Senior Quantity Surveyor(MEP)📣 Job Ad

About the Role

SYSTRA, a global leader in engineering and consultancy for public transport and sustainable mobility, is seeking a highly experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor (MEP) to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role reports directly to the Contract Administrator and is instrumental in providing comprehensive commercial and contractual advisory services, with a significant focus on post-contract claims management, quantum analysis, and Extension of Time (EOT) assessments. The successful candidate will leverage strong technical knowledge across multi-disciplinary works, including civil structures, architectural, transport systems, and MEP installations, to ensure accurate evaluation of cost and delay impacts on major projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice on contractual entitlement, risk allocation, and the interpretation of contract provisions, particularly under FIDIC and similar forms of contract.
• Assess, prepare, and respond to claims submissions, ensuring detailed narratives and comprehensive supporting documentation are provided.
• Maintain and manage a detailed claims register to meticulously track the status, key milestones, and outcomes of all claims.
• Draft clear, concise, and effective contractual correspondence, including formal notices, responses, and determinations.
• Identify and rigorously evaluate interface risks across civil, structural, architectural, transport systems, and MEP packages.
• Develop robust claims defense strategies and provide crucial support during negotiations, settlements, and dispute resolution proceedings.
• Perform forensic quantum analysis, covering detailed cost evaluation, prolongation, disruption, and associated impacts.
• Validate contractor submissions against measured works, procurement data, and subcontractor accounts to ensure accuracy.
• Prepare independent, evidence-based quantum reports suitable for formal dispute resolution processes.
• Undertake detailed Extension of Time (EOT) assessments, including critical path analysis and thorough delay substantiation.
• Review and challenge delay analyses, assessing concurrency, dependencies, and mitigation measures in close collaboration with project planners.
• Deliver clear, robust delay assessments that are fully aligned with associated cost implications.
• Provide strategic commercial advice aimed at mitigating risks and optimizing overall project outcomes.
• Conduct thorough contract audits and commercial reviews across multiple work packages.
• Support dispute avoidance initiatives and contribute to early-stage claim resolution strategies.
• Assist in the preparation of expert reports and provide essential commercial input to legal teams and independent experts.
• Compile, review, and analyze project records, progress data, and technical documentation to support commercial and contractual assessments.
• Prepare and manage cost estimates, cost plans, and revisions in strict accordance with design and scope changes.
• Establish and maintain effective cost control, monitoring, and reporting systems, including periodic forecasting.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive cost databases and benchmark rates for accurate financial management.
• Assess the value of completed works and administer interim payment applications and certifications.
• Review and assess variation submissions in strict accordance with contractual and commercial requirements.
• Liaise effectively with clients, consultants, contractors, and subcontractors on all commercial and contractual matters.
• Negotiate and agree final accounts, ensuring fair, accurate, and commercially sound outcomes for all parties.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Professional Qualification in Quantity Surveying, ideally RICS Accredited.
• Over 10 years of relevant work experience in post-contract management, including handling claims, reviewing payment certificates, variation orders, and claims on major infrastructure projects.
• Proficiency with international forms of contract, particularly FIDIC and CESSM3.
• Experience working within the GCC region.

Required Skills

• Contractual entitlement assessment
• Risk allocation and management
• Interpretation of contract provisions
• Claims submissions and management
• Claims register management
• Contractual correspondence drafting
• Interface risk identification and evaluation
• Expertise in civil structures, architectural, transport systems, and MEP installations
• Claims defense strategy development
• Negotiation and dispute resolution
• Forensic quantum analysis
• Cost evaluation and forecasting
• Prolongation and disruption analysis
• Measured works validation
• Procurement data analysis
• Subcontractor account management
• Quantum report preparation
• Extension of Time (EOT) assessments
• Critical path analysis and delay substantiation
• Delay analyses review
• Concurrency and dependencies assessment
• Mitigation measures implementation
• Collaboration with planners
• Delay assessment aligned with cost implications
• Strategic commercial advice
• Risk mitigation strategies
• Project outcomes optimization
• Contract audits and commercial reviews
• Work package management
• Dispute avoidance initiatives
• Early-stage claim resolution
• Expert report preparation
• Commercial input to legal teams
• Project records, progress data, and technical documentation analysis
• Cost estimates and cost plan development
• Cost control, monitoring, and reporting
• Cost databases and benchmark rates
• Value of completed works assessment
• Interim payment applications and certification
• Variation submissions review
• Liaison on commercial and contractual matters
• Final accounts negotiation
• Mechanical and Electrical Engineering principles
• Quantity Surveying best practices
• Post-contract work management
• Payment certificate review
• Variation order management
• Claims management on major infrastructure projects
• GCC experience
• MRICS qualification (desirable)
• Registered or Licensed Professional status (preferred)

Work Environment

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. SYSTRA is an equal opportunities employer.