Quantity Surveyor (Interior Fit-out) at TCG Construction

TCG Construction; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

TCG Construction is seeking a dedicated Quantity Surveyor to join our on-site team in Singapore. You will support the Commercial Manager across the full project lifecycle, from award to final account, ensuring procurement and cost control align with project goals.

In this role you will prepare key commercial documents, review quotations, monitor cash flow, and contribute to monthly reporting. A pragmatic, energetic professional will thrive in our growing business.

Qualifications

• Ability to support commercial management across a project lifecycle.
• Experience with procurement planning and tender evaluation would be advantageous.
• Ability to monitor and control project cash flow and margins.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing commercial control documents such as procurement schedules and cashflow forecasts.
• Procure packages in line with procurement schedule and budget, issue orders and LOIs.
• Evaluate quotations and coordinate meetings with subcontractors to align scope and cost.
• Monitor project cash flow against forecast to ensure cash-positive performance.
• Administer works packages up to final account, including variations and monthly payments.
• Support change management, including valuing variations and issuing notices on time.
• Assist in monthly commercial reporting to stakeholders and client.

Skills

Tender analysis

Cashflow forecast

Procurement

Subcontractor management

Budget control

Job description

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

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 enquiries 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

• 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)

Launched in 1999, our Singapore business has delivered projects across the office, hospitality and leisure, retail and technology, science and health sectors. Our earliest projects led to repeat business and referrals for both local and global blue chip clients, and we quickly established a reputation for high quality delivery. Our projects are self-delivered through our talented in-house specialist team, combining skillsets from construction, engineering, commercial, design management and environmental, health & safety. We care deeply about helping our customers meet their business goals—and our extensive track record, exceptional client list and rate of repeat business prove it.