Job Objectives/Job Summary:
As a Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor, he/she is expected to forecast total capital requirements and monitors expenditure during construction. Performs quantity take-off and handles progress claims, variation order, project costing and contract matters. He/she manages all costs relating to building and civil engineering projects, from the initial calculations to the final figures as well as doing tendering works and calling for quotation.
Responsibilities/Duties:
- Ability to source for suppliers and sub-contractors quotation.
- Tabulation of price comparison and costing summary.
- Preparation of interim valuations, pricing and agreement of contract variations.
- Regular and up-to-date claim submissions and follow-up.
- Assist monthly cost and value report.
- Quantity take-off.
- Preparing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities with the architect and/or the client.
- Undertaking costs analysis for repair and maintenance project work.
- Assisting in establishing a client's requirements and undertaking feasibility studies.
- Performing risk and value management and cost control.
- Identifying, analyzing and developing responses to commercial risks.
- Preparing and analyzing costing for tenders.
- Valuing completed work and arranging payments.
- Maintaining awareness of the different building contracts in current use.
- Understanding the implications of health and safety regulations.
- Ad-hoc assignments.
Job Specifications/Requirements:
- Degree or Diploma in building/quantity surveying/civil engineering or its equivalent.
- Minimum 1 year of relevant working experience in construction.
- Resourceful and maintain good relationship with clients and sub-contractors.
- Meticulous, independent, highly motivated and results-oriented.
- A good team player and be able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
