Chartered Quantity Surveyor

Job description / Role

Due to continued success in the country we are now seeking to add an experienced Quantity Surveyor to our already established team in Qatar.

The Quantity Surveyor will hold the following responsibilities and duties:
• The Quantity Surveyor will report to the Senior Quantity Surveyor
• Part of a team of quantity surveyors providing support and advice to the site management
• Assist in provision of commercial and contractual advice based on the contract documents and industry standards documents such as methods of measurement
• Attend and contribute to regular commercial meetings with the client and contractor
• Review claims submitted by contractors. Make recommendations for payment or rejection
• Onsite and offsite quantity verifications and confirmation with regard to payments and variation works
• Checking and verifying of all invoices from subcontractors
• Maintaining a register of payments
• Check materials on and off site and verify delivery and acceptance from the client’s representative for payment approval
• Prepare and maintain records of all subcontractors’ agreements and payments
• On site verification of final accounts submitted by the subcontractors and suppliers, adjusting as necessary
• Prepare estimates of variation works
• Prepare and maintain cash flow forecasts for subcontract works
• Updating cost report
• Carry out cost estimates for alternative design solutions
• Ability to advice clients on commercial and contractual matters and prepare financial and commercial reports

Faithful+Gould is one of the world’s leading consultancies providing integrated project and programme management services for construction and engineering projects, with a turnover in excess of £200 million.

Faithful+Gould worldwide has access to 2,300 consultants, of whom 400 are located in the Middle East across six offices. We have successfully delivered commercial advice and management support for over 65 years to clients in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, UK, and North America. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Atkins Group, the design and engineering company.

Active in the Middle East for 18 years, Faithful+Gould combines in-depth knowledge of the region with the ability to draw on our global resource and constructive expertise, to deliver the most challenging of projects. With registered companies in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, this makes us one of the strongest international construction consultancies in the region.

Requirements

• Qualified with a Bachelor of Science degree in Quantity Surveying from an RICS accredited university
• MRICS accredited
• MMUP/MME preferred
• Must have over 12 years’ experience
• Must have 5 years’ experience within a consultancy organisation (PQS or PMC)
• Candidates must have infrastructure project (Roads/Highways/Drainage) experience
• Be able to provide both summarised and detailed reports, on current activities and ability to present directly to the client
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Able to act on own initiative and proactive way

We offer an excellent package which includes:
• A competitive salary
• Accommodation allowance
• Transportation allowance
• 26 calendar days annual leave (based on 6 day working week)
• Medical and life insurance cover
• Company gratuity scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Employee Well-Being Programme – 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants.

About the Company

Atkins is one of the leading providers of professional, technology based consultancy and support services to the industry, commerce and governments in all of the worlds major economies. With over 17,000 staff operating in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas, Atkins has a broad range of skills and resources and provides Clients with a comprehensive service throughout the entire life cycle of the projects in the built environment.

We aim to be the international first choice supplier of technical and integrated services. Shaped by our customers' needs, our vision is to:

• focus on quality
• seek world class design and excellence
• strive to add value
• be flexible to the evolving needs of a changing society

Atkins first carried out design and supervision commissions in the Gulf area in 1967. From its regional head office in Dubai, U.A.E. Atkins Middle East now employs over 2000 staff located in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Oman (Muscat ), Qatar (Doha) Bahrain (Manama), Kuwait (Kuwait City) and India (Bangalore).