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Quantity Surveyor

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Dennery, Saint Lucia
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Job Purpose

Support the Project Manager and Managing Quantity Surveyor with managing the costs on a construction project.

The Quantity Surveyor is required to provide commercial support to the Senior Quantity Surveyor and project team, maintaining commercial information and ensuring compliance with contractual requirements. They will liaise with customer representatives and supply Chain on commercial issues.

Duties and responsibilities

Reporting:

  • With direction from the SQS ensure you support the preparation of all Reporting functions in a robust, accurate and timely manner inline with all the specified company procedures.
  • Provide information so an accurate Cash Flow can be produced.
  • With direction from the SQS ensure you support the preparation of the Monthly CVR, ensuring this is accurate, accountable and auditable in line with company procedures.
  • Produce Other Reports as directed by the SQS.

Processes

  • Ensure that all Commercial processes are adhered to. Help Management to ensure that all Operational processes that affect Commercial are adhered to.
  • Actively seek to improve processes and procedures
  • Have an adequate understanding of the processes and procedures used

Other Key activities

  • Preparation of subcontractor and material procurement schedules.
  • To prepare material reconciliation reports of bulk material items against ordered quantities, fortnightly.
  • Preparation of full Domestic subcontract orders to be issued to Head Office for review and issuing, as required.
  • Assessment and preparation of domestic subcontract payments within two weeks of receipt together with responses to Variations in a timely manner.
  • Evaluation of subcontractor variations and recoverable costs, fortnightly.
  • Evaluation of accounts generated monthly costs, highlighting any items incorrectly costed and advising accruals for items not included in the month.
  • Review of internal plant invoices to check plant listed is being utilized and report any discrepancies.
  • Review external plant orders against plant on site to check original anticipated hire dates have not been exceeded.
  • Production of detailed material take off from construction drawings highlighting any discrepancies between contact drawings and contract BOQ if applicable.
  • Production of detailed scope of works for subcontractor trades.
  • Issue of tender enquiries for subcontract works to include all relevant Contract specifications and site requirements.
  • Negotiating subcontractor final prices prior to issue of SCA ensuring at least 3 number compliant quotation or historical comparison for generic works.
  • Preparation of SCA to include detailed comparisons of quotations received against tendered works.
  • Production of labour only subcontract orders based on approved SCA.
  • Production of subcontractor amendments to SCA scope of works, details to include full details of works and clearly highlighting type of variation such as measured works, client variation or non-recoverable works.
  • Issue of labour only site instructions for approved amendments.
  • To prepare and maintain SCA and Amendment tracker recording date documents issued and fully approved. To include following up on outstanding documents so approval is achieved in a timely manner.
  • To carry out actual site remeasures of works against awarded quantities.
  • Preparation of labour only subcontract payments based on site measurement of works completed during the period. iGuard records to be included with evaluation of awarded rates being fair and reasonable.
  • Raising Reqlogic material requisitions to include details of purpose, tender allowance, cost to date, margin, and projection of further expenditure against cost code.
  • Update material log with all current requisition costs allocated against work elements/cost code.
  • To carry out on site measures and checks against usage of materials to highlight accuracy of order/excessive waste.

External Relationships

  • Foster a healthy and honest relationship with client and client team in line with company ethos and expectations.
  • Always deal with Client and supply chain in a professional manner.
  • Lead and pursue all entitlement for Variation, Recovery of costs and maximise margin. Report any issues to the SQS.

Internal Relationships

  • Mentoring any assistant Quantity Surveyors and Trainee QS on site.
  • Ensure effective interaction between the commercial team and the operational site teams.
  • Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the Managing Quantity Surveyor.

Experience, Qualifications, Skills, Technology

Experience

  • At least five (5) years’ experience in an Assistant Quantity Surveyor role, in the construction industry.

Qualifications

  • BSc. in Quantity Surveying or any other suitable certification.

Competency Skills

  • Detailed/Deadline oriented
  • Problem solving/Analytical/Critical thinking
  • Resilience/Tenacity
  • Taking initiative
  • Client focus/Service orientation
  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Reliable and trustworthy and the ability to maintain confidential and meticulous records

Technology

  • Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Working conditions

  • Project site base.
  • The jobholder has a duty to comply with the company's Health, Safety, Security and Environment policy and to do everything in their power to ensure that the workplace is safe for everyone. They must display maturity at controlling incidents in order to mitigate their effects to personnel, environment, and the company’s assets as far as reasonably practicable. They must also ensure that the physical work environment is safe and secure and have an appropriate aesthetic quality.

Physical Requirement

  • While performing the duties of this job, the jobholder is required to visit construction projects, suppliers and company facilities both locally and regionally.
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