Quantity Surveyor

About the role

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years' experience as a Quantity Surveyor, covering both pre-contract and post-contract work
• Proven project handover experience, including final accounts with clients and subcontractors
• Hands-on experience preparing BOQs and estimates for new projects
• Experience pricing and agreeing variations, and certifying subcontractor payments
• Experience in project cost control and monthly cost reporting
• Degree or diploma in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering or a related field
• Strong MS Excel skills; able to take off quantities from drawings
• Good written and spoken English

Responsibilities

• Pre-contract - BOQ and estimation
• Prepare Bills of Quantities (BOQs) from drawings, specifications and site surveys for new projects
• Prepare cost estimates and budgets for new projects and client enquiries, with clear assumptions and exclusions
• Obtain, compare and analyse subcontractor and supplier quotations; prepare comparison sheets and recommendations
• Support tender submissions: pricing, rate build-ups, clarifications and value-engineering options
• Review contract terms, payment terms and scope before award, and flag commercial risks
• Post-contract - variations, payments and cost control
• Identify, measure and price variations; prepare variation submissions to the client and track them to approval
• Evaluate subcontractor variations and claims against the contract and agreed rates
• Measure work done on site and certify subcontractor interim and final payments, including retention and deductions
• Prepare client interim payment applications and follow up certification and collection
• Monitor project cost against budget; prepare monthly cost reports, cash-flow forecasts and cost-to-complete
• Keep commercial records up to date: BOQs, variation logs, payment registers, correspondence and site measurements
• Project handover and close-out
• Lead the commercial side of project handover: final measurement, agreement of final account with the client and with each subcontractor
• Close out all variations, back-charges and retentions; confirm nothing is left open before handover
• Collect and check handover documents from subcontractors (as-built quantities, warranties, guarantees, O&M records) with the project team
• Support snagging and de-snagging cost assessment and recovery from responsible parties
• Prepare the project close-out cost report: final cost against budget and lessons learned for future estimates

Skills

• Bills of Quantities
• BOQ preparation
• cost estimation
• budgeting
• subcontractor quotations
• value engineering
• variation management
• final account
• monthly cost reporting
• cost control
• MS Excel
• quantity take-offs
• English communication