Quantity Surveyor - LCM

Lexicon, Inc.; Alabama; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) with Employer Match

Paid Vacation

Job summary

Lexicon, Inc. is seeking a Quantity Surveyor in Alabama to manage and verify construction quantities for projects. This role includes collaborating with project teams to ensure accurate progress measurement and reporting.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in quantity surveying and a strong grasp of construction management principles. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical insurance and a 401(k) plan with employer match.

Qualifications

• Experience in quantity surveying, cost engineering, or project controls.
• Strong understanding of construction drawings and quantity takeoffs.
• Must possess proficient oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Measure and verify installed construction quantities.
• Develop quantity tracking systems for assigned projects.
• Support monthly progress reporting with validated quantities.

Skills

Quantity surveying

Cost control

Project controls

Construction management software

Education

Minimum of 5 years in relevant fields

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Construction management software

Job description

Company Overview

Lexicon offers a unique combination of capabilities. Our services include construction management, fabrication, erection, mechanical installation, and plant maintenance for heavy industrial, commercial, and roadway projects, as well as a full spectrum of golf course construction and management services.

Position Summary

The Quantity Surveyor is responsible for the measurement, verification, tracking, and reporting of installed construction quantities for assigned EPC projects. This position works closely with Construction Management, Project Controls, Engineering, Procurement, Contracts, and Accounting teams to ensure accurate progress measurement, cost forecasting, subcontractor payment validation, and change management throughout the project lifecycle.

The Quantity Surveyor serves as the primary resource for quantity management and progress verification, ensuring that installed work is accurately measured, documented, and reported. This position supports project cost control, earned value measurement, subcontract administration, forecasting, and commercial management activities by providing reliable field-based quantity data.

This position is ultimately responsible for ensuring project quantities, progress measurements, and commercial reporting accurately reflect actual project performance and support successful project execution.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Promote a culture of safety by ensuring all field verification and quantity measurement activities are performed in accordance with project safety requirements.
• Develop and maintain quantity tracking systems for assigned project scopes including civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, and equipment installation activities.
• Perform quantity takeoffs and quantity verification utilizing engineering drawings, models, specifications, field measurements, and construction reports.
• Track installed quantities against budgeted quantities, estimate quantities, subcontract quantities, and forecasted quantities.
• Verify subcontractor progress claims, invoices, and applications for payment through field inspections and quantity validation.
• Support monthly progress reporting by validating installed quantities, percent complete measurements, earned value calculations, and productivity metrics.
• Collaborate with Construction Management and Project Controls teams to develop and maintain quantity-based progress measurement systems.
• Monitor quantity growth, quantity trends, scope changes, and productivity impacts throughout project execution.
• Support change management processes by identifying quantity impacts associated with design revisions, field changes, change orders, and scope growth.
• Develop quantity forecasts and assist with cost forecasting based on actual installed quantities and projected quantities to complete.
• Prepare routine reports summarizing installed quantities, progress achieved, productivity trends, quantity growth, and forecasted outcomes.
• Maintain quantity tracking databases, progress measurement records, quantity backup documentation, and audit files.
• Coordinate with Engineering teams to understand drawing revisions, design changes, and their impact on project quantities and execution plans.
• Support Contracts and Commercial teams by providing quantity documentation required for subcontract administration, claims support, dispute resolution, and change order development.
• Participate in project site walks, quantity verification inspections, progress reviews, and contractor coordination meetings.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Contracts, Project Controls, and Construction teams to ensure consistency between field progress, cost reporting, earned value reporting, and subcontractor payments.
• Work under the direction of the Director of Project Controls and assigned Project Manager and communicate quantity variances, forecasting concerns, commercial risks, and progress measurement issues in a timely manner.
• The ability to work overtime, including weekends if required, and regular, punctual attendance is required.

Qualifications

Minimum of 5 years of experience in quantity surveying, project controls, estimating, field engineering, cost engineering, commercial management, or industrial construction within the Metals, Oil & Gas, Chemical, Power, Manufacturing, or Heavy Industrial sectors.

Strong understanding of construction drawings, quantity takeoffs, construction means and methods, progress measurement systems, subcontract administration, cost control principles, and change management processes.

Must possess proficient oral and written communication skills. Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and construction management software platforms. Experience with quantity tracking systems, earned value management, cost reporting, estimating software, and construction progress measurement systems is strongly preferred.

Experience reading and interpreting civil, structural, mechanical, piping, and electrical drawings is highly desirable.

You must be legally authorized to work in the United States for our company without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. Note: The company does not provide employment visa sponsorship.

Physical Demands

Some overtime required to meet deadlines. Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds occasionally. Position requires frequent walking of active construction sites, climbing stairs and ladders, and performing field quantity verification activities. Requires extended periods of sitting and computer work. Position may require temporary travel to project sites for extended periods of time. All of the physical demands listed are essential functions.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• HSA with Employer contributions
• Vision Insurance
• Group and Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• ESOP

Accessibility

If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process please contact Human Resources at Email: [e-mail]

Equals Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.

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