Quantity Surveyor

Job description / Role

About the company

Airswift are a global manpower provider specialising in the energy, infrastructure & IT sectors. Present in more than 70 countries around the world, our reach and capabilities in the markets we service is unparalleled in the industry.

Job overview

We are working with a major oil & gas operator to source a quantity surveyor to work for a building/housing infrastructure project. This is a 2 to 3 years contract role working on a residential basis 5 days per week / 8-9 hours per day. Please see details below:

• Start date: Negotiable (typically within 1 month notice)
• Duration: 2 to 3 years (potential for extension)
• Location: Doha HQ with site visits
• Working schedule: 5 days per week / 8-9 hours per day

Qualification

Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying or degree in an engineering discipline.

Experience

A minimum 12 years experience preferably in building/housing/mixed-use development industry including practical experience in tenders, contracts and outsourcing activities, contract administration and estimating.

Should have exposure to SAP outsourcing module and computer experience in MS Office applications. Good negotiation and presentation skills.

Good time management and organizational skills.

A high degree of literacy in English (written and spoken). Ability to work under pressure and tight time constraints.

Primary duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for all activities connected with the preparation of tender and contracts documentation based upon the scope of work and bill of quantities provided by senior works and proposals administrator.
• Participate in technical evaluations and lead the commercial evaluation for all tenders.
• Act as department focal point to liaise with legal, finance and tender committees.
• Administer and control the procedural aspects of contracting to ensure strict compliance.
• Establish and update total installed unit cost data for a wide range of oil and gas and infrastructure projects.
• Upload additional cost data for completed projects to the cost estimating database to improve the effective use of the in-house cost estimation database system.
• Act on behalf of QP as nominated representative with commensurate responsibility for all cost engineering, budgeting & invoicing related matters pertaining to projects executed by the engineering department(s) under PEPS Directorate.
• Determine applicable rates and applicable estimation strategy, preliminary & general matters and mark-up to be used for cost estimates.
• Endorse or reject contractor invoices and contractoru2019s submission for TDR / claim based on cost evaluation / assessment.
• Endorse contract request document (CRD) for initiation of tenders.