# Principal Quantity Surveyor

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Bengaluru, Karnataka
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

The Principal Engineer - Quantity Surveying is responsible for leading the delivery of quantity surveying and commercial management services for major Transport & Infrastructure projects across the Middle East.

The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert in cost management, procurement, tendering, contract administration, and commercial risk management, supporting multidisciplinary project teams across transportation, water, maritime, structures, utilities, and major infrastructure sectors.

## Responsibilities

### Technical & Commercial Leadership

- Lead the preparation and review of cost plans, estimates, bills of quantities (BoQ), and tender documentation.

- Provide strategic commercial advice throughout the project lifecycle from feasibility through to construction and close-out.

- Develop lifecycle cost models and value engineering solutions to optimise project outcomes.

- Oversee cost control, cost reporting, change management, and forecasting processes.

- Advise project teams on contractual obligations, claims, variations, and dispute avoidance.

- Ensure compliance with client-specific commercial procedures and industry best practices.

### Project Delivery

- Lead delivery of quantity surveying services for complex and high-value infrastructure projects.

- Manage multiple project assignments while maintaining quality, budget, and schedule commitments.

- Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering and design teams to ensure commercial alignment.

- Review consultant and contractor submissions, valuations, and payment applications.

- Support project directors and project managers in commercial decision-making.

### Procurement & Contract Management

- Develop procurement strategies and tender evaluation methodologies.

- Manage tendering processes including preparation of tender documents, bid evaluations, and recommendations.

- Administer contracts under FIDIC and other standard forms of contract.

- Identify and manage contractual and commercial risks.

### Quality & Technical Governance

- Act as a technical reviewer for key commercial deliverables.

- Establish and maintain quantity surveying standards, templates, and best practices.

- Drive continuous improvement and innovation in commercial management processes.

- Ensure compliance with company quality management systems.

### Client & Stakeholder Management

- Build and maintain strong relationships with Middle East project teams and clients.

- Participate in client meetings, commercial workshops, and project reviews.

- Provide trusted commercial advice to internal and external stakeholders.

### People Leadership

- Mentor and develop engineers, senior engineers, and graduate quantity surveyors.

- Support recruitment and capability development of the Commercial Management team.

- Conduct technical reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.

- Contribute to succession planning and talent development initiatives.

### Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Timely delivery of commercial outputs.

- Accuracy of estimates and cost plans.

- Reduction in commercial risks and claims exposure.

- Client satisfaction and repeat business.

- Successful delivery of project budgets and commercial targets.

- Team capability development and mentoring outcomes.

- Contribution to work-winning and business growth.

## Qualifications

### Essential

- Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.

- 12-15+ years of relevant experience in quantity surveying and commercial management.

- Experience delivering major infrastructure, transportation, water, utilities, maritime, or multidisciplinary projects.

- Strong understanding of FIDIC contracts and international procurement practices.

- Advanced proficiency in cost estimating, cost planning, and commercial reporting.

### Preferred

- MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors).

- Chartered Quantity Surveyor or equivalent professional accreditation.

- Postgraduate qualification in Commercial Management, Construction Law, or Project Management.

### Key Competencies

#### Technical

- Cost Planning & Estimating

- Commercial Management

- Contract Administration

- Procurement & Tendering

- Quantity Take-Offs

- Value Engineering

- Risk Management

- Change Control

- Claims Management

- Project Controls

#### Leadership

- Strategic Thinking

- Client Relationship Management

- Team Leadership & Mentoring

- Stakeholder Management

- Influencing & Negotiation

- Commercial Acumen

#### Digital Skills

- Advanced Excel

- Power BI

- CostX

- Primavera P6 / Microsoft Projects

- FIDIC contract administration tools

- Common Data Environments (ProjectWise, Aconex, BIM360, etc.)

## Skills

### Required
- Quantity Surveying
- Commercial Management
- Cost Estimating
- Cost Planning
- Contract Administration
- Procurement & Tendering
- FIDIC contracts
- Project Controls
- Risk Management
- Change Control
- Claims Management
- Value Engineering

### Nice to have
- MRICS
- Chartered Quantity Surveyor
- Postgraduate qualification in Commercial Management

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