Senior Quantity Surveyor - MEP

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor (MEP) to provide post-contract commercial management on major infrastructure projects in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role covers claims, quantum analysis, EOT assessments, variation management, certification, and dispute support.

You will evaluate entitlements and assess contractor submissions, coordinating with civil, architectural, transport, and MEP packages to protect contractual interests.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a relevant field is required.
• Professional qualification in Quantity Surveying (MRICS preferred).
• Extensive post-contract experience (10+ years) on major infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide post-contract commercial management and advisory services.
• Assess contractual entitlements, variations, claims, and cost implications.
• Prepare quantum assessments and commercial recommendations supported by project records.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to manage interface risks and commercial governance.
• Support dispute resolution through detailed documentation and evidence.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a relevant field

MRICS (preferred)

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor - MEP Job Snapshot - Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor - Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) - Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Industry: Construction - Function: Surveying - Experience: Over 10 years - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site

Parsons is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor (MEP) to provide commercial and contractual advisory services on major infrastructure projects in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The position focuses on post-contract commercial management, construction claims, quantum analysis, Extension of Time (EOT) assessments, variation management, payment certification, and dispute resolution support. You will evaluate contractual entitlements, assess contractor claims, analyze construction costs and delays, and provide independent commercial recommendations supported by project records and contractual evidence. The role requires experience managing commercial interfaces across multidisciplinary construction packages, including civil structures, architectural works, transport systems, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing installations. Working with project management, planning, engineering, contractors, consultants, and legal specialists, you will help protect contractual interests, manage commercial risks, and support fair and defensible project outcomes. The successful candidate will have more than 10 years of relevant post-contract quantity surveying experience on major infrastructure projects, together with professional qualifications in quantity surveying and strong knowledge of international construction contracts.

Job Details - Country: Saudi Arabia - City: Riyadh - Industry: Construction - Function: Surveying - Salary: Not disclosed - Gender: No Preference - Candidate Nationality: Not specified - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site

Key Responsibilities

Post-Contract Commercial Management

• Provide commercial and contractual advice throughout the post-contract phase of major infrastructure projects.
• Assess contractual entitlements, obligations, and risk allocation under applicable contract provisions.
• Interpret FIDIC and other relevant international construction contract forms.
• Review commercial issues arising from construction progress, design changes, variations, and project delays.
• Evaluate contractual and financial implications of contractor submissions.
• Support the management of commercial risks across multiple construction work packages.
• Provide evidence-based recommendations to project management and client representatives.
• Coordinate commercial activities with engineering, procurement, planning, and construction teams.

Construction Claims Management

• Assess and prepare contractual claims relating to construction works.
• Review contractor claims for contractual entitlement, supporting evidence, and financial impact.
• Prepare detailed claims narratives, assessments, and supporting documentation.
• Draft responses to contractor claims and associated contractual submissions.
• Maintain comprehensive claims registers recording claim status, milestones, actions, and outcomes.
• Identify weaknesses, inconsistencies, and unsupported elements in submitted claims.
• Coordinate with technical and commercial teams to obtain relevant project evidence.
• Support timely evaluation and resolution of contractual claims.
• Provide recommendations on claim acceptance, rejection, or further substantiation.

Contractual Correspondence and Notices

• Prepare clear and accurate contractual correspondence.
• Draft contractual notices, responses, and determinations as required.
• Review correspondence for consistency with applicable contract provisions.
• Support communication of contractual positions to contractors and other stakeholders.
• Maintain appropriate records of notices, claims, and commercial decisions.
• Assist in ensuring that contractual communications are supported by relevant project information.
• Coordinate with project management and legal teams on significant contractual matters.

Quantum Analysis and Cost Evaluation

• Perform detailed quantum assessments of construction claims.
• Evaluate direct costs, prolongation costs, disruption claims, and associated financial impacts.
• Analyze contractor cost submissions against supporting project records.
• Verify claimed quantities and costs against measured works.
• Review procurement information, subcontractor accounts, and relevant commercial documentation.
• Assess the reasonableness and substantiation of claimed financial amounts.
• Identify discrepancies, unsupported costs, and potential duplication in claims.
• Prepare independent quantum assessments and commercial recommendations.
• Produce evidence-based quantum reports suitable for formal dispute resolution proceedings.

Extension of Time and Delay Claims

• Undertake detailed Extension of Time assessments.
• Review contractor delay claims and supporting documentation.
• Evaluate critical path analyses and delay substantiation.
• Assess the relationship between project events and reported schedule impacts.
• Review concurrency, activity dependencies, and proposed mitigation measures.
• Coordinate with planning specialists to evaluate delay analysis methodologies and conclusions.
• Challenge unsupported or inconsistent delay assessments.
• Assess the commercial implications of approved or disputed delay events.
• Prepare clear and defensible recommendations on EOT entitlement and associated cost impacts.
• Support integrated evaluation of contractual time and cost claims.

Multidisciplinary Commercial Interface Management

• Identify contractual and commercial interface risks across construction packages.
• Evaluate interfaces between civil, structural, architectural, transport systems, and MEP works.
• Assess the potential cost and schedule consequences of interface conflicts.
• Coordinate with technical teams to understand construction sequencing and dependencies.
• Review commercial implications of design changes and construction coordination issues.
• Support resolution of commercial matters involving multiple contractors or work packages.
• Provide recommendations to mitigate interface-related contractual risks.
• Maintain accurate documentation supporting interface claims and assessments.

MEP Quantity Surveying and Commercial Assessment

• Provide commercial assessment of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing construction works.
• Review MEP-related quantities, cost submissions, and contractual variations.
• Evaluate commercial implications of changes affecting building services and associated infrastructure.
• Coordinate with engineering teams to verify the technical basis of MEP commercial submissions.
• Assess contractor claims involving MEP installations and multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Support accurate valuation of completed MEP works.
• Review relevant subcontractor accounts and supporting cost documentation.
• Provide commercial input to the resolution of MEP-related contractual issues.

Cost Estimating and Cost Planning

• Prepare and manage project cost estimates and cost plans.
• Review and update estimates to reflect design and scope changes.
• Assess cost implications of revised engineering requirements.
• Develop and maintain cost databases and benchmark rates.
• Support preparation of cost forecasts and commercial assessments.
• Review relevant project cost information for accuracy and consistency.
• Coordinate with engineering and commercial teams to validate cost assumptions.
• Provide cost information to support project management decisions.

Cost Control and Financial Reporting

• Establish and maintain cost control and monitoring processes.
• Support periodic commercial forecasting and cost reporting.
• Monitor financial implications of variations, claims, and construction changes.
• Review project cost information and identify potential commercial risks.
• Evaluate cost movements against approved estimates and commercial records.
• Prepare commercial reports and recommendations for management review.
• Support accurate recording and assessment of project financial commitments.
• Contribute to effective commercial governance and cost management.

Interim Payments and Work Valuation

• Assess the value of completed construction works.
• Review contractor interim payment applications.
• Verify claimed quantities and valuations against relevant supporting records.
• Assess payment submissions in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Review payment certificates and associated commercial documentation.
• Identify discrepancies in claimed work values or supporting information.
• Coordinate with project teams to resolve payment-related queries.
• Support accurate and timely payment assessment and certification processes.

Variation Orders and Change Management

• Review contractor variation submissions.
• Evaluate contractual entitlement and the commercial basis of proposed changes.
• Assess quantities, rates, costs, and supporting documentation.
• Review the financial implications of design modifications and scope adjustments.
• Coordinate with engineering teams to verify the technical basis of variations.
• Identify inconsistencies between submitted variation values and contractual requirements.
• Prepare independent variation assessments and recommendations.
• Support negotiation and agreement of commercially justified variation amounts.
• Maintain appropriate records of variation assessments and decisions.

Contract Audits and Commercial Reviews

• Conduct commercial reviews across assigned construction work packages.
• Support audits of contractual compliance and commercial documentation.
• Evaluate claims, variations, payment records, and related commercial submissions.
• Identify contractual exposure and potential financial risks.
• Review supporting evidence for significant commercial assessments.
• Document findings and recommend corrective or risk mitigation measures.
• Provide commercial input to project management and contract administration activities.

