Summary
Dar Al Riyadh is seeking a senior Quantity Surveyor in Medina with at least 12 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. The role covers quantity take-offs, BOQs, cost estimates, tender and contract documentation, payment applications, variations, claims and final accounts. The successful candidate will also prepare valuations, cost reports and cash-flow forecasts, and support procurement and commercial negotiations. Experience on major construction projects, advanced proficiency in quantity-surveying and cost-estimation software, and strong English communication skills are required.
The posting
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Key Responsibilities:
- Review and prepare tender and contract documentation, including bills of quantities, pricing schedules and commercial submission requirements.
- Prepare preliminary, conceptual and detailed cost estimates to establish and maintain project budgets.
- Develop, review and update Bills of Quantities and Revised Bills of Quantities based on approved drawings, specifications and scope changes.
- Perform detailed quantity take-offs and material measurements using design drawings, models, specifications and approved construction information.
- Review Design Change Requests and assess their quantity, cost, contractual and budgetary implications.
- Evaluate contractor variation submissions, change-order proposals and claims and prepare formal commercial recommendations.
- Prepare rate analyses for new or changed work items using labour, material, equipment, productivity and market-price information.
- Measure completed works and verify quantities jointly with site engineers, inspectors and contractor representatives.
- Review interim payment applications and verify supporting records, including inspection approvals, delivery documentation and measurement sheets.
- Prepare and price variation orders and negotiate quantities, rates and commercial agreement with relevant stakeholders.
- Review contractual entitlements, notices, substantiation and evidence supporting contractor claims.
- Prepare monthly valuations, cost reports, progress assessments and cash-flow forecasts in coordination with planning and site teams.
- Perform cost planning and advise the design team on practical alternatives that maintain quality while remaining within the approved budget.
- Participate in procurement planning, tender evaluation and commercial negotiations to ensure that commitments remain within budget.
- Maintain variation, claim, payment, commitment and cost-control registers and provide timely commercial information to project management.
- Support final-account preparation, reconciliation of quantities, settlement of outstanding variations and commercial closeout.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited and recognized university.
- Minimum 12 years of relevant quantity-surveying, cost-management or commercial experience.
- Demonstrated experience working on major building, infrastructure or multidisciplinary construction projects.
- Strong experience in quantity take-off, drawing measurement, cost estimation and preparation of BOQs and revised BOQs.
- Experience auditing interim payment applications and verifying supporting evidence and measurement records.
- Proven experience assessing variations, change orders, rate analyses and contractor claims.
- Ability to interpret construction drawings, models, specifications, contracts and approved technical submissions.
- Experience preparing monthly valuations, cash-flow forecasts and cost-control reports.
- Strong understanding of procurement, tendering, contract administration and final-account procedures.
- Advanced proficiency in quantity-surveying and cost-estimation software and Microsoft Excel.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.