Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager

Обязанности:

The Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager will be responsible for pre-contract and post-contract cost management services, from tender preparation and evaluation through construction, taking-over and final payment.
The role will provide accurate measurement, pricing, cost reporting and commercial assessments to support project decisions, working closely with the Project Director and Contract & Procurement Manager.
Key responsibilities
• Prepare and review commercial tender documentation, including bills of quantities.
• Carry out measurement of building works in accordance with recognised international measurement standards.
• Prepare pre-tender estimates and support project cost planning.
• Perform commercial evaluations of contractor tenders, including review of rates, preliminaries, qualifications, exclusions and cash-flow forecasts.
• Support tender clarifications, commercial negotiations and contract award recommendations.
• Prepare monthly cost reports and cash-flow statements.
• Monitor actual and forecast expenditure against the approved project budget.
• Maintain registers for variations, claims and change requests.
• Assess the commercial value of contractor variations following confirmation of technical and contractual validity by the relevant consultant.
• Review interim payment applications, including completed quantities, materials on and off site, and arithmetical checks.
• Monitor the validity of contractual bonds, guarantees and insurances.
• Support preparation of taking-over commercial statements and final payment documentation.
• Identify cost-related risks and maintain the related financial impact within the project risk register.

Competency requirements:
• Demonstrated experience in preparing and reviewing Bills of Quantities, pre-tender estimates, pricing schedules and cost plans for major building projects.
• Strong practical knowledge of construction measurement and the application of POMI or another recognised method of measurement applicable to the project.
• Experience in detailed tender price evaluation, including arithmetic checks, rate analysis, tender normalisation, review of qualifications and comparison against the pre-tender estimate and approved budget.
• Proven experience in monthly cost reporting, cash-flow monitoring and preparation of anticipated final cost forecasts.
• Experience in assessing interim payment applications, completed works, materials on site and eligible off-site materials.
• Ability to measure and value variations using applicable contract rates, adjusted rates or substantiated new rate build-ups.
• Experience in assessing the quantum of contractor claims, including review of quantities, rates, resource records, invoices, timesheets and other supporting documentation.
• Ability to distinguish between contractual entitlement, which will be managed by the Contract & Procurement Manager or authorised Contract Administrator, and the commercial valuation of the associated cost.
• Experience in maintaining variation, claim and change-request registers, with clear identification of approved, pending and potential cost exposure.
• Familiarity with provisional sums, retention, advance-payment recovery, bonds, guarantees, insurances and final payment mechanisms.
• Ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, Bills of Quantities, pricing schedules and contractor commercial submissions.
• Good understanding of civil, structural, architectural and MEP works and their cost implications for a technically complex building project.
• Previous experience on hospital, healthcare, laboratory or comparable technically complex building projects would be an advantage.
• Previous experience in Kazakhstan or the wider CIS construction market is preferred.
• General understanding of local construction pricing, contractor practices, taxes, duties and cost escalation factors would be an advantage.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel for cost estimates, tender analysis, payment assessment, cash-flow monitoring and cost reporting.
• Strong numerical and analytical capability, with attention to accuracy, traceability and supporting records.
• Ability to identify omissions, inconsistencies, duplicated items and unsupported amounts in contractor submissions.
• Ability to prepare concise, substantiated and auditable cost assessments and recommendations for the Client.
• Practical negotiation skills supported by measurable quantities, applicable rates and documented commercial evidence.

• Ability to work effectively with the Project Director / Project Manager, Contract & Procurement Manager, Design Consultants, Supervision Consultant and Main Contractor without duplicating their respective responsibilities.
• Professional independence and sound judgement when evaluating tenders, payment applications, variations and claims.
• Ability to manage priorities and meet reporting, tender and payment assessment deadlines.

Education:

o Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Economics, Cost Engineering or another relevant construction-related discipline.
o Candidates holding another technical or financial degree may also be considered where supported by substantial and directly relevant experience in construction cost management.
o A postgraduate qualification in Quantity Surveying, Construction Economics, Cost Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline would be an advantage but is not mandatory.
o A recognised professional qualification or certification, such as MRICS, MCIOB, AACE or an equivalent credential, would be an advantage but is not mandatory.
o Relevant professional training in construction measurement, cost estimating, contract pricing, variation valuation or claims quantum assessment would be considered an advantage.

Language skills: English and Russian are mandatory. Kazakh is advantageous
Professional experience: Min 10 years

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