Managing Quantity Surveyor

Job description / Role

Due to our continued success, Faithful & Gould is looking to recruit a Managing Quantity Surveyor to be based in Abu Dhabi.

Key Responsibilities:

• Pre and post contract team leader(s);
• Managing multiple teams of between 3 – 12 QS staff for project specific duties;
• Client point of contact for multiple project delivery;

Pre-contract:
Feasibilities, cost planning and estimating, Bill of Quantity productions, tender evaluation, analysis, negotiations and recommendations, peer reviews, cost data-base, whole life costing, value engineering, risk management etc.

Post-contract:
Commercial management of contract (POMI, FIDIC Red Books and D&B), 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, analysing 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, understanding the implications of health and safety regulations.

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

Experiences and Qualifications:

•Degree in Quantity Surveying from recognised university;
•Min 12 years pre and/ or post-contract relevant capacity in contracts and commercial management;
•Must have history of successful delivery of ALDAR and/or Mubadala; MAF and/or Emaar projects; or someone who can demonstrate delivery of masterplan residential developments circa AED 1 – 3bn
•MRICS as minimum;
•Must have consultant and/or client background for minimum of 5 years;
•Must have previous experience of FIDIC Design and Build Contracts;
•Hotels/ Residential/ Commercial experience a must;
•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.


Rewards & Benefits:


We offer an excellent package which includes:

•A competitive salary
•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
Apply and the Process:



We are currently looking for an MRICS Senior Quantity Surveyor to support our F+G business. We are in the process of shortlisting the candidates and will advise you on your status by the end of March 2017.



Below is the link to apply for the job:




https://atkinsglobal.taleo.net/careersection/fgould_corporate/jobdetail.ftl?job=FG-004282&lang=en&sns_id=mailto#.WKrMmly4e08.mailto

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).