Quantity Surveyor at Afriland Properties Plc

Afriland Properties Plc is a property management, investment and development company, offering end-to-end services along the real estate value chain, from management to joint-venture investments. With a portfolio size of over N15 billion and one of the largest land banks in Nigeria, Afriland is pioneering the opportunities presented by an institutional approach to real estate, serving niche markets throughout Africa.

We bring innovation to the real estate sector in Nigeria and other African countries by drawing on experience, new competencies, and technology to achieve continuous improvement in service delivery to our clientele. We are an investee company of the Heirs Holdings Group, a family of African companies whose name is inspired by the desire to leave a legacy.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

General Description

• The Quantity Surveyor would report to the Team Lead Technical Consultancy on a variety of construction related projects providing support with regards to project management, estimating, measuring, costing and administration.

Duties and Responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for undertaking a full range of pre and post-contract quantity surveying services.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the building construction and maintenance framework agreements.
• Prepare preliminary or approximate estimates for budgeting and feasibility studies for all projects.
• Market and investigative surveys for pricing construction works and validating contractors’ submissions
• Assist in the preparation of the schedule of dilapidations.
• Prepare bills of quantities for assigned construction projects.
• Prepare specifications, and contract documentation and send them out to contractors
• Track project delays and issues
• Assist in the development of templates, frameworks, manuals, and policies
• Organize and coordinate training for PMs
• Track human resource usage on projects and advise leveling where necessary
• Assist to develop and review Project Management Plan
• Carryout performance appraisal on completed projects measured against Project Management Plan
• Receive tenders and analyze them with recommendations
• Responsible for site evaluation and recognizance on issues of alterations, omissions, and variations
• Prepare financial statements; interim valuations; penultimate valuations and final account
• Project cost control and proposing payment modules for projects.
• Evaluating and advising on contractors’ claims
• Advising on the determination of contract by client or contractor
• Advising in cases of arbitration or legal actions
• Carry out Value Engineering if there is a project budget overrun.
• Review with project management Office (PMO) program of works (POWs) developed by PMs and/or contractors.
• Assist in developing design specifications.
• Manage special projects.
• Follow up, track, and manage cost issues on projects.
• Carry out quality checks on ongoing projects.
• Assist in project conflict resolution

Requirements
Education and Experience:

• First Degree in Quantity Surveying. A Master's Degree will be an added advantage
• Minimum of 7 years post-NYSC experience in a similar role in a respectable organization.
• Registration with QSRBN and professional qualifications will be an advantage.

Required Skills:

• Project management
• Attention to detail
• Client focus
• Strong communication skills
• Innovative
• Stakeholder management
• Strong numerical and IT skills
• Strong awareness of standard quality procedures in building construction.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Application Deadline 24th August, 2023.