Senior Quantity Surveyor at Jagal Group

Purpose:

•     Assist with the quantity surveying and commercial responsibilities for the projects, provide advice to other surveyors, assistants and trainees
•     Assist with the negotiation and set up of contractual arrangements with sub-contractors conferring as necessary with the engineering team and operations team
•     Firm understanding of estimating
•     Play integral role in negotiation of new contracts to ensure commercial conditions are suitable
•     Review enquiries documents
•     Conduct regular commercial review of contracts
•     Compile and submission of valuations
•     Produce cost project reports
•     Control and maximize revenue from projects
•     Assist with the quantity surveying requirements in the tender department
•     Assisting projects by providing guidance on contractual issues
•     Assist with the development of claims when required on projects. Assist claims submission by means of identification of heads of claim, ensuring assimilation of information and data
•     Good analytical skills and a high level of understanding quantity surveying principles around budget development, benchmarking, risks analysis and cost control are absolutely essential in this role, as is a proven record and ability to work with diverse teams to achieve the best approach for the business.

Objectives:

•     Actively and visibly promote company health and safety standards and requirements.
•     Deliver the project / services to the satisfaction of our clients.
•     Maintain a professional relationship with all clients and client appointed consultants.
•     Promote Discipline, Professional conduct and respect across the company.
•     Ensure the project / service is completed to budget and return the best possible profit contribution to the Company.
•     Ensure that high quality standards are maintained and that project / service achieves the required quality standards.
•     Manage commerical teams effectively.
•     Promote modern methods of construction.
•     Maintain a professional relationship with company departments and functions.
•     Promote the company at all times.
•     Set a professional example to all Company staff.

Health and Safety

•     Promote Health and Safety on the Project at all times.
•     Take an active, visible role in the promotion of Health and Safety by leading regular Health and Safety meetings and visibly and actively championing Health and Safety.
•     Support the Health and Safety department in all its initiatives.

Client Relationships

•     Promote the Company and Company’s ability at all times and ensure that team members promote the Company at all times.
•     Ensure the project / service is delivered to meet the requirements of our Client.

Maintain Professional Conduct / Communication

•     Ensure that professional conduct, communication, discipline and cultural respect is installed in all project teams. Actively promote this requirement at all times.
•     Ensure that project site are set up and run professionally.
•     Lead and direct effective communications and mechanisms for resolving conflicts among various project participants.

Feasibility Studies

•     Where required assist with undertaking feasibility studies for potential developments / projects.

Commercial Management / Commercial interface

•     Assist and coordinate deliverables with the pre-construction design team to provide information to the commercial team.
•     Prepare the commercial evaluation to pre-qualify Bidders
•     Ensure adequacy of detailed scope of work for specific bid / tender packages
•     Ensure technical department provide adequate design information for tendering purposes.
•     Assist with the preparation of order of magnitude and budget estimates.
•     Produce bid lists / identifying companies that are capable of undertaking the respective scope of works.
•     Prepare comprehensive tender documents.
•     Prepare and issue addendums to tenderers when required.
•     Prepare pre-tender estimates.
•     Assist with mid bid and post tender meetings, where required and assist with all commercial and technical requirements to evaluate tenders.
•     Prepare commercial assessment and tender reports with recommendations.
•     Prepare project risk assessment and report.
•     Conduct post bid award kick off and hand over meetings.
•     Prepare detailed construction allowable budgets for each project.
•     Prepare procurement matrices identifying proposed subcontractors, own works and supply only works. 
•     Constantly monitor the pre-construction cost of the project and use this information to make informed decisions required for effective and efficient control of pre-construction costs.
•     Ensure that pre-construction project teams follow commercial processes and do not deviate from these.
•     Prepare, issue and manage all subcontractor packages/RFP’s.
•     Attend all site meetings and subcontractor site meetings and prepare and contribute to all commercial aspects required, like tracking of RFI’s, change orders, delays, claims, etc.
•     Identify client change orders, value and issue appropriate variations.
•     With the project managers, manage all project procurement of materials, plant, labour and subcontractors to ensure that adequate cost monitoring and cost control is maintained.
•     Prepare all monthly valuations with both subcontractors and clients and prepare and issue appropriate invoices and payments.
•     Prepare monthly cost value reports, working closely with both project managers and accounting and supply chain departments to ensure that P&L is correctly allocated.
•     Collaborate with and assist estimating team to prepare all required estimating.  Estimating is carried out on proprietary software

Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)

•     Resources managed efficiently and effectively.
•     Professional management approach and example set to other staff.
•     Project teams work effectively and professionally together.
•     Positive feedback from the Client regarding the commercial team.
•     Positive feedback from interaction of project team members with other company departments.
•     Challenges dealt with effectively.
•     Projects completed within budget.
•     Timely and effective reporting.
•     Accurate and effective reporting

Key internal interfaces
JNL Health and Safety, Plant Department, Finance, HR, Administration, Supply Chain, Security, Technical and Maintenance personnel.

Key external interfaces

•     Clients
•     Consultants
•     Subcontractors
•     Project Stakeholders

The Person:

•     At least 5-10years of related experience
•     Proficiency and skill level with the following software is mandatory:
•     MS Excel – Advanced
•     MS Word – Standard
•     MS Outlook – Standard
•     Proficiency and skill level with the following software is preferred:
•     MS PowerPoint – Standard
•     MS Project – Standard
•     MS Visio - Knowledgeable
•     ERP system – Knowledgeable
•     Proficiency and skill level the following is mandatory:
•     English spoken and written – Very Good
•     Report writing – Standard
•     Proficiency and skill level the following is recommended:
•     FIDIC Contracts – Knowledgeable
•     JNL uses proprietary software for estimating (FastEstimate), contract administration (Corecon v7) and on-screen take-off (CostX).  It is a requirement of the commercial manager to utilise these three software’s for all commercial functions as required. Training will be provided.