QS Lead Surveyor

Role & responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate Civil, Mechanical/Piping, and E&I Quantity Surveyors.
• Review BOQs, contracts, scope of work, drawings, specifications, and measurement rules.
• Establish quantity tracking, measurement, and progress-certification procedures.
• Verify quantities using approved IFC drawings, field measurements, material records, and inspection documents.
• Review subcontractors monthly progress claims and payment applications.
• Certify only completed, measurable, and contractually payable work.
• Prepare measurement sheets, quantity take-offs, progress certificates, and payment recommendations.
• Reconcile BOQ quantities against IFC, installed, and as-built quantities.
• Evaluate variations, additional works, new rates, and subcontractor claims.
• Maintain variation, claim, and quantity-change registers.
• Coordinate with Construction, Engineering, Planning, Cost Control, QA/QC, Contracts, and Procurement teams.
• Support monthly progress reporting, forecasting, cost reporting, and cash-flow preparation.

Preferred candidate profile

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of quantity take-off and construction measurement methods.
• Ability to interpret IFC drawings, P&IDs, isometrics, layouts, SLDs, MTOs, and specifications.
• Knowledge of civil, structural, piping, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation works.
• Experience with lump-sum, remeasurement, unit-rate, and provisional-sum contracts.
• Knowledge of BOQ preparation and reconciliation.
• Understanding of weighted-progress measurement and certification principles.
• Ability to evaluate variations, new rates, additional works, and claims.
• Familiarity with contracts, subcontract administration, and change management.
• Strong knowledge of Excel; experience with ERP, cost-control, and document-control systems is desirable.