Quantity Surveyor (Interior Fit-out)

TCG CONSTRUCTION PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 64,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

TCG Construction Pte. Ltd.

in Singapore is seeking a proactive Quantity Surveyor to support the Commercial Manager in managing all commercial matters for a project, from award to final account. You will work alongside the project delivery team to prepare procurement schedules, monitor cash flow, evaluate quotations, handle variations, and assist in final accounts, ensuring value, risk control, and timely reporting.

Qualifications

• Energetic, pragmatic professional suited to a growing business.
• Experience of managing commercial matters from award to final account.
• Ability to work with project delivery teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing key commercial control documents: Procurement Schedule, Cashflow Forecast and Margin Improvement Strategy.
• Send enquiries to the market for assigned packages and analyse responses.
• Highlight long lead items and seek client approval for ordering by air freight.
• Analyse subcontractor and supplier tender returns.
• Flag risks or discrepancies in tender documents to the lead estimator.
• Prepare/compare material quantity take offs and bills of quantities per specs and drawings.
• Collaborate with estimating team as required and understand the commercial strategy.
• Procurement of packages in line with schedule and budget, including PO, LOIs, and subcontracts.
• Evaluate quotations and meet with subs to ensure scope fit and budget alignment; finalise quotations and prepare orders.
• Monitor project cash flow against forecasts to maintain cash-positive status.
• Manage works packages delegated by the project manager through to final account.
• Assist in change management including valuations, RFPs, notices, and timelines.
• Assist commercial lead with monthly reporting to internal teams and clients.
• Look to improve margin and suggest value-improving techniques.
• Assist in administering the Main Contract and ensure contract terms are understood.
• Maintain project margin in line with commercial strategy.
• Assist in preparing external valuations and maintaining project documents.
• Attend project meetings as required by the project manager.
• Assist in final account agreement with clients and trade contractors within timelines.
• Support close-out procedures including retention release and defect resolution.

Job description

Candidate Profile

This role is suited to an energetic pragmatic professional who wants to join a growing business and help manage all commercial matters of a project, from award to final account.

Job Purpose

A Quantity Surveyor supports the Commercial Manager in managing all commercial matters for a given project. He/she will work alongside the project delivery

Key Responsibilities

Pre-Construction Stage

• Assists in preparing the key commercial control documents such as the Procurement Schedule, Cashflow Forecast and Margin Improvement Strategy to ensure the project is well planned.
• Sending enquires to the market for the assigned packages,
• Make the team & client aware of the long lead items & get clients approval for ordering the materials by air freight.
• Analysing subcontractor and supplier tender returns.
• Flag any risks such as discrepancies in the tender documents to the lead estimator.
• Prepare/compare material quantity take offs and bills of quantities according to the specifications & drawings submitted by the client.
• Work with estimating team as required.
• Gain understanding of commercial strategy for the project, set by Commercial Director.

Post-Contract

• Procurement of assigned packages the project in line with the procurement schedule and budget, inclusive of purchase orders, LOIs, Subcontractors etc.
• Evaluating quotations & having meetings with sub-contractors to ensure that there are no scope gaps and the cost fit within the budget, finalising the best quotation with the Commercial Manager and prepare the order for approval.
• Monitoring project cash flow against the forecast, with view to ensuring the project is always cash positive.
• Own and administer works packages delegated by project manager to final account, inclusive of monthly payment, dealing with variations and all matters pertaining to administering their subcontract correctly.
• Assist in change management, inclusive of the valuation of variations, quoting Request for Proposal (RFP)’s, issuing the respective notices, up and downstream, all within the timelines of the main contract.
• Assist commercial lead in all required commercial monthly reporting both internally and to the client.
• Always look to improve margin, and suggest ways to do so to project lead and assist in techniques employed.
• Assist in administering the Main Contract, ensuring contract terms are understood and dealt with accordingly.
• Assist in maintaining project margin in line with commercial strategy.
• Assist in the preparation of the external valuation,
• Assist in maintaining control of project documents including drawings and records.
• Attend Project Meetings as required by project manager.

Completion & Post Completion

• Assist in the agreement of the final account with clients and trade contractors within stipulated benchmark and timelines.
• Assist in ensuring project is closed out including applying for certificate of release of retention, upon making good defects by Construction Department.
• Monitor retention releases for trade contractors.
• Attend project post mortems.
• Attend to the additional works required by the client after completion.
• Liaison with Project Manager on trade contractors defects and contra charges (if any)