Chief Quantity Surveyor- Engineering Contract

Strategy

• Update section policies and procedures and deliver awareness sessions for concerned stakeholders.
• Set cost-planning strategies and estimates for engineering contracts and apply whole-life value principles to guide choices.
• Advise management on legal and contractual matters and define evaluation approaches and award recommendations.
• Interview and recommend Consultant QS/Senior QS and validate QS/contract-manager evaluations.

Operations

• Manage day-to-day commercial management, contract administration, and financial control to keep projects within approved budgets.
• Prepare and evaluate tenders, produce evaluation reports and negotiate and recommend awards with concerned departments.
• Review BOQs and Conditions of Contract and advise consultants on preliminary/final tender submissions.
• Issue invitations and tender notices; prepare letters of award/acceptance and contract documents; compile tender and contract documents for in-house projects.
• Review and approve interim payment certificates, inspect and approve statements at completion and final statements and prepare equivalent documents for in-house projects.
• Validate variation valuations and contractual claims, guide QS teams on valuation methods and commercial resolutions.
• Review requests for the release of initial bank guarantees for engineering contracts after receiving the final guarantees
• Review requests for financial payments for engineering contracts and ensure their compatibility with the contract
• Prepare / Review Quantum analysis reports on contractual claims and dispute resolution process.
• Draft and manage routine contractual and commercial correspondence and coordinate with departments to resolve issues.
• Evaluate supplier performance and recommend corrective actions.
• Review contract applications and purchase requests, recommend appropriate contracting means and study direct-agreement requests and submit recommendations.
• Participate in project-receipt committees and confirm all requirements for contract closure.
• Conduct value engineering/life-cycle cost analysis to support material or design decisions

Product / Process Improvement

• Drive cost control using data-driven monitoring, automation-enabled workflows, and modelbased quantity measures.
• Enhance consistency and auditability of tender, contract, and correspondence documents across projects.
• Support contract closure activities, ensuring all financial, technical, and administrative requirements are completed before final sign-off.