Claims Defense and Dispute Resolution

• Develop commercial claims defense strategies based on contractual provisions and project evidence.
• Support negotiations concerning disputed claims and commercial entitlements.
• Assist in preparing settlement recommendations and supporting documentation.
• Participate in dispute avoidance and early claim resolution initiatives.
• Prepare independent commercial assessments for formal dispute proceedings.
• Assist in developing expert reports and technical-commercial submissions.
• Provide commercial input to legal teams and independent experts.
• Compile and review project records relevant to disputed matters.
• Support fair, accurate, and commercially defensible dispute outcomes.

Project Records and Evidence Management

• Compile and analyze construction records, progress information, and technical documentation.
• Review contractual correspondence, payment records, variation submissions, and claims evidence.
• Maintain organized documentation supporting commercial assessments.
• Verify the consistency of project records used in claims and quantum analysis.
• Coordinate with project teams to obtain missing or additional supporting information.
• Prepare clear records of commercial evaluations and recommendations.
• Support traceability of contractual decisions and financial assessments.
• Maintain documentation suitable for audits, negotiations, and dispute resolution.

Final Accounts and Commercial Closeout

• Review contractor final account submissions.
• Assess outstanding variations, claims, and payment adjustments.
• Verify final quantities and commercial entitlements against contractual records.
• Coordinate with contractors and project stakeholders to resolve outstanding account matters.
• Negotiate and agree final accounts within assigned responsibilities.
• Support fair and accurate commercial closeout.
• Maintain appropriate documentation of agreed final account positions.

Stakeholder Coordination and Commercial Advisory

• Liaise with clients, consultants, contractors, and subcontractors on contractual and commercial matters.
• Coordinate with planning specialists on EOT assessments and delay-related cost implications.
• Work with engineering teams to verify quantities, scope changes, and technical claims.
• Collaborate with procurement and project controls teams on commercial evaluations.
• Support legal specialists and independent experts with relevant project information.
• Participate in commercial negotiations and contractual review meetings.
• Communicate complex commercial findings through clear reports and recommendations.
• Provide strategic advice to mitigate contractual risks and improve project outcomes.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor 's degree in Engineering or a relevant field.
• Professional qualification in Quantity Surveying, ideally RICS-accredited.
• More than 10 years of relevant professional experience in post-contract commercial management and quantity surveying.
• Experience managing construction claims on major infrastructure projects.
• Experience reviewing interim payment certificates, variation orders, and contractual claims.
• Knowledge of international construction contract forms, particularly FIDIC and CESSM3.
• Strong understanding of contractual entitlement, claims assessment, and post-contract administration.
• Experience evaluating contractor commercial submissions and supporting documentation.
• Ability to assess construction costs, quantities, variations, and financial claims.
• Knowledge of multidisciplinary infrastructure construction works and associated commercial interfaces.
• Ability to prepare accurate contractual assessments and commercial reports.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).
• Registered or licensed professional status.
• Experience working on railway projects.
• Previous professional experience in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Post-contract quantity surveying.
• Construction commercial management.
• FIDIC contract interpretation.
• CESSM3 measurement principles.
• Contractual entitlement and risk allocation.
• Construction claims preparation and assessment.
• Claims defense and dispute resolution support.
• Forensic quantum analysis.
• Prolongation and disruption cost assessments.
• Extension of Time assessments.
• Critical path and construction delay analysis.
• Concurrent delay and mitigation assessment.
• Construction cost estimating and cost planning.
• Cost control, forecasting, and reporting.
• Quantity measurement and work valuation.
• Interim payment applications and certification.
• Variation orders and change management.
• MEP commercial assessment.
• Civil, structural, architectural, and transport systems interfaces.
• Contract audits and commercial compliance reviews.
• Cost databases and benchmark rates.
• Final account negotiation and settlement.
• Commercial evidence and project records management.
• Expert report and legal team support.

Professional Competencies

• Strong commercial judgment and contractual awareness.
• Analytical and evidence-based problem-solving.
• Ability to evaluate complex construction claims.
• Attention to detail in cost and quantity assessments.
• Effective negotiation and dispute resolution support.
• Clear contractual correspondence and technical report writing.
• Ability to coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering and commercial teams.
• Strong organizational and documentation management skills.
• Ability to identify commercial risks and recommend practical solutions.
• Professional integrity and objective assessment of contractual matters.

Parsons is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair representation at all job levels without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.

Parsons is an engineering and infrastructure company delivering complex projects and programs across transportation, construction, and related sectors. The company emphasizes technical excellence, collaboration, innovation, and professional development.