Project Officer - Quantity Surveyor at Sahara Bulk Storage Companies Limited

 Sahara Group is  seeking to fill the vacant position of Project Officer - Quantity Surveyor.                      

Job Title: Project Officer-Quantity Surveyor

Operating Company: Sahara Bulk Storage Companies Limited

Location: Lagos State

Purpose Statements:

The job role seeks to ensure adequate transparency in all contract administrative requirements for a successful client - contractor relationship. It will provide a degree of project cost estimation input for project appraisals and planning requirements. The role will aim to create a systemic approach to earned value analysis for contract design and valuation process to monitor project performance.

Key Deliverables

Support the Planning Engineer in the development of Cost estimate for inputs into project appraisals and business plan development.

Knowledge transfer of the QS discipline to all project members and procurement function

Subject matter expertise input as applicable for all project construction works

Act as Quantity Surveyor for projects, liaising with other professional or technical staff employed on the project as appropriate

Develop and document the QS system processes for Sahara Bulk projects

Develop Cost option appraisals, product life costings, budget estimates, cost planning for the Tender management process for all projects and procurement function requirements

Perform planned site inspections for validation of material supplies and material handling procedures

Provide cost impact report for all change request and approved variation works

Develop historical cost analysis and projections with consideration of identified change factors for inputs into the cost estimation process

Provide the Project Manager with all necessary reports including value for money reports reviewing tenders received against budget and regular cost reports for inclusion in monthly progress reports

Assist the Project Manager in the capacity of  a Contract Administrator by certifying contractor payments, contract claims, proposed variations, tendering procedures, monitoring/forecasting costs against budgets and preparing final accounts;

Assist the Planning engineer in preparing and pricing of project risk plans and work packages

Assist in the development of price trend analysis and projections for contracting/procurement strategy and best value solutions

Project role for supervision of Sahara Bulk major projects as delegated by a Project responsibility matrix

Minimum Qualification / Experience:

B.Sc in Quantity Surveying  with minimum of 3 years experience of Oil downstream business

Knowledge/Skills:

Familiarization with Project management methodology with CAPM certification an advantage

Process development skills and awareness of system thinking concept

Cost engineering role with exposure to tendering process, contract administration and development of Bill of Materials.

Excellent skills in the use of Microsoft office and Microsoft Project.

Strong negotiation and purchasing skill

Strong financial, analytical and interpretive skills    

Personality Traits:

Ability to gather, analyze and validate data

Excellent written and communication skills

Intellectual curiosity and attention to details

Good team member spirit and interrelationship skills

Excellent planning and scheduling skills

Interested candidates should:

Visit http://careers.sahara-group.com