Senior Quantity Surveyor - Infrastructure
Posted date [2026-07-13]
(ID: 48045)
Job Description and Requirements
Senior Quantity Surveyor - InfrastructureJob Snapshot
Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor - Infrastructure
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Cost Estimating
Experience: Minimum 15 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Senior Quantity Surveyor - Infrastructure in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering hiring opportunity focused on prime contract administration, remeasurement, payment certification, variations, claims, cost control, and final account management. Parsons Corporation is seeking an MRICS-qualified commercial professional to support major roads and large infrastructure projects while guiding quantity surveying teams and protecting the client\'s contractual and financial interests.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Cost Estimating
Salary: 30000-42000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Senior Quantity Surveyor - Infrastructure will manage complex commercial and contractual
activities across assigned road and infrastructure programmes. The role will review measurements, payment certificates, variations, claims, tender documents, financial reports, and formal correspondence while ensuring compliance with CESMM, FIDIC, and project-specific contract requirements.
The successful candidate will coordinate closely with clients, consultants, contractors, engineers, project managers, and supervision teams. Strong commercial judgment, accurate records, and timely recommendations will be essential for controlling project costs and resolving contractual issues.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage contractual and commercial correspondence for assigned infrastructure projects.
* Draft and review contractual letters, notices, responses, and commercial recommendations.
* Maintain accurate payment logs, variation registers, claims logs, and supporting records.
* Review cost reports, commercial forecasts, financial statements, and monthly project updates.
* Coordinate with clients on payments, variations, claims, and contractual matters.
* Work with the supervision team to prepare responses to contractor correspondence and claims.
* Provide commercial guidance to project managers, engineers, inspectors, and quantity surveyors.
* Guide quantity surveying personnel on measurement principles and valuation procedures.
* Review BOQ recapitulations prepared by project quantity surveyors.
* Review interim and final measurements for completed work.
* Verify quantities against approved drawings, Bills of Quantities, inspection records, and site documentation.
* Review contractor and consultant interim and final payment applications.
* Process contractor payment certificates and prepare payment recommendations.
* Review Monthly Financial Affairs Reports and validate reported commercial information.
* Prepare or review tender documents, pricing schedules, commercial evaluations, and tender reports.
* Assess variation submissions, new rate proposals, quantity take-offs, and supporting cost build-ups.
* Prepare or review change orders and variation orders for approval.
* Evaluate the cost and contractual impact of design changes, instructions, and additional work.
* Support cost planning, budget management, forecasting, and expenditure control.
* Monitor commitments, payments, variations, claims, and anticipated final cost.
* Assist in evaluating contractor claims for additional payment and Extension of Time.
* Review contractual entitlement, supporting records, causation, and claimed cost components.
* Prepare commercial analyses and recommendations for claim negotiation and settlement.
* Ensure submissions comply with contractual procedures, notice requirements, and time bars.
* Review final accounts and reconcile measured work, variations, claims, retention, and adjustments.
* Support project closeout and resolution of outstanding commercial matters.
* Monitor the work quality and consistency of assigned quantity surveying personnel.
* Present commercial risks, trends, and recommended actions to project leadership.
* Perform additional contract administration, estimating, and commercial duties as required.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor\'s or master\'s degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
* Professional membership of MRICS is mandatory.
* Minimum 15 years of professional quantity surveying and contract administration experience.
* Extensive experience in prime contract administration for major roads and large infrastructure projects.
* Strong working knowledge of CESMM, FIDIC, and other relevant standards.
* Proven experience with remeasurement, valuations, payment certification, variations, and claims.
* Strong understanding of tender documentation, Bills of Quantities, rate analysis, and change control.
* Ability to review financial reports, cost forecasts, final accounts, and commercial settlements.
* Demonstrated experience drafting and reviewing contractual correspondence.
* Strong knowledge of cost planning and cost control procedures.
* Ability to lead, guide, and review the work of quantity surveying teams.
* Previous consultancy or project management consultancy experience is preferred.
* Relevant professional experience in Dubai is advantageous.
* Existing UAE client approvals are preferred.
* Working knowledge of software packages used for contract administration, cost reporting, and commercial management.
* Strong numerical, analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
* Excellent written and spoken English communication abilities.
* Strong interpersonal, presentation, and stakeholder coordination skills.
* Ability to manage complex commercial matters and multiple deadlines.
Skills Set
* Senior quantity surveying
* Infrastructure projects
* Roads projects
* Prime contract administration
* Remeasurement
* Bills of Quantities
* CESMM
* FIDIC
* MRICS
* Payment certification
* Interim measurements
* Final measurements
* Contractor payments
* Consultant payments
* BOQ recapitulation
* Cost reporting
* Financial reporting
* Cost planning
* Cost control
* Variation assessment
* Change orders
* Variation orders
* New rate analysis
* Claims evaluation
* Contractual correspondence
* Tender documentation
* Tender evaluation
* Commercial registers
* Final accounts
* Client coordination
* Consultancy experience
* Team leadership
* Commercial risk management
Why Join Us
This role offers senior commercial responsibility on major road and infrastructure projects in Dubai. The successful candidate will influence payment decisions, variation approvals, claims assessments, cost forecasts, and contractual outcomes while working closely with experienced client and supervision teams.
