Quantity Surveyor

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage post-contract quantity surveying and commercial activities for the renovation of a high-rise, five-star hotel.
• Review and verify monthly contractor Interim Payment Certificates against measured and approved site progress.
• Conduct site measurements and confirm completed quantities with discipline engineers.
• Evaluate contractor variation requests, quotations, rate build-ups, and claims for additional costs.
• Prepare independent cost estimates and commercial recommendations for proposed variations.
• Remeasure provisional and changed works and update Bills of Quantities for revised renovation packages.
• Review new rates and verify them against contract rates, market benchmarks, and supporting cost information.
• Maintain variation, claim, payment, provisional-sum, and commercial-risk registers.
• Monitor committed expenditure, approved variations, forecast costs, and remaining project contingency.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, cash-flow forecasts, cost-to-complete projections, and budget variance analyses.
• Review procurement schedules and validate costs for FF&E, specialist finishes, stonework, imported materials, and mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Coordinate commercial information with the Project Manager, Planning Engineer, discipline engineers, client, and contractor.
• Assess the cost impact of design changes, delays, acceleration measures, and revised construction sequences.
• Support the commercial review of Extension of Time and loss-and-expense claims.
• Maintain accurate measurement records, progress evidence, payment documentation, and commercial correspondence.
• Assist with provisional-sum adjustments, contract closeout, final measurement, and agreement of the final account.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Economics, or a related discipline.
• Valid Saudi Council of Engineers registration or other applicable Saudi professional registration is mandatory.
• Minimum 10 years of post-contract quantity surveying and commercial management experience.
• Proven experience in five-star hotels, luxury hospitality developments, commercial refurbishments, or high-rise projects.
• Strong experience in interim payment certification, variations, claims, remeasurement, cost reporting, and final accounts.
• Extensive knowledge of FIDIC contracts and recognised methods of measurement, including POMI and NRM.
• Strong understanding of Bills of Quantities, rate analysis, cost estimation, and construction contracts.
• Knowledge of local Saudi construction costs, supplier pricing, labour rates, and market conditions.
• Experience with luxury FF&E, specialist finishes, imported materials, and MEP equipment packages is preferred.
• Previous experience working with an engineering consultancy or construction supervision consultant.
• Proficiency in quantity-surveying software, Microsoft Excel, and cost-reporting systems.
• Strong numerical, analytical, negotiation, reporting, and commercial communication skills.
• Ability to assess contractual entitlements and prepare clear commercial recommendations.
• Experience in Madinah Central Area or similarly complex and access-restricted locations is preferred.
• MRICS, AssocRICS, or an equivalent professional qualification is a distinct advantage.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory; Arabic is preferred.