Managing Quantity Surveyor - Rail / Metro

Faithful+Gould are currently looking for an experienced Managing Quantity Surveyor to form part of our team on a major rail/metro programme. The candidate will work alongside other professional teams and will lead our cost and commercial team for the project with the support of our corporate team.

Key Responsibilities

• Hands on leadership of a specialist team with responsibility for:
• Pre and Post contract team leader
• Managing a team of between 5 – 10 QS staff for project specific deliverables/ duties and for delivery of large scale rail/metro link programmes

Pre-Contract:

• Manage team resources to ensure timely completion of deliverables
• Feasibility studies (cost per key, cost per m2 etc.)
• Cost Planning and estimating (BCIS and NRM1)
• Advising on procurement strategies
• Value Engineering, cash flow forecasts, Whole Life Costing, risk management;
• Bills of Quantities production (NRM 2, POMI and CESSM3)
• Tender services including compilation, tender analysis, negotiations and recommendations
• Contract drafting (FIDIC).

Our aim is to protect and maximize our clients’ interests throughout the planning and delivery of Projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget. We pride ourselves on collaborating with client teams and developing long-term relationships.

Key services include - Project management, programme management, project controls, commercial management, cost management and expert scheduling and construction planning.

Our industry is going through a digital transformation and we have been investing in and pioneering digital methods to improve all aspects of our service. We have focused our digital transformation around platform modernization and product development and through standardization and automation, we are achieving efficiencies that are directly passed on our clients who benefit from a consistent quality of service as well as the savings.

Active in the Middle East for over 20 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. We hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting – and then developing – brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It’s precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.

Experiences

• Minimum of 14 years pre and/ or post-contract relevant capacity in contracts and commercial management post-graduation
• Must have a minimum of 7 years of experience in large rail/metro/infrastructure works working for a PMC (not contractor)
• Minimum of 3 years’ UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong or Malaysian experience on rail / metro projects essential
• Able to work on own or managing a team for project deliverables as project dictates

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying from recognised university;
• Chartered - MRICS as minimum;
• Must have previous experience of FIDIC Red Book Contracts;
• Knowledge in the use of QS software CATO or similar is required;
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills with proven English language technical writing ability and skills.

We offer an excellent package which includes:

• A competitive salary
• Accommodation allowance
• Transportation allowance
• 22 calendar days annual leave
• Medical and life insurance cover
• Company gratuity scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual flight allowance to point of origin
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants