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Project Quantity Surveyor
Anonymous Employer
Nigeria, NGFull-timePosted Oct 9, 2026
About the role
Responsibilities:
Cost Architecture:
Prepare, update, and manage comprehensive Bills of Quantities (BOQs), cost estimates, and budget projections for all civil, mechanical, and electrical project scopes.
Contractual Administration:
Formulate, vet, and manage contracts for contractors, subcontractors, and consultants, ensuring clear commercial terms and risk mitigation.
Valuation & Certifications:
Conduct periodic site measurements and progress audits to verify, negotiate, and certify interim payment applications from contractors.
Variation & Claim Management:
Analyze, negotiate, and defend against contract variations and claims, protecting GZI from budget overruns.
Financial Tracking:
Maintain a live project cost ledger, providing executive management with accurate Earned Value Analysis (EVA) and cash-flow forecasts.
Site Measurement & Audits:
Conduct regular site visits to validate progress, verify quantities, and ensure compliance with contractual requirements.
Change Control Management:
Administer all scope changes and ensure proper valuation, approval, and documentation of variations.
Lifecycle Cost Awareness:
Advise on long-term cost implications of design choices, materials, and construction methods.
Integrated Management System:
Documents, implements, maintains the requirements of the quality, food safety, environment, health, and safety management systems.
Requirements:
A minimum of HND in Quantity Surveying. Professional membership in NIQS and registration with QSRBN is required. Minimum of 8 years of commercial cost-management experience on major industrial, heavy engineering, or fast-track commercial construction projects. Analytically sharp attention to contract details, skilled at managing vendor negotiations firmly and ethically.
Key KPIs:
Project Budget Variance (Maintain absolute cost delivery within ±5% of the approved baseline). Turnaround Time for Verification and Certification of Interim Payment Applications. Value Engineering Savings Generated through material/design optimisations.
Competencies Profile:
Industrial Standard of Measurement Mastery (POMI, BESMM) Systemic Critical Thinking. Contract Construction Law (FIDIC framework expertise) Team Management Earned Value Management (EVM) methodology Strategic & Analytical Thinking Software Exposure: Candy (CCS), WinQS, PlanSwift, and SAP PS/MM modules Communication Cost Planning & Financial Forecasting Stakeholder Engagement Variation Assessment & Change Control Management Accountability Project Cost Reporting & Cashflow Management Negotiation & In Risk Analysis & Risk Mitigation Business Knowledge Detail Orientation Time Management Innovation & Process Improvement
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Cost Architecture:
Prepare, update, and manage comprehensive Bills of Quantities (BOQs), cost estimates, and budget projections for all civil, mechanical, and electrical project scopes.
Contractual Administration:
Formulate, vet, and manage contracts for contractors, subcontractors, and consultants, ensuring clear commercial terms and risk mitigation.
Valuation & Certifications:
Conduct periodic site measurements and progress audits to verify, negotiate, and certify interim payment applications from contractors.
Variation & Claim Management:
Analyze, negotiate, and defend against contract variations and claims, protecting GZI from budget overruns.
Financial Tracking:
Maintain a live project cost ledger, providing executive management with accurate Earned Value Analysis (EVA) and cash-flow forecasts.
Site Measurement & Audits:
Requirements
Conduct regular site visits to validate progress, verify quantities, and ensure compliance with contractual requirements.
Change Control Management:
Administer all scope changes and ensure proper valuation, approval, and documentation of variations.
Lifecycle Cost Awareness:
Advise on long-term cost implications of design choices, materials, and construction methods.
Integrated Management System:
Documents, implements, maintains the requirements of the quality, food safety, environment, health, and safety management systems.
Requirements:
A minimum of HND in Quantity Surveying. Professional membership in NIQS and registration with QSRBN is required. Minimum of 8 years of commercial cost-management experience on major industrial, heavy engineering, or fast-track commercial construction projects. Analytically sharp attention to contract details, skilled at managing vendor negotiations firmly and ethically.
Key KPIs:
Project Budget Variance (Maintain absolute cost delivery within ±5% of the approved baseline). Turnaround Time for Verification and Certification of Interim Payment Applications. Value Engineering Savings Generated through material/design optimisations.
Competencies Profile:
Industrial Standard of Measurement Mastery (POMI, BESMM) Systemic Critical Thinking. Contract Construction Law (FIDIC framework expertise) Team Management Earned Value Management (EVM) methodology Strategic & Analytical Thinking Software Exposure: Candy (CCS), WinQS, PlanSwift, and SAP PS/MM modules Communication Cost Planning & Financial Forecasting Stakeholder Engagement Variation Assessment & Change Control Management Accountability Project Cost Reporting & Cashflow Management Negotiation & In Risk Analysis & Risk Mitigation Business Knowledge Detail Orientation Time Management Innovation & Process Improvement