Senior Quantity Surveyor – Mega Civil Roads Project

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Project and Construction Management team in Riyadh, working on large‑scale civil infrastructure projects that include roads, highways, bridges and tunnels. The role focuses on cost control, payment certification and managing change orders for a mega‑civil project.

Key responsibilities

• Control cost implications of change orders, site instructions and measurements.
• Certify interim payments and value change orders or adjustments to provisional quantities.
• Monitor and update project costs, alerting the Project Manager and Commercial Manager to potential overruns.
• Oversee re‑measurement, review contractor payment applications and related correspondence.
• Coordinate with other packages and disciplines, logging contractual correspondence.
• Assess cost impact of value‑engineering proposals and monitor final account estimates.
• Act as the primary liaison between the Quantity Surveying Department and the Contract Administrator.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Quantity Surveying or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Professional affiliation with RICS, IQS, ICES or CIOB.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in project management on mega‑construction projects, with at least one road‑focused project.
• Strong understanding of construction, design and engineering principles, local building codes, regulations and safety standards.
• Proficiency in English; Arabic is a plus.
• Excellent communication, report writing, teamwork and problem‑solving abilities.
• Transferable Iqama for non‑Saudis and valid SCE membership.

Required skills

• Cost control and cost‑overrun monitoring.
• Interim payment certification.
• Change order valuation.
• Re‑measurement and final account estimation.
• Quantity surveying procedures and contractual correspondence.