The position provides substantial exposure to complex infrastructure contracts and high-value commercial decisions. It is well suited to an MRICS-qualified quantity surveyor seeking greater management responsibility and continued progression within the Civil Engineering sector.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, programme management, construction supervision, and commercial advisory services for major transportation, roads, utilities, and urban infrastructure projects. Its multidisciplinary teams support clients through disciplined contract administration, structured cost control, technical coordination, and reliable project delivery.
The successful candidate will coordinate closely with clients, consultants, contractors, engineers, project managers, and supervision teams. Strong commercial judgment, accurate records, and timely recommendations will be essential for controlling project costs and resolving contractual issues.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage contractual and commercial correspondence for assigned infrastructure projects.
* Draft and review contractual letters, notices, responses, and commercial recommendations.
* Maintain accurate payment logs, variation registers, claims logs, and supporting records.
* Review cost reports, commercial forecasts, financial statements, and monthly project updates.
* Coordinate with clients on payments, variations, claims, and contractual matters.
* Work with the supervision team to prepare responses to contractor correspondence and claims.
* Provide commercial guidance to project managers, engineers, inspectors, and quantity surveyors.
* Guide quantity surveying personnel on measurement principles and valuation procedures.
* Review BOQ recapitulations prepared by project quantity surveyors.
* Review interim and final measurements for completed work.
* Verify quantities against approved drawings, Bills of Quantities, inspection records, and site documentation.
* Review contractor and consultant interim and final payment applications.
* Process contractor payment certificates and prepare payment recommendations.
* Review Monthly Financial Affairs Reports and validate reported commercial information.
* Prepare or review tender documents, pricing schedules, commercial evaluations, and tender reports.
* Assess variation submissions, new rate proposals, quantity take-offs, and supporting cost build-ups.
* Prepare or review change orders and variation orders for approval.
* Evaluate the cost and contractual impact of design changes, instructions, and additional work.
* Support cost planning, budget management, forecasting, and expenditure control.
* Monitor commitments, payments, variations, claims, and anticipated final cost.
* Assist in evaluating contractor claims for additional payment and Extension of Time.
* Review contractual entitlement, supporting records, causation, and claimed cost components.
* Prepare commercial analyses and recommendations for claim negotiation and settlement.
* Ensure submissions comply with contractual procedures, notice requirements, and time bars.
* Review final accounts and reconcile measured work, variations, claims, retention, and adjustments.
* Support project closeout and resolution of outstanding commercial matters.
* Monitor the work quality and consistency of assigned quantity surveying personnel.
* Present commercial risks, trends, and recommended actions to project leadership.
* Perform additional contract administration, estimating, and commercial duties as required.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor\'s or master\'s degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
* Professional membership of MRICS is mandatory.
* Minimum 15 years of professional quantity surveying and contract administration experience.
* Extensive experience in prime contract administration for major roads and large infrastructure projects.
* Strong working knowledge of CESMM, FIDIC, and other relevant standards.
* Proven experience with remeasurement, valuations, payment certification, variations, and claims.
* Strong understanding of tender documentation, Bills of Quantities, rate analysis, and change control.
* Ability to review financial reports, cost forecasts, final accounts, and commercial settlements.
* Demonstrated experience drafting and reviewing contractual correspondence.
* Strong knowledge of cost planning and cost control procedures.
* Ability to lead, guide, and review the work of quantity surveying teams.
* Previous consultancy or project management consultancy experience is preferred.
* Relevant professional experience in Dubai is advantageous.
* Existing UAE client approvals are preferred.
* Working knowledge of software packages used for contract administration, cost reporting, and commercial management.
* Strong numerical, analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
* Excellent written and spoken English communication abilities.
* Strong interpersonal, presentation, and stakeholder coordination skills.
* Ability to manage complex commercial matters and multiple deadlines.
Skills Set
* Senior quantity surveying
* Infrastructure projects
* Roads projects
* Prime contract administration
* Remeasurement
* Bills of Quantities
* CESMM
* FIDIC
* MRICS
* Payment certification
* Interim measurements
* Final measurements
* Contractor payments
* Consultant payments
* BOQ recapitulation
* Cost reporting
* Financial reporting
* Cost planning
* Cost control
* Variation assessment
* Change orders
* Variation orders
* New rate analysis
* Claims evaluation
* Contractual correspondence
* Tender documentation
* Tender evaluation
* Commercial registers
* Final accounts
* Client coordination
* Consultancy experience
* Team leadership
* Commercial risk management
Why Join Us
This role offers senior commercial responsibility on major road and infrastructure projects in Dubai. The successful candidate will influence payment decisions, variation approvals, claims assessments, cost forecasts, and contractual outcomes while working closely with experienced client and supervision teams.
The position provides substantial exposure to complex infrastructure contracts and high-value commercial decisions. It is well suited to an MRICS-qualified quantity surveyor seeking greater management responsibility and continued progression within the Civil Engineering sector.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, programme management, construction supervision, and commercial advisory services for major transportation, roads, utilities, and urban infrastructure projects. Its multidisciplinary teams support clients through disciplined contract administration, structured cost control, technical coordination, and reliable project delivery.
