Senior Quantity Surveyor

About the Role

KBR Saudi Arabia is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time position involves reporting to the Senior Commercial Manager – Lead and is crucial for a major infrastructure program within a mixed-use development. The project aims to establish a global landmark in Riyadh, providing a distinct and self-sustaining hub with iconic assets.

Role Context and Project Overview

The Senior Quantity Surveyor will be responsible for coordinating with Project Management Consultants (PMCs) on executive commercial reporting, strategic commercial recommendations, and pre- and post-contract management. The role ensures accurate status reports to facilitate timely decisions, prevent schedule slippage and cost overruns, and produce comprehensive close-out reports for each project. KBR provides PMO services, enterprise-level governance, assurance, integration, and performance oversight across all projects and programs for this significant development.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in developing and implementing standard cost and commercial reporting formats for PMCs.
• Collaborate with PMCs to monitor construction progress by measuring and evaluating installed quantities against planned quantities.
• Coordinate with PMCs to compile and validate analytical commercial data.
• Provide analytical data for executive risk reporting.
• Assist in developing Project Cost Reports (PCR), Commercial Executive Reports, and Cashflows within Unifier, ensuring integration with other platforms for data consistency.
• Review existing procurement guidelines for Bills of Quantities (BoQ) and tender documents to develop standards for PMCs.
• Support the preparation of consolidated cost reports consistent with agreed reporting requirements.
• Assist in collating annual program-wide budgets and preparing monthly cashflow reports for client submission.
• Contribute to the preparation and development of cost benchmark reports, including Tender Price Index, Professional Fees Benchmark, Construction Cost Benchmark for above-ground assets and infrastructure, and efficiency benchmarks.
• Prepare cost benchmarking templates, elemental cost plan formats, and required information for PMCs.
• Participate in the development and implementation of program change control procedures.
• Assist with the preparation of project Cash Flow Reports and project cost reports, including trend analysis and change reporting.
• Review cost risks and opportunities.
• Report seamlessly between Cost Break Down Structure and Work Breakdown Structure, linking Cost and Schedule, including Earned Value.
• Prepare updates for changes on the Programme baseline budget supporting the Business Plan exercise.
• Support weekly, monthly, and quarterly project progress meetings.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of experience in quantity surveying or a related commercial role.

Required Competencies

• Leadership capabilities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Commercial awareness.
• Strong client focus.
• Effective planning and organizing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to accept responsibility.
• HSE Awareness.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a dynamic project environment focused on delivering a significant infrastructure program.