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Job description / Role
Senior Quantity Surveyor to be the Commercial Lead on a AED 350 million project.
- Commercial lead on a AED 350 million project
- One of the strongest order books in the Middle East
- Exceptional professional development
Client are a reputable mid tier contractor with more than 40 years experience operating across the UAE, they predominantly specialise in Civil Infrastructure projects and have long standing relationships with some of the leading developers and government organizations.
Due to the recent award of one of the largest infrastructure projects in Dubai they are now actively seeking an experienced Western Quantity Surveyor to act as the commercial lead on this project and oversee the works of up to 5 Quantity Surveyors.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
- Responsible for all commercial and financial management activities undertaken on the project
- Ensure that they uphold the company values and promote the company as an all-round company.
- Ensure that the company is a cost viable operation, which produces at profitable return with the least amount of risk to the parent company.
- To perform the role of one of the company representatives.
- To work with the other board members to ensure that the company objectives and obligations are met.
- To manage all commercial aspects of the company Projects.
- Provide Senior Management and the Operations Team with commercial advice and reports
- Ensure systems are in place to adequately monitor, review and control costs, risks and commercial process.
Requirements
- A minimum of 8 years’ experience (minimum 1 years’ experience in the UAE)
- Strong background working for contractors
- Strong Leadership skills are essential, along with the ability to work under pressure and to tight timescales, whilst ensuring an excellent working relationship with the client and the rest of the team.
- A disciplined, organised hard task master would have drive and autonomy.
- A minimum degree in Civil Engineering / Quantity Surveying.
- Previous experience overseeing a team of Quantity Surveyors in a construction environment.
- Understanding of Contract Terms and Conditions
- Awareness of financial/ management accounting and reporting procedures
- Business analysis – able to document processes and recommend improvements
- MS office – Intermediate user
About the Company
SSA Ltd. (Sommerman Skinner Associates) find out the detail to allow you to make qualified judgments about your career and its progression. On the companies that we represent (over 2000 spread across a diverse spectrum of industry) we will be able to inform you of contracts pending, awarded, company growth, opportunity, relative reward and internal prospects. We believe that through spending time and effort front end through interviewing or individual dedication we can offer real advice that will be valued. Our founder is degree qualified with extensive exposure to industry and with a career also behind him in Recruitment Management. Our team is made up of qualified construction professionals. We specialise in both permanent and freelance opportunities to qualified construction professionals.
Disciplines covered include:
Site Engineers, Site Agents, Project Managers, Contracts Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers, Planners, Safety, Purchasers, Estimators and Design Executive.