Role Overview
The Quantity Surveyor is responsible for managing all costs related to the projects, ensuring that they are completed within budget while meeting required quality and regulatory standards. The incumbent plays a critical role in balancing cost efficiency with project performance, from initial feasibility through to final account settlement.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out cost checks and comparative cost studies on the Project's economics during the design stage.
- Prepare procedures for cost planning & control and the preparation of financial reports
- Implement budgetary cost control during the design stage and advise on modifications in design to manage project costs within the allocated budget.
- Carry out value engineering to ensure cost-effective design and construction methods.
- Provide initial project budgeting, preliminary cost plan and life cycle cost estimates for different project stages/ phases.
- Advise on risk management, procurement and contractual arrangements, suggest tenderers and potential pre-qualification criteria.
- Prepare the required documents and other items deemed necessary for the calling of the tender and contracts.
- Collaborate with clients to call for tender, evaluate the submitted tender, prepare clarification checklists of ambiguities, attend any tender interviews and meetings to clarify tender anomalies and negotiate tender prices, if necessary, before confirmation of an award.
- Assist in negotiating and agreeing with the successful Tenderer based on construction phase procedures, including pricing of variations, progress valuations of works, etc.
- Administer the works in progress and ensure that the results carried out by the Contractor follow the specifications/bills of quantities, drawings and all other contract documents.
- Develop construction stage elemental cost plan, Project cash flow forecast and assist in the agreement of breakdown of the contract prices with consultants for progress claim purposes.
- Assess all variation orders submitted by the Contractor and his contractors. Value variations of the Works as and when they arise, provide detailed reports of the variations and adjust fluctuations in the cost of materials or labor.
Qualifications and requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 5 years of proven experience in quantity surveying, cost management, or contract administration
- Experience in cost estimation, budgeting, tendering, and procurement processes
- Ability to prepare Bills of Quantities (BOQ), cost plans, and tender documentation
- Strong analytical and numerical skills with attention to detail
- Good understanding of local building regulations and compliance requirements
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills for dealing with clients, contractors, and suppliers
- Strong problem-solving skills and commercial awareness
