Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- • Reviewing construction plans, preparing quantity requirements and working bills presented as material and labour schedules.
- • Conducting market survey of material costs, forecasting and updating management.
- • Scrutinizing maintenance and material costs, as well as contracts to ensure the best deals
- • Liaising with site managers, clients, contractors, and subcontractors
- • Preparing reports, analyses, contracts, budgets, risk assessment, and other documents
- • Advising managers and clients on improvements and new strategies
- • Keeping track of materials (materials tracking on site) and ordering more when required so as not to interrupt work program.
- • Documenting any changes in design and updating budgets
- • Establishing and maintaining professional relationships with external and internal stakeholders
- • Traveling from the office to various sites as required
- • Analysing existing budgets and making improvements
- • Reviewing plans and preparing quantity estimates
- • Negotiating with various contractors and vendors
- • Build relationships with clients and site managers
- • Construction estimating and/or finance experience will be an added advantage
- • Sound knowledge of construction
- • Good at analysing costs
- • Good at reading people and tailor their negotiation strategies to ensure the best possible outcome
- • measure and value the work done on site
- • pay subcontractors
- • liaise with the client and other construction professionals, such as site managers, project managers and site engineers
Personal Competencies:
The right candidate must possess:
- • Methodical approach to work
- • Ability to organize, plan, and strategize
- • Excellent negotiating and interpersonal skills
- • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- • Great networking abilities
Educational Qualifications/Requirements:
- • B.Sc./HND in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Building Technology or related course from a reputable university
- • Membership of The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) will be an added advantage
- • Must have 3 years and above cognate experience
- • Must have completed 2 to 3 projects
