contract administration

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Leadership of QS teams

Education

Chartered status preferred

Tools

QS software

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

At Jacobs, we push the limits of what is possible to make the world smarter and more connected. We are seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team at NEOM and provide contractual leadership across a major programme.

About The Opportunity

Looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to support the commercial and contractual management of major construction projects. The role involves cost control, remeasurements, payment certifications, variations, and contract administration while working closely with project teams to ensure successful project delivery and commercial performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the financial and contractual aspects of the multiple work packages
• Participate, record and usually prepare the minutes of the progress meetings.
• Provide support on all financial and contractual matters throughout the course of the work in the multiple work packages.
• Finalize the multiple package Contractor’s monthly payment certificates with the assistance of the QS’s.
• Make sure that all cost and quantity records are streamlined and kept in order by the QS’s.
• Advise the SRE and RE’s on measurement procedures and calculation of interim and final quantities.
• Evaluate the unit rates for new work items with assistance by the QS’s.
• Establish the way of recording the details and monitor the day works recording and process.
• Advise on contractor resource allocation and utilization
• Prepare monthly financial and cost reports
• Review and audit contractor payments and valuations
• Verify measurements and completed works
• Monitor project costs and expenditure records
• Coordinate team activities and commercial processes. Prepare and finalize project Final Accounts.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Chartered status preferred
• 10+ years’ Quantity Surveying experience, including 5+ years on infrastructure projects and 3+ years in the Middle East.
• Strong expertise in estimating, measurement, and remeasurement, with sound knowledge of construction contracts, commercial documentation, drawings, and specifications, and proven ability to lead Quantity Surveying teams.
• Proficient in QS software and digital tools
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Jacobs. A world where you can. From our inclusive employee networks to our positive mental health champions – we’re committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally - and together, our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities to do good too – from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

From our inclusive employee networks to our positive mental health champions – we’re committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally - and together, our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength. We collaborate and share! By supporting one another, we all succeed.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities to do good too – from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.

No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

Onsite employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full‑time basis, as required by the nature of their role.