Billing Engineer

Role & responsibilities

About Us
January Designs is a 15-year-old interior design and turnkey contracting firm with offices in Salem and Chennai. We handle residential and commercial fit-outs end to end: design, MEP, false ceiling, tiling, painting and woodwork. We also run our own modular kitchen and wardrobe factory. Our Chennai office is growing, and we need a BOQ/Billing Engineer to own estimation and billing.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed BOQs and client quotations from design drawings and site measurements
• Take quantities for civil, electrical, plumbing, false ceiling, tiling, painting, glass and woodwork
• Rate analysis using current material and labour rates
• Measure and certify subcontractor bills against work done on site
• Prepare client running bills and final bills linked to project payment milestones
• Track variations and extra items, and get client approval before execution
• Coordinate with designers, site engineers and the purchase team on quantities and specifications
• Reconcile materials (issued vs. consumed) and flag wastage or overruns
• Maintain organised records of quotes, measurement sheets and bills

Requirements

• 2+ years of BOQ, quotation and billing experience in interior fit-outs, turnkey contracting or construction
• Practical knowledge of interior works: electrical, plumbing, tiling, false ceiling (gypsum/grid), painting and woodwork/modular furniture
• Able to read architectural and MEP drawings and take accurate quantities
• Hands-on experience with subcontractor billing and measurement
• Strong in MS Excel; AutoCAD knowledge preferred
• Good communication in Tamil and English

Good to Have

• Exposure to both residential and commercial fit-out projects
• Knowledge of modular kitchen/wardrobe costing (board, hardware, edge banding)