Quantity Surveyor

Job description / Role

- Reviews estimates of capital or asset costs including development costs.
- Reviews estimates of operating and construction costs through an asset's life cycle.
- Carries out risk assessment and analysis based on available information.
- Carries out trending of scope and cost changes.
- Analyzes project cost control.
- Participates in Value Engineering and/or Value Audit activities, and prepares cost estimates of proposals.
- Reviews financial evaluation of Tenders.
- Builds-up and maintains contract forms and references
- Builds-up and maintains historical project cost database

Preconstruction responsibilities
- Cost Estimation and Planning.
- Prepares or reviews/validates the preliminary cost estimate from concept design.
- Prepares budget estimates of project or components of project.
- Prepares and reviews/validates the Bill of Quantity (BOQ) from design, development, and final drawings.
- Participates in Value Engineering and/or Value Audit activities, and prepares cost estimates of proposals.
- Establishes and implements cost control systems during design phases of the Project.
- Prepares or reviews payment certificate

Tendering and contractual agreements
- Participates in contractors prequalification process.
- Participates in PreTender meetings.
- Prepares or Reviews Tender Documents to ensure their consistency, coordination, compliance, and accuracy.
- Performs financial evaluation of Tenders.
- Prepares or reviews addenda to the Contract.

Construction responsibilities
- Advises on cost/financial status of the Project.
- Responsible for cost control during the construction period.
- Prepares or reviews cost estimates of revisions to Contract documents and/or Conditions.
- Negotiates costs of revisions with Contractors.
- Updates Contract amount.
- Advises on contractual issues, such as: damages, insurance, and noncompliance.
- Calculates and imposes or reviews penalties in accordance with Contract.
- Prepares Payment Certificates.
- Prepares monthly progress report on financial and contractual issues, which may include narrative reports, tables and graphs.
- Performs quantity surveys, measures and records site information as required.
- Participates in periodic meetings with the Clients, Consultants and Contractors. .Post

Construction Stage
- Prepares Payment Certificates.
- Prepares and settle final accounts with contractors.
- Participates in settlement of claims (if needed).
- Prepares or reviews final payments.
- Prepares or reviews final account.
- Prepares Project closeout report
- Releases of retentions and bonds.

Requirements

- Must have a Bachelor Degree in Quantity Surveying
- Must be certified Member of RICS
- Must have Minimum 10 years of Work Experience (supported with experience certificates with company stamp from all employers)
- Candidates based in Doha must preferably be registered in the Urban Planning and Development Authority (UPDA) as a Grade 'A' Quantity Surveyor

About the Company

Projacs International is the largest Pan-Arab project management firm boasting 21 offices in 21 major cities in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.

Established in 1984, we have over 600　professional staff offering customized services to a variety of clients in the public and private sectors. Projacs helps its clients achieve great　visions by successfully delivering hundreds of projects across 24 countries.

Projacs offers specialized services and leadership in a diversity of projects from government buildings to utility plants. Other project types include residential and commercial developments, educational facilities, hotels and resorts, sports centers, airports, oil and gas plants, car assembly plants, infrastructure and highways, healthcare facilities, retail developments, and palaces and private homes.

We work directly with owners, developers, hotel operators, tenants, educational institutions, hospital operators, financial institutions, funding organizations, project managers, consultants, contractors and other stakeholders.

Projacs - combining the latest services with a proven track record for success.