Quantity Surveying Team Leader, Chartered with 15+ years of postgraduate experience is required to join a long established cost consultancy in Dubai.

An experienced Quantity Surveyor with strong managerial skills, 15 years postgraduate experience, RICS (or equivalent Chartership) and ideally previous experience of working in the Middle East region is required to work for one of Dubai’s leading Cost Consultancies as a Team Leader for cost consultancy business focusing on their airport related work.

Project Details

The successful candidate will be responsible for pre and post contract work within the airport division of the QS business and will be based in Dubai.

Responsibilities and Duties

The successful candidate appointed as Team Leader will manage a team of Quantity Surveyors and Senior Quantity Surveyors / Cost Managers and Senior Cost Managers working on pre and post contract work on behalf of a leading Dubai airport client. Some of your typical duties will include:

• Performing Value Engineering and Cost control techniques on construction contracts
• Managing FIDIC conditions of contract and using international methods of measurement.
• Coordinating with Client & handling correspondence
• Checking of the Project QS’s work
• QA/QC for Payment, Rates, AVV, Commercial Report review
• Attend Meetings
• Cashflow Preparation & Value Engineering
• Setting targets for finalising the job for SQS & QS etc.
• Tender evaluation & assessment
• Preparation of recommendations for award of contractor packages
• Preparing and presenting cash flow & cost management advice to clients
• Interpreting and offering advice on contract
• Ensuring contractual notices and client entitlements are properly administered
• Preparation of contractor’s payment recommendations
• Measuring & valuing variations
• Agreement of final accounts
• Management of other members of staff, both Quantity Surveyors, Senior Quantity Surveyors and Measurement Technicians

Desired Skills and Experience

• 15+ years of postgraduate experience is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL
• Chartership (MRICS etc) is STRONGLY PREFERRED
• Previous Middle East experience is strongly preferred
• Recent experience on airport projects is highly desirable
• Ideally have a bias towards working for a Consultancy, however candidates from a Contracting background will be considered
• Candidates will need to have a hands on approach to Quantity Surveying, despite this being a management role
• Candidates that have some knowledge and experience of dealing with claims would be preferred

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• Candidates MUST hold an RICS accredited Degree or similar equivalent qualification with a MINIMUM of 15 years post graduate experience as a Quantity Surveyor. This is a pre requisite from our clients client to get approved onto the project and CANDIDATES WITHOUT THIS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED OR SHORTLISTED
• Candidates should ideally be a full member of the RICS or hold a similar equivalent membership to a professional body.

Employing Company Overview and Profile

A long established quantity surveying and cost management consultancy, this company is a dynamic quantity surveying/commercial management/cost consultancy that has been established in Dubai for over 20 years, and offers an unrivalled service to their repeat clients.

Additional Benefits Package and Incentives

• Negotiable salary (Likely between 45k – 55k AED p/m as a guide)
• 26 Days Holiday p/a + Public Holidays
• Likely 5 day week