The Senior Quantity Surveyor will join a Contractor on a very large infrastructure project in Kuwait. Their primary responsibility will be the commercial management for a series of large water and wastewater sector projects. However, these projects fall within the Contractor’s larger city wide, decade long, infrastructure obligations and the Senior Quantity Surveyor will be part of the wider cost controls team.

The Senior Quantity Surveyor will provide commercial support to the various project teams across all aspects of the projects’ life cycle (i.e. inception, design development and management through to construction and handover).

The ideal candidate will have contractor side experience in preparing FIDIC based subcontractor and supplier contracts for water and wastewater projects. They will need to possess a broad understanding of, and demonstrated experience with, a Project’s commercial controls including, but not limited to, budgeting, construction accounting, progress monitoring and reporting, forecasting, risk mitigation, etc.

The Senior Quantity Surveyor will report to the Director – Infrastructure and Construction Management.

Responsibilities

• Administration of financial and contractual matters relating to contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, including payments, valuations, claims resolution and final accounts.
• Drafting contract documents for sub-contractor and vendor tenders.
• Tracking and reporting of cost expenditure and cost reconciliation.
• Procuring and analysing quotations from local, regional and international major component suppliers.
• Assessing claims and certifying progress payments.
• Value engineering and viability/feasibility assessments.
• Working closely with Senior Management on risk assessments & allocation within the contract.
• Mentor and support team members in their training and professional development goals.