QUANTITY SURVEYOR

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed cost estimates for proposed and ongoing construction projects.
• Prepare, review, and update Bills of Quantities based on architectural, structural, and engineering drawings.
• Carry out material take-offs from drawings and specifications.
• Prepare project budgets, cost plans, and cost forecasts.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising quality, safety, or project standards.
• Track market prices for key construction materials, labour, plant, equipment, and subcontracted works.

• Prepare tender documents, quotation requests, BoQs, schedules of rates, and scope of works.
• Review supplier and subcontractor quotations for accuracy, completeness, and competitiveness.
• Assist in tender analysis, comparison schedules, and tender evaluation reports.
• Support the procurement team in selecting suitable suppliers, subcontractors, and service providers.

• Support the administration of construction contracts in line with project requirements and applicable contract terms.
• Monitor contract compliance by subcontractors, suppliers, and project teams.
• Track contract instructions, change orders, claims, and variations.
• Maintain accurate records of all contractual correspondence, approvals, site instructions, and cost-related documents.
• Assist in preparing contractual notices, variation assessments, and payment recommendations.
• Support the Senior Quantity Surveyor in resolving cost, quantity, and contract-related issues.

• Conduct regular site visits to measure, verify, and assess work completed.
• Prepare site measurement sheets and valuation reports.
• Verify quantities of completed works against approved drawings, BoQs, and site instructions.
• Prepare interim valuations and support preparation of interim payment certificates.

• Identify, record, and price project variations arising from changes in drawings, specifications, scope, site conditions, or client instructions.
• Maintain a variation register for each project.
• Prepare final account documentation at project close-out.

• Prepare regular project cost reports for review by the Senior Quantity Surveyor and management.
• Track labour, materials, plant, equipment, subcontractor costs, preliminaries, and other project expenses.
• Maintain accurate cost records for each project.

• Read, interpret, and measure from architectural, structural, civil, mechanical, and electrical drawings where applicable.
• Compare drawings against BoQs, specifications, and site instructions.
• Identify discrepancies, omissions, or inconsistencies in drawings and raise them with the Senior Quantity Surveyor or project team.
• Ensure costing decisions are aligned with technical drawings, specifications, and actual site conditions.

• Maintain organized project files for BoQs, quotations, contracts, valuations, payment certificates, variations, reports, drawings, approvals, and correspondence.
• Ensure all cost-related documents are properly filed, updated, and accessible.
• Maintain registers for variations, payments, subcontractors, suppliers, procurement, claims, and project costs.
• Ensure QS documentation is complete for audit, management review, project close-out, and future reference.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Quantity Surveying, Building Economics, Construction Economics, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related built-environment field.
• Diploma in Quantity Surveying may be considered where the candidate has strong practical private-sector construction experience.
• 5–7 years’ experience as a Quantity Surveyor in a private construction company, contractor environment, or active construction project setting.
• Practical experience in building construction, renovations, fit-outs, maintenance works, civil works, or general construction projects.
• Strong experience in preparing BoQs, cost estimates, tender documents, valuations, variations, payment certificates, and final accounts.
• Experience working with private clients, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, and site teams.
• Registration with BORAQS or eligibility for registration will be an added advantage.
• Membership with the Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of JBC, FIDIC, or other standard construction contract forms will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of Kenyan construction procedures, procurement processes, contract administration, and building project documentation.