A reputable international Engineering and Construction company is looking to recruit an Assistant Quantity Surveyor for the position below:

POSITION/JOB TITLE: Assistant Quantity Surveyor

DEPARTMENT: Construction, Preferably on Government Agenda 111 Hospitals projects.

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Commercial Manager

POSITION SUMMARY: Prepare tender and contract documents.

Main Responsibilities

Strategic initiative:

• Assist in establishing the client’s requirements and undertake feasibility studies
• Prepare cost plans to enable design teams to produce practical designs for construction projects, which involve liaising with architects, engineers and subcontractors
• Prepare cost analysis based on the architectural drawings, engineering estimates, materials required and labour involved
• Select, price and source construction materials
• Advise commercial manager on procurement strategies
• Prepare tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities with the architect and the client.

Relationship with contractors and subcontractors:

• Evaluate tenders from contractors and subcontractors and, where appropriate, negotiate with the contractors
• Select subcontractors, agree the scope of services and allocate work
• Certification of subcontractor monthly valuations and final accounts
• Value completed work and arrange payments to subcontractors.

Monitoring and evaluation:

• Monitor all commercial information in relation to project including labour, material and sub contractor cost
• Monitor and keep track of project progress
• Control all stages of projects within predetermined budget and expenditure
• Be responsible for the measurement and valuation of variations in the work during the contract, for agreement of interim payments and the final account
• Carry out monthly valuations of work in progress, including forecasting of final costs and sales.
• Run cost analyses for ongoing repair and maintenance work.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying, construction engineering, construction management, construction economics or related field.
• 4 years of general construction estimating experience, financial experience, construction experience, or related field.
• In-depth understanding of construction, materials, pricing, and industry

Required Technical Competencies:

•  Good working knowledge of standard methods of measurement.
• Good working knowledge of forms of contract currently used within the Building and Civil Engineering industry.
• Have good understanding of how to perform cost control analysis.
• Have excellent understanding of how to prepare valuations and variation claims.
• Understand how to price project preliminaries in relation to extension of time.
• Know the various methods of valuing preliminaries for an ongoing project.
• Know the various types of contracts Fixed, Fluctuating, All inclusive etc
• Understand site materials inventory management and control.

Key skills

• Commercially astute, numerate, risk averse & able to accurately forecast cost
• & sales.
• Multitasking, self-motivated, energetic team player with a flexible and
• adaptable approach to work.
• Result oriented and able to work with deadlines.
• Customer focused.
• Communicator & motivator with ability to communicate across all levels.
• Able to work well within a team based environment in a fast paced environment.

Interested and qualified applicants should send their application and detailed CV with copies of certificates via email to: [email protected]. Before the close of business, 31/05/2024.