Project estimation / qs engineer

Requisition ID2581 -Posted12/10/2026 -RKH Qitarat

RKH Qitarat, the operator and maintainer of Doha Metro and Lusail Tram, is committed to attracting and developing talented individuals who share our passion for excellence and innovation in transportation. We value diversity, teamwork, and a customer-focused approach. We are currently seeking a Project Estimation / QS Engineer to join our team and drive service excellence across our networks.

Overview of the Role

• To provide dedicated estimating, cost control and commercial support across the PMO project portfolio, ensuring that project costs, financial exposure and contractual entitlements are identified, controlled and properly substantiated throughout the project lifecycle.
• To ensure that all costs incurred and contractual entitlements are properly captured, evidenced and recoverable, while proactively identifying cost and contractual risks before they materialize through our Commercial team or directly with the client.

Key Accountabilities

• Review incoming project instructions, scopes and tender requirements from a cost, contractual and delivery perspective
• Prepare and/or validate project estimates, resource loading, cost build-ups and pricing assumptions.
• Ensure that PMO/project management activities, resources and associated costs are appropriately identified and incorporated into quotations and commercial submissions.
• Identify potential cost exposure, exclusions, assumptions and commercial risks at the outset of each project.
• Support PMO and Commercial in defining appropriate payment milestones and commercial mechanisms aligned with project delivery.
• Establish the baseline against which project costs, variations and financial performance will subsequently be monitored.
• Establish and maintain project cost trackers and financial baselines.
• Monitor actual costs against approved budgets, forecasts and recoverable values.
• Identify cost overruns, under-recovery and potential financial exposure at an early stage.
• Support Project Managers in maintaining appropriate cost and resource allocation throughout execution.
• Ensure that project financial information remains aligned with the physical progress and delivery status of the project.
• Support the end-to-end management of Instructions, Variations and Claims from identification through to recovery.
• Establish the cost and resource impact of changes and ensure that all relevant costs are captured.
• Maintain a robust contemporaneous substantiation framework, including timesheets, resource deployment, site attendance, deliverables, procurement records, correspondence and other relevant evidence.
• Prepare cost build-ups and supporting substantiation for Commercial-led negotiations with the client.
• Work with Project Managers and Engineers to ensure that technical progress and associated costs are consistently linked.
• Analyze client assessments and rejected costs and support the development of the technical/commercial basis for disagreement where required.
• Review project instructions and contractual requirements to identify potential financial and contractual exposure.
• Flag changes, ambiguities, omissions or unpriced requirements that may create additional cost or liability.
• Ensure appropriate notices, records and supporting evidence are generated in a timely manner.
• Support Commercial and PMO in protecting the company's contractual position throughout project delivery.
• Provide early warning of potential under-recovery and recommend mitigation measures.
• Ensure all project costs and recoverable entitlements are captured before project closure.
• Reconcile approved scope, actual expenditure, invoiced amounts, outstanding claims and remaining liabilities.
• Ensure that the required commercial and financial records are complete and properly traceable.
• Support the Project Manager and Commercial team in final accounts, claims and close-out activities.
• Carry out any other missions or work assigned by the Head of PMO.
• Maintain accurate and auditable project cost records from instruction through to close-out.
• Ensure project costs are appropriately allocated, forecast and monitored.
• Identify and escalation potential financial exposure and under-recovery
• Support the PMO in maximizing recovery of legitimate project costs and contractual entitlements.
• Provide reliable cost and financial information to support management decision-making.

Skills and Experience

• Engineering degree or equivalent technical qualification, preferably combined with a recognized Quantity Surveying, Estimating, Cost Engineering or Commercial qualification.
• Experience in estimating, quantity surveying, cost control or project commercial management, preferably within infrastructure, rail, MEP or technically complex projects.
• Ability to operate across multiple projects and disciplines.
• Willingness to work closely with both technical and commercial teams.
• Ability to challenge project assumptions constructively and protect the company's financial interests.
• A proactive approach to identifying cost leakage, under-recovery and contractual exposure before they become issues.
• Strong understanding of project execution and the relationship between scope, resources, programme, technical deliverables and cost.
• Experience preparing detailed cost estimates, resource-based pricing and cost build-ups.
• Good understanding of variations, claims, payment mechanisms and contractual risk.
• Ability to translate technical/project activities into quantifiable and defensible commercial evidence.
• Experience with project controls, cost management or ERP systems is desirable.
• Ability to work independently, challenge assumptions and operate effectively across technical, project and commercial teams.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.

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