Quantity Surveyor

Job Title

Quantity Surveyor

Job Description Summary

Job Description

About the Role:

• Support the maintenance and project works function for the Authority.
• Prepare cost estimation, endorse, and ensure all costing by any contractor is properly checked and endorsed.
• Prepare and report financial projection and carry out budgetary and expenditure control of Contractors' contract prior to commencement of each financial year arising from maintenance charges and other charges to provide appropriate contingencies.
• Prepare and recommend monthly or progress payment claims and final account submitted by the term contractors and ensure timely and complete submissions to the Authority for payment including all substantiations in accordance to the conditions of contract of the respective term contractors' contract.
• Evaluate and carry out joint measurement with Contractors on their claims for the Purchase Order/Works Order (including Bills of Items of works) and endorse that they are prepared and computed correctly in accordance with the maintenance term contracts, Contract Price and Option Price.
• Assess and recommend claims submitted by term contractors to ensure that the claims submitted are in accordance to the contract provisions and rates used are in accordance to the Schedule of Rates or Fixed Schedule of Rates.
• Administer the term contract works to be carried out by Contractors, including advising the Authority on Contractors' claims and verifying 'star-rate' quotations on behalf of the Authority; check, vet and recommend the 'star-rate items' submitted by the Contractors, before the start of works, are reasonable and in accordance with fair market prices for the Authority's acceptance; collate all statistical returns, vet guarantees and warranties; finalise the Purchase Order/Works Order amount, etc.
• Check, verify and confirm Contractors' invoices to ensure that the invoices tally with Purchase Order/Works Order/Endorsed Quotation, where applicable.
• Compile all payment claims, interim certificates, Purchase Order/Works Order (including Bills of Items of works) and invoices and ensure timely submission to the Authority for payment.
• Review and prepare specifications, evaluate, and recommend tender submissions and carry out contract documentation as described in the Requirement Specifications. There are demand aggregated contracts for specialist systems and common services across PA and all districts. As such, the Managing Agent awarded shall be responsible to prepare tender documents, evaluate and award the tenders for this demand aggregated specialist systems and common services.
• Prepare the tender documents, evaluate and award the tenders for demand aggregated specialist contracts within a single Community Centre/Club/Building but cuts across all districts, even if the specialist systems are located in other districts.
• Evaluate, verify and recommend that 'star rate items' submitted by Contractors, before the start of works, are reasonable and in accordance with fair market prices for the Authority's acceptance. To collate all statistical returns, vet guarantees and warranties; finalise Purchase Order/Works Order amount, etc.
• Prepare and recommend final payment to work done by term Contractors.
• Obtain and monitor the Performance Bonds, Bankers Guarantees and any other forms of insurances.
• Draft and prepare any form of period and non-period contract which is required by the Authority to carry out works related to Community Centre/Club/Building or other PA properties facilities for the Community Centre/Club/Building or other PA properties to call tender/quotation.
• Prepare quotation/tender documents including mechanical and electrical, civil, and structural, and any other specialist system for the term contracts.

About You:

• Possess relevant tertiary Quantity Surveying and building related diploma/degree recognized by Singapore Institute of Surveyors & Valuers (SISV).
• 2 years of relevant experience in Quantity Surveying.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from:

• Being part of a growing global company.
• Career development and a promote from within culture.
• An organization committed to Diversity and Inclusion.

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