Assistant Manager- Costing and Quantity Surveying

Role & responsibilities

• Coordinate with the Design Team to jointly prepare project-specific Architectural BOQs, ensuring accuracy and completeness of quantities and specifications.
• Review project-specific MEP BOQs received from MEP Consultants, including line items, quantities, specifications, and scope coverage.
• Review and evaluate final commercial proposals submitted by vendors and contractors to ensure complete scope inclusion, identify discrepancies, and achieve maximum cost optimization.
• Conduct detailed cost analysis and comparison of vendor/contractor proposals against project BOQs, specifications, and approved budgets.
• Identify and estimate positive and negative variations arising during the course of the project.
• Support the Projects Team in preparing Change Orders, including quantity measurement, cost estimation, and commercial evaluation.
• Assist in identifying scope gaps, duplications, omissions, and quantity discrepancies across Architectural and MEP packages.
• Ensure effective cost control and value engineering throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, consultants, vendors, and contractors to resolve quantity and commercial-related queries.
• Maintain accurate records of BOQs, cost estimates, variations, change orders, and commercial evaluations for project reference and tracking.
• Provide timely costing inputs to the Projects and Design Teams for decision-making and project execution.

Preferred candidate profile

The ideal candidate should have strong exposure to interior fit-out projects, with the ability to independently manage costing and QS activities while coordinating effectively with Design, Projects, MEP Consultants, vendors, and contractors.