Quantity Surveyor

Key accountabilities

Pre-Construction Stage

Key tasks at this stage will include:

• Prepares and manages the key commercial documents such as the Procurement Schedule, Cashflow Forecast and Margin Improvement Strategy.
• Prepare tender enquiries and review bid packages, obtaining resolution to clarifications and queries.
• Analysing subcontractor and supplier tender returns.
• Prepare material quantity take offs and bills of quantities.
• Works alongside the Estimating team as required.
• Proficient understanding of commercial strategy for the project set by Commercial Director and planning to meet it.
• Have a good understand of procurement routes available and be able to present to a consultant/client.
• Have an understanding of the different forms of contract in use

Post-Contract

Key tasks at this stage will include:

Contract

• To take active responsibility for all financial procedures in conjunction with the Senior QS, in line with the commercial strategy.
• Preparation of external valuation and negotiation of satisfactory payment certificate, ensure cash is collected timely.
• Confirm project insurance arrangements.
• Manages the procurement of the project in line with the procurement schedule and budget, inclusive of purchase orders, LOIs, Subcontractors etc.
• Monitors the project cashflow against the forecast, with view to ensuring the project is always cash positive.
• Own and administer works packages to final account, inclusive of monthly payment, dealing with variations and all matter pertaining to administering their subcontract correctly.
• Manage the change management, inclusive of the valuation of variations, quoting RFP’s, issuing the respective notices, up and downstream.
• Provide all required commercial monthly reporting both internally and to the client.
• Always look to improve margin and suggest ways to do so to project lead and assist in techniques employed.
• Administer the Main Contract, ensuring contract terms are understood and dealt with accordingly.
• Ensure risk and opportunities are identified, managed and exploited.
• Maintain project margin in line with commercial strategy.
• Attend Project Meetings i.e., Internal Review, Client Consultant Meeting, and Trade Contractors Site Meetings, ¾ Completion Meeting

Completion & Post Completion

• Manage the agreement of the final account with clients and trade contractors within stipulated benchmark and timelines, projects to be closed within 3 months of TOC.
• Ensuring project is closed out including applying for certificate of release of retention, upon making good defects by Construction Department.
• Monitor retention releases.
• Attend project post mortems.
• Attend to the additional works required by the client after completion.
• Liaison with CM on trade contractors’ defects and contra charges (if any).
• Monitor the release of Performance Bond and APG.

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Skills & experience

• Fit-out experience
• Previous experience of successfully carrying out the QS role on a project, and its delivery within the time and budget constraints to high quality, preferably within Fitout.
• Acts as the lynchpin with the day to day running of the project in terms of procurement and financial control and as a result must be an effective communicator.
• Takes on the role of mentor to AQS and support staff.
• Acts as the key coordinator with the professional team and Works with Contractors in respect to the valuation process.
• Works to enhance existing relationships.
• Generates new relationships easily and is committed to generating new business opportunities.
• Commercial awareness: understanding and ability to make a profit whilst retaining relationships and company values.
• Excellent negotiation skills are required

Personal Attributes

• Preference for action – self-starter with the personal drive and motivation to proactively identify issues, progress activities and deliver business-focused solutions. Strong work ethic, highly motivated and focused with a challenging intellect. Enthusiastic and committed to personal and divisional success. Proactive, diligent, able and willing to think ahead
• Communication skills– Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate positively and effectively to ensure that effective relationships are developed, and accurate, timely information can be obtained as required. Excellent command of both written and spoken English
• Written skills – good writing skills to produce clear analysis and reports with High level of attention to detail
• Customer and Service Orientation - – A ‘hands-on, can-do’ attitude is essential, plus the jobholder needs to be focused on delivering quality services/solutions. Understand and champion the ISG vision and values.
• Professional knowledge and Analytical thinking – Strong, rationale thinking with a challenging, questioning mind that can view issues as a whole as well as drill down into the final detail. Excellent process and Construction management knowledge
• Planning and Organisation – Strong planning and organisation skills required to ensure all tasks and objectives are self-managed and delivered on a timely basis and system are implemented and best practice is followed.

Team Orientation – Ability to work as a team member under pressure to deliver objectives on time. Good team leader and “people manager”. Effective and flexible team member who is a decision maker and good delegator.