Quantity Surveyor

Job Description

Quantity Surveyor F+G

Why join us?

Our Oregon team is growing! The Quantity Surveyor provides quantity surveying services as required by each project including :

• contract administration and negotiation
• cost forecasting and estimates
• procurement
• quantity takeoffs
• monitoring project progress
• pricing and benchmarking research, maintaining the project documents and files in an organized manner
• Examining status data and trends as required
• Providing support to senior staff as directed

This position is based out of Oregon and reports to the technical manager.

This is a full-time position with AtkinsRéalis that comes with the opportunity to prove your true potential, provide expert services on world class projects, collaborate, and grow with professional services experts, and receive an attractive compensation package with robust benefits.

How will you contribute to the team?

• Works with proposal teams in the planning and execution of new business price proposals, cost narratives, and pricing strategies.
• Performs and coordinates price proposal reviews before submittal to the client. May assist in job set-up, funds tracking, and reporting to the client.
• Examines and monitors subcontractor performance; evaluates service / product offerings and specifications.
• Works with client contract managers and procurement specialists to resolve contractual matters.
• Supports project managers with contract budgeting.
• Ensures all documentation is complete and accessible in the company repository. This includes the contract and all pertinent sign-off documentation and work papers.
• Provides advice on and interpretation of contract requirements.
• Ensures timely processing of technical reports and deliverables.
• Monitors scope creep and scope changes.
• Coordinates with program / project managers to ensure contract requirements are fulfilled.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant contractual procedures and practices.
• Prepares and issues periodic cost reports to senior technical staff.
• Reviews the cash flow prepared by junior technical staff and issues to senior technical staff.
• With minimal supervision, reviews all change orders in accordance with the client’s approval process.
• Reviews all invoices for the project and ensures that junior technical staff codes the invoices where applicable and forwards them to the client’s accounts payable department.
• With minimal supervision, provides procurement services for the client, where applicable, for construction and engineering services, including preparing RFPs and bid analysis.
• Oversees and reports to the client on contractor buyout of subcontract bid packages where applicable.
• Attends cost meetings to review procurement status and change order status with the contractors and engineering teams.
• With minimal supervision, provides cost information on value engineering analysis.
• With minimal supervision, carries out an earned value analysis of the project on a periodic basis.
• Reviews the contractors' closeout administration and ensures that they meet their contractual requirements.
• Tracks and examines the project costs including budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, and forecasts. This includes forecast to budget and estimate, forecast to actuals, and contingency analysis.
• Participates in the development and improvement of project controls systems. Recommends improvements in systems, tools, and methods of project controls and project management.
• Assists in examining project control requirements as part of the bid review process to ensure all cost control requirements are incorporated into all contracts and purchase orders.
• Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.
• Complexity - Work involves conventional practice but may include a variety of complex features.
• Decision-making - Most assignments are performed solitarily. Makes sound judgments on technical problems and methods. Receives approval on proposed plans for projects and general direction as to results expected or on unusual problems.
• Work direction given to others - Supervises, gives work direction to, and / or reviews the work of junior technical staff and / or others who assist in specific assignments.

What will you contribute?

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Quantity Surveying, or a related field, plus four years relevant experience.
• A professional designation such as RICS, CCE, CCM, AIA, PE, ASPE, AACEI, CVS, AVS, LEED AP, or RA.
• Experience with Primavera or Microsoft Projects is preferred.
• Should have working knowledge of electronic takeoff including CAD Measure and working knowledge of a commercially available construction cost estimating system.
• Must have strong cost management, scheduling, and project planning and estimating skills. Must be able to use A / E and CM cost and / or schedule information to evaluate project status.

Must have experience in developing budgets, cash flows, and / or schedules.

• Working knowledge of industry standard software, including but not limited to SAP, Oracle Unifer and ERP, Planning & Scheduling, and cost management applications.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations, to understand contract plans and specifications, organize information, and effectively utilize PC and applicable software.
• Must be highly articulate, have a clear and logical approach to problem-solving, and strong decision-making abilities.

Must have excellent communication and presentation skills necessary to interface with external engineering, architectural and construction firms, suppliers, the management team, and other organizations within client organizations.

• General skills expected of all employees are as follows : client service, commitment, communication, innovation & continuous improvement, professionalism, quality, and teamwork.
• Job requires the ability to process paper / electronic documents and operate a computer keyboard and 10-key adding machine.

Ability to plan and prioritize tasks, and review contract documents, project plans, and progress reports. Ability to communicate effectively and work under the pressure of deadlines.

What we offer at AtkinsRéalis :

At AtkinsRéalis, you will enjoy a robust rewards package which includes :

• Opportunity to work on various projects of various sizes.
• Competitive salary
• Flexible work schedules
• Group Insurance
• Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Learning and development programs, training, career opportunities and a highly regarded tuition reimbursement program

If this sounds like you and you would like to expand your career with us, apply today!

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.