Quantity Surveyor at 25th & Staffing

Location: Victoria Island Lagos

Pay:200K-250K Gross

Overview

A Renowned Architecture and Design Company is looking to hire a reliable and efficient Quantity Surveyor with 3+ years’ experience. Preferably a previous Department head managing other Quantity Surveyors with experience in designing and building scalable costing systems. To be successful as a Quantity Surveyor, you should have a methodical approach, excellent interpersonal skills and negotiation strategy.

Roles:

• Construction technology and environmental management
• Evaluation of identified construction processes and technologies
• Advise on appropriate construction methods, processes and techniques based on established criteria
• Evaluate the impact of different construction techniques on organisational resources
• Identify potential problems and risks associated with the selected construction techniques
• Verify risks and limitations of identified construction techniques and seek suitable alternatives

Contract Management

• Review contracts to suggest amendments
• Approve new contracts
• Negotiate contract terms as required
• Advise on best practices for document control techniques
• Identify contractual issues against contract terms
• Lead contract management discussions
• Initiate post-contract analyses, evaluation and reporting
• Advice on contractual risks

Project visibility/site assessment

• Assess the business environment and organisational capabilities and prepare financial projections, as well as report findings to relevant stakeholders Procurement and tendering
• Manage overall procurement processes and ascertain adherence to SOPs
• Make recommendations for award of tenders

Project Costing and Financial Reporting

• Develop project budgets in accordance with project specifications and organisational costing policies to provide estimation of total project costs
• Perform sensitivity analyses, break-even analyses and variance analyses
• Monitor, report and forecast project costs to ensure project objectives are achieved throughout the project life cycle
• Recommend strategies for cost management
• Manage project costs to ensure organisational objectives are achieved
• Understand the principles of contingencies /risk allowances
• Prepare and present financial reports on the performance of a project atappropriate intervals to provide effective forecasting of costs, risks and their financial implications.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Quantity Surveying, building, industrial design or a similar field from a recognized tertiary institution.
• Member of the Q.S Institute
• Minimum of (3) years experience in a similar position.
• Knowledge of applicable construction company policies and procedures,quantity surveying principles and practices. and data processing principles as applied to the solution of construction problems.
• Ability to interpret and prepare drawings, maps, graphs, specifications and compilation of numerical data.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and prepare clear and concise reports.