Managing Quantity Surveyor – Infrastructure

Job description / Role

Managing Quantity Surveyor – Infrastructure

We are looking for Managing Quantity Surveyor to support on our projects in Qatar.

* Key Responsibilities

• Strong Client facing and reporting into and liaising with senior staff members internally and externally
• Excellent Technical project and program delivery skillset
• Lead Commercial for delivery of various projects or programs
• Effective in building good working relationships with key customers / project stakeholders
• Track, manage and ensure commercial actions are completed in a timely manner
• Ensure contractual compliance and administration to projects or programs
• Ensure financial administration and reporting of projects or programs
• Ability to think laterally and creatively to bring innovative solutions
• Management of medium / large sized multidisciplinary teams.

* Pre contract commercial support on consultancy agreements and building contracts

• Feasibility cost estimating
• Cost planning and estimating
• Bill of Quantity production
• Tender evaluation, analysis, negotiations and recommendations
• Peer reviews, cost data-base, whole life costing, value engineering, risk management etc.

* Post contract commercial support on consultancy agreements and building contracts

• Commercial management of contracts
• Contract administration (contractual and commercial correspondences, claims, delay analysis etc.)
• Management of bonds
• Insurances and guarantee logs
• Interim valuations and payment certificates
• Variations analysis, recommendations and management
• Performing risk and value management and cost control functions
• Undertaking costs analysis project work
• Identifying, analyzing and developing responses to commercial risks
• Compilation of detailed progress / cost reports, weekly and monthly reporting to client representative on all commercial issues, heading commercial meetings etc.

Requirements

* Experiences and Qualifications:

• Project experience in major infrastructure projects or programs. Preference in roads, rail, air with similar experience of 7 years;
• Degree in Quantity Surveying from a recognized University;
• Minimum 14 years post graduate experience;
• Chartered status preferable and MRICS APC enrollment as minimum;
• Desirable consultant and/or client background for minimum of 10 years;
• Preferred minimum of 5 years Middle East experience but not essential;
• Knowledge in the use of QS software CATO or similar is required;
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills;
• Independent worker who is able to lead teams of commercial staff;
• Possess good project background and proven English language technical writing ability and skills.

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).