Quantity Surveyor
Required Skills
Building Construction Communication Construction Construction Administration Contract Negotiation Customer Needs Customer Requirements Diploma in Quantity Surveying Forecasting Microsoft Office Monitoring Oral Communication Organizational Self-motivation Teamwork Written and Oral English CommunicationJob Description
Job Description
Company Introduction
Our client is a leading company in the hospitality, development and construction sectors.
Job Responsibilities and Duties
- Prepare cost plans to enable design teams to produce practical designs for construction projects, which involve liaising with architects, engineers and subcontractors;
- Prepare tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities;
- Evaluate tenders from contractors and subcontractors and, where appropriate, negotiate with the contractors;
- Control all stages of projects within predetermined budget and expenditure;
- Monitor and keep track of project progress;
- Be responsible for the measurement and valuation of variations in the work during the contract, for agreement of interim payments and the final account;
- Work as part of a team to ensure that the requirements of the client are delivered;
- Carry out monthly valuations of work in progress, including forecasting of final costs and sales;
- Provide advice to project staff on commercial and contractual matters including reviewing and drafting of correspondence;
- Commercial vetting of sub-contractor tenders and contracts;
- Certification of subcontractor monthly valuations and final accounts;
- Communicate regularly with project staff and specialist subcontractors to ensure commercial controls are in place, understood and followed at all times;
- Manage and produce accurate formal reports in accordance with business timetable;
- Monitor all commercial information in relation to project including labour, material and sub-contractor cost forecasting thus ensuring budgets adhered to;
- Supply all relevant information to the General Manager and or the Managing Director for review at the specified intervals set.
Experience
- Be IT Literate able to use Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project;
- Previous experience in construction contracts;
- Good command of written and spoken English.
Personal Skills
- Be risk averse & able to accurately forecast cost & sales;
- Ability to multi-task;
- Be self-motivated, energetic team player with a flexible and adaptable approach to work;
- Have good organization skills;
- Customer focused;
- Excellent communication skills.