Quantity Surveyor - Marine/Dredging Works
Location: Qatar Onshore (Doha initially, then Ras Laffan Project Site Offices)
Contract Duration: 36 Months (with possibility of extension)
Work Schedule: 10 hours/day, 5 days/week (22 days/month)
Estimated Start Date: February 2026
We are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to provide cost control, contract administration, and commercial support for a major marine and dredging project. The role will focus on RLIC port dredging, area reclamation, and associated civil works.
Job Purpose
- Provide cost control, contract administration, and commercial support for oil & gas projects during FEED and execution phases.
- Manage initial stage activities dedicated to port dredging and land reclamation.
Reporting & Relationships
- Reports to Project Manager (Dredging).
- Direct reports: None.
- Frequent internal contact with project teams, PMT, RLIC, and Operations Engineering.
- Frequent external contact with EPC contractors and subcontractors.
Job Context & Major Challenges
- Verify EPC dredged volumes against contract schedules.
- Validate contractor submissions against dredging plans and site data.
- Monitor variations (unexpected volumes, substrate changes) and reconcile costs.
- Handle contract claims for marine works, payment certificates, and project close-outs.
- Conduct site visits to validate contractor invoices, prepare valuations, and progress reports.
- Track variations, extra work, collect price indices, process payment proposals, and manage final accounts.
Key Responsibilities
- Demonstrate personal SHES leadership and participate in Toolbox Talks, Task Instructions, and site safety walkthroughs.
- Ensure contractors conduct engineering design in accordance with project requirements, specifications, and safe practices.
- Prepare quantity estimates, take-offs, cost plans, and support tendering/bidding stages.
- Monitor contractor progress and valuations, processing interim payments and variations.
- Evaluate variation orders, cost claims, and change management.
- Maintain contract registers, cost forecasts, and risk registers.
- Participate in cost control meetings and support procurement with pricing and commercial evaluations.
- Ensure RLIC and Port Authority involvement and endorsement for all activities related to port dredging and berth area development.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Engineering, or Engineering.
- Minimum 6 years' experience in engineering roles, including 2 years in Oil & Gas, with cost control or quantity surveying exposure.
- Experience preparing valuations, claims, and reconciliations on large projects.
- Familiarity with standard contracts (FIDIC, NEC, EPC, reimbursable/cost-plus) and cost tracking tools.
- Familiarity with dredging and earth movement works.
- Strong analytical, Excel, and communication skills for interfacing with engineering, procurement, and contractors.
Technical and Business Skills
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Strong leadership skills and personal integrity, with experience guiding and assisting contractor teams.
- Excellent analytical, organisational, coordination, and planning skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication and ability to interact at all levels.
- Mediation, conflict resolution, problem-solving, creative thinking, influencing, and empathy skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
Health, Safety & Environment
- Ensure all activities comply with company HSE and quality policies.
- Contribute to workforce development, including mentoring of local employees.
- Ensure compliance with anti-trust, competition, and internal company policies.