Quantity Surveyor/ Cost Engineer

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

Context

The Quantity/ Cost Estimator provides estimates of construction material quantities and generates project cost estimates based on industry standard unit rates and costs.

Missions/Main Duties

• Checking and evaluation of available BOQ and preparation of Quantity Calculations to confirm the submitted quantities.
• Provide comments and correction for the available BOQ
• Initiate discussion/meeting with Designers
• Attend Coordination meeting with Client
• Gather material and construction work unit rates, overhead costs and profit rates and perform detailed project cost estimates using these together with the arrived material quantity takeoffs;
• Provide cost estimate reports and attend clarification meetings with the project team.
• Confer with the project team, contractors and subcontractors on changes on adjustments to quantity and cost estimates;
• Conducts review of existing information on material and labor requirements, clarifies project priorities, and escalates issues that cannot be resolved within one’s level;
• Supports project quality control by initiating cost monitoring and reporting systems and procedures.

Supports project quality control by initiating cost monitoring and reporting systems and procedures.

Profile/Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering 
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in preparing project quantity and costs estimates.

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.

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