Managing Quantity Surveyor

About the role

Hill International (Middle East) Limited is hiring a Managing Quantity Surveyor in Abu Dhabi. The post oversees cost management, payment reviews, variations, claims and final accounts across several infrastructure packages, and manages the quantity surveying team.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the quantity surveying team, ensuring accurate assessments, consistent standards and timely deliverables.
• Oversee budgets, cost plans, cash-flow forecasts and anticipated final costs, flagging potential overruns and recommending corrective action.
• Review consultants' cost estimates, bills of quantities and tender documents for completeness and alignment with the project scope.
• Support commercial tender evaluations, bidder clarifications and procurement recommendations.
• Review contractor and consultant payment applications and provide substantiated recommendations within the PMC's authority.
• Assess variations on scope, quantities, rates, contractual basis and budget implications, and prepare cost estimates for project elements.
• Review the commercial aspects of claims with the contracts, planning and delivery teams, and monitor the cost impact of design changes, ground conditions, construction sequencing and package interfaces.
• Maintain consolidated payment, variation, claim and commercial risk registers with supporting records.
• Prepare commercial reports on budget performance, forecast final costs, outstanding liabilities and required client decisions.
• Coordinate with Modon, consultants and contractors to resolve commercial issues, scope gaps and potential duplicate payments.
• Support commercial negotiations, final-account reconciliation and contract closeout, and ensure compliance with project contracts, client approval procedures and the PMC's delegated authority.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Chartered membership of RICS, or an equivalent recognized professional qualification, preferred.
• Strong understanding of FIDIC-based contracts and bespoke consultancy agreements.
• Extensive experience in claims procedures, assessing contractual entitlement and preparing claims and Early Warning Trackers.

Required skills

• Measurement methods, bills of quantities, rate build-ups, cost estimating and infrastructure cost benchmarking.
• Contractual entitlement, valuation principles, change control and evidence for claims.
• Budget management, cash-flow forecasting, contingency management and anticipated final-cost reporting.
• Knowledge of PMC responsibilities, delegated authority and client approval requirements.