Quantity Surveyor Engineer

Job Purpose

Minimize the cost and risk of construction projects while enhancing value for money, ensuring compliance with legal standards, and achieving required quality levels.

Principal Accountabilities

• Prepare and review quantity estimates and take-off sheets for all project items, for both pre-contract and post-contract stages.
• Review and update project budgets and value-for-money analyses; manage and arrange payments in line with approved budgets.
• Maintain the project filing system for payments, variations and financial claims, ensuring documentation is accurate and auditable.
• Compile site and departmental data for contractor payments, variations and financial elements of claims.
• Prepare monthly interim payment certificates for client submission and value completed work for progress-payment purposes.
• Issue variation orders, providing full particulars including technical descriptions and cost impacts.
• Perform risk assessments, value-management exercises and cost control throughout the construction phase.
• Undertake cost analyses for repair and maintenance works and advise on procurement strategies.
• Identify, analyze, and develop responses to commercial risks; provide advice on contractual claims and disputes.
• Analyze project outcomes and prepare detailed progress and financial reports.
• Ensure awareness and appropriate application of the different building contract forms currently in use.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
• Professional experience: 3–5 years in quantity surveying, cost control, or commercial project roles.
• Experience with Primavera (scheduling) and familiarity with cost-estimating/quantity-surveying tools.
• Strong commercial awareness and industry expertise.
• Fluent English (verbal and written) is essential; excellent communication skills are required.
• Proficient computer skills and strong soft skills, including negotiation, attention to detail, and problem-solving.