Senior Quantity Surveyor — Claims & Commercial Leader

Parsons; Tabuk; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor - Claims in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia to lead cost estimation, bills of quantities, budgets, and contract administration for major infrastructure projects.

You will review contractor submissions, manage claims, variations, and extension of time, and provide commercial guidance to project leadership while maintaining audit-ready records and strong client relations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in quantity surveying, cost estimation, and commercial management.
• Strong experience on major infrastructure, civil engineering, or mega-project developments.
• Proven expertise in claims preparation, claims defense, and dispute resolution.
• Detailed knowledge of FIDIC or comparable international standard forms of contract.
• Experience evaluating variations, extension of time requests, and commercial entitlement.
• Strong ability to prepare detailed estimates, bills of quantities, and budget forecasts.
• Practical understanding of construction methods, quantities, rates, and cost drivers.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed cost estimates for infrastructure, civil engineering, and development packages.
• Develop and review bills of quantities for tendering, budgeting, and commercial control.
• Establish project budgets, cost plans, and expenditure forecasts at different design and construction stages.
• Review contractor estimates, quotations, rate build-ups, and commercial submissions.
• Verify quantities against drawings, specifications, site information, and approved scope.
• Monitor project expenditure, commitments, approved changes, and forecast final costs.
• Maintain cost tracking registers and identify emerging budget risks.
• Analyze commercial variances and recommend corrective action to project leadership.
• Identify potential contractual claims, compensation events, and entitlement issues.
• Prepare detailed claims for additional cost, delay, disruption, and extension of time.
• Draft claim narratives supported by contract clauses, programme records, correspondence, and cost evidence.
• Review contractor claims and prepare technically supported defenses or recommendations.
• Evaluate extension of time requests and associated financial implications.
• Assess variation orders, design changes, site instructions, and revised scope requirements.
• Negotiate variation values, new rates, and commercial settlements with contractors.
• Review contract conditions to identify risks, obligations, notice requirements, and commercial opportunities.
• Ensure contractual notices and responses are issued within required timeframes.
• Support dispute avoidance, negotiation, mediation, adjudication, or arbitration preparation when required.
• Maintain accurate records of claims, variations, notices, correspondence, and commercial decisions.
• Coordinate with planning teams to connect claims with schedule impacts and delay events.
• Work with engineering teams to understand technical changes and quantity implications.
• Support value engineering by comparing alternative designs, materials, and construction methods.
• Prepare cost‑benefit analyses for proposed technical alternatives.
• Confirm that savings proposals do not compromise quality, safety, or operational performance.
• Produce regular commercial status reports for senior management and the client.
• Prepare dashboards, cost summaries, claims registers, variation reports, and forecast updates.
• Present complex commercial matters clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Use Candy, CostX, and Microsoft Excel for estimating, cost analysis, and reporting.
• Support interim payment reviews, final account preparation, and contract close‑out.
• Maintain complete and auditable commercial documentation.
• Perform additional quantity surveying and claims duties assigned by project leadership.

Skills

Quantity surveying

Cost estimation

Bills of quantities

Budget forecasting

Cost planning

Commercial management

Claims preparation

Claims defense

Dispute resolution

Extension of time claims

Variation assessment

Contract administration

FIDIC contracts

Contractual entitlement

Rate build-ups

Cost tracking

Commercial risk management

Value engineering

Final accounts

Interim payment review

Claims registers

Commercial reporting

Candy

CostX

Microsoft Excel

Contractual writing

Contractor negotiation

Infrastructure costing

Mega-project commercial controls

Education

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

Tools

Candy

CostX

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Parsons is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor - Claims in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia to lead cost estimation, bills of quantities, budgets, and contract administration for major infrastructure projects.

You will review contractor submissions, manage claims, variations, and extension of time, and provide commercial guidance to project leadership while maintaining audit-ready records and strong client relations.