MEP Intermediate Quantity Surveyor

Job description / Role

Faithful+Gould is one of the world’s leading integrated project and programme management and cost consultancy services provider; with over 2,400 professionals operating throughout Asia Pacific, UK and Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. We support clients with the construction and management of their key assets, important projects and programmes. Our approach is committed to providing first-class professional advice and delivering a quality of service which is second-to-none. This has helped enable our business to develop and maintain robust and long-lasting client partnerships.

Active in the Middle East for over 18 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. As a member of the Atkins Group, one of the world’s leading design, engineering and project management consultancies, we hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting – and then developing – brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It’s precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.

Key Responsibilities:
• MEP services measurement support for pre-contract cost planning and estimating, BoQ production, tender services, contract preparation
• Specialised in measurement of MEP systems, Mechanical, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drainage, Electrical, Low Voltage, Vertical Transportation, etc.
• Provide measurement support for risk and value management and cost control functions
• Undertaking measurement tasks to support cost analysis project work
• Assist with drafting detailed progress/ cost reports
• Reporting to MEP Quantity Surveyor on day to day tasks
• Understanding the implications of health and safety regulations
• Managing workload with minimal supervision
• Support senior staff in commercial meetings.

Project:
• Projects include but are not limited to, retail, residential healthcare, commercial, education and infrastructure.

Rewards and Benefits:
• A competitive all inclusive salary
• Accommodation provided
• Transportation sharing or allowance provided
• 22 calendar days annual leave
• Medical and life insurance cover
• Company gratuity scheme;
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme;
• Mobilization/demobilization from the country of origin
• Annual flight(s) provided

Requirements

• Must have previous experience of Principles of Measurement (International) (POMI), experience of CESMM standard method of measurement preferred but not essential
• Hotels/ Residential/ Commercial/ Healthcare/ Education experience advantageous
• Degree in Quantity Surveying or Engineering from recognised university
• Min 2 years pre-or post-contract experience
• MRICS or enrolled on APC preferred but not essential
• Must have consultant and/or contractor background for minimum of 2 years
• Knowledge in the use of QS software CATO or similar is preferred, otherwise good working use of AutoCAD
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Team worker
• 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).