Senior Quantity Surveyor - Masterplanning

About the role

AECOM is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor for its Masterplanning practice in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The role oversees cost management and financial planning for large-scale masterplanning projects, ensuring optimal resource allocation and budget adherence across all project phases.

Key responsibilities

• Lead client engagement across the portfolio of projects
• Prepare cost option studies for infrastructure and public realm assets
• Produce cost estimates from conceptual sketches, narratives and drawings, making reasonable technical assumptions
• Act as the primary project cost controller, keeping projects on budget and managing resources within established budgets
• Brief the project team on scope so that roles and responsibilities are clear
• Prepare earned value reports and prepare, review and update cash flows
• Assess the value of progress payments and change requests for contractors and consultants and recommend to clients
• Prepare RFP documentation, manage procurement, prepare tender documents, review tenders and reconcile them
• Evaluate value engineering solutions

Required profile

• Minimum 8 years of professional quantity surveying experience, with at least 5 years focused on masterplanning or large-scale development projects
• Bachelor of Science in Quantity Surveying and/or Engineering (or equivalent) from an accredited, internationally recognized institution
• MRICS or equivalent accreditation
• Excellent presentation and negotiation skills

Required skills

• Knowledge of industry-recognized contract forms (FIDIC)
• Standard methods of measurement including CESMM, POMI and NRM

New hires must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office. Benefits depend on employment status and may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D and disability benefits, paid time off, flexible work options, a retirement savings plan and an employee stock purchase plan.