Quantity Surveyor at IAN Associates

IAN Associates is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor

Location: Lagos

Job Description:
1. Procurement

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• Prepare subcontract Enquiry List for approval by Head of Commercial and Head of Construction.
• Prepare full enquiry pack, collating all tender information, ensuring fully compliant tender packs are issued.
• Analyse tenders upon return to ensure compliant bids are received.
• Prepare detailed breakdown of build cost included within land acquisition pack.
• Prepare tender analysis comparing individual tenders against each other and against build cost within land acquisition pack.
• Prepare tender authority sheet including recommendation to Head of Commercial for placing sub-contract order.
• For new contractors, ensure Health and Safety Contractor Competency Questionnaires are issued; analyse and action returned questionnaires.
• Assemble Health and Safety Policies, Method Statements and Risk Assessments.
• Ensure all health and safety information is signed off prior to placing Order.
• Compile sub-contract Order, issue for contractor to sign and ensure Order is returned prior to work commencing.
• Attend pre-start meeting, handover completed procurement pack to site team.
• Draft Customer Extras Sheet to agree with Management. Price agreed customer extras list with final sub-contractors.
• Issue Customer Extras List at pre-start meeting.

2. Payments

• Ensure sub-contractor weekly and monthly applications for payment are analysed and checked.
• Prepare interim payments for approval by Head of Commercial.
• Draft Budget estimate summary for approval by the Head of Commercial.
• Issue contra-charges as appropriate.
• Keep Payment Record Sheets up to date following completion of each weekly and monthly payment run.
• Highlight claims for additional works outside Budget Estimate Summary and report to Management
• Settle all Final Accounts expediently after works complete.

3. Valuations

• Carry out monthly progress checklist on site for all sites.
• Input progress on valuation system.
• Prepare sub-contract accruals.
• Produce Valuation Breakdown Reconciliation (VBR).
• Carry out cost and value reconciliation on all items in VBR and agree final VBR with Management.
• Agree costs with the Accounts Department.
• Prepare Cost Value Comparison (Profit & Loss) notes.

4. Other

• Follow change control procedure.
• Issue Variation Orders as appropriate.
• Attend sites regularly and frequently to provide assistance and support to site staff.
• Develop and enforce Health, Safety and Environmental policies and comply with employee responsibilities.
• At all times comply with company policies, procedures and instructions.
• Implement new ideas and methods and continue to seek ways of both improving contribution to the organisation’s goals and enhancing the reputation of the company.

Qualifications, Training And Experience

• B.Sc. or HND Quantity Surveying from reputable institutions.
• Must have minimum five years’ experience in QS with strong bias for Building Contracting
• Must be registered members of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (MNIQS) with at least five years cognate experience.
• Must be computer literate using MS Word, Excel, Project, etc.
• Good organizational skills and work with minimum supervision, good writing and communication skills.
• Must demonstrate loyalty, integrity and ethical conduct.

Application Closing Date:
30th June, 2014

Method of Application
Interested candidates should send CV to: theianassociates@gmail.com