Quantity Surveyor

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Main Purpose Of The Job

Mott MacDonald is looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor to assist the Senior Quantity Surveyor (SQS) and construction supervision team on cost and commercial activities for a transport scheme.

Key responsibilities and duties are listed, but not limited to, the below:

• Prepare a bill of quantities reconciliation with respect to actual quantities
• Prepare monthly financial and costs reports including estimate reports and variance reports.
• Support the SQS to perform risk and value management on the project as well as cost control
• Measure progress of work and coordinate payments including interim payments to contractors
• Measure variations, quantities and costs
• Preparation of a monthly cash flow chart
• Negotiate and agree variations for both quantities and costs
• Register and review all drawing issues for quantities and cost implications
• Attend regular site meetings with internal and external stakeholders to discuss variations and monthly valuation
• Assist the SQS in evaluating claims and preparation of change/variation orders
• Attend meetings with client for all cost and commercial aspects during project
  
  

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Quantity Surveying Discipline from a recognized university
• Professional membership with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is essential
• Experience in construction related quantity surveying
• Experience must include major programs; metro and rail experience will be advantageous
• Proven experience in closing out final accounts on large projects, claims and variations
• Knowledge in evaluating site instructions and variation orders
• Experience in assessing and evaluating contractor’s claims
• Must be able to demonstrate necessary skills to implement methods for dispute avoidance and resolution
• Must have ability to utilize computer technology to analyse data, maintain records, analyse financial data and generate reports
• Continuously looking for innovations and improvements to manage workload and accomplish deliverables across individuals, teams and projects
• Using leadership skills to build and nurture relationships and also creating effective working environments
• Able to manage multiple teams with diverse backgrounds on geographically and culturally diverse teams
  
  

• 90 calendar days paid maternity leave
• Competitive annual leave
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance