Quantity Surveyor

Position: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Port Arthur
Duration: 1-year contract
Rate: $67-$77/per hour
Benefits: 10 PTO days, 5 sick days, 10 paid holidays
Per diem: $191/day (if residing 50+ miles from site)
Project: PALNG Phase 1 & Phase 2
Openings: 2

Primary Purpose
The Project Quantity Surveyor is primarily responsible for monitoring and quantifying installed quantities and reporting progress for engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning activities during the construction period.
Key Responsibilities

• Read and understand requirements of project contracts and specifications.
• Perform verification of scheduled quantities and identify variances between planned and actual values.
• Perform field verifications and reporting of installed quantities of progress per applicable rules of credit or other project-specific progress reporting systems.
• Perform quantity audits both in the field and in-house and provide reports on findings.
• Perform evaluation of contractor’s progress measurement systems and provide recommendations.
• Attend progress report meetings onsite.
• Maintain guidelines and procedures for verification of progress measurement.
• Maintain “lessons learned” log for review and implementation.
• Implement and manage interface coding of activities for Progress Measurement and Milestone Payments.
• Manage schedule status, progress, milestones and reporting processes.
• Manage daily data updates to SharePoint and Business Intelligence systems.
• Maintain positive relationships with customers; project team members; and EPC contractors.
• Communicate project status using reporting tools and dashboards in a timely manner.
• Participate in the data collection and analyze project information to support the project schedule.
• Work closely with project team to ensure scope in all disciplines is consistent with scheduled activities and deliverables.
• Work closely with Project Controls team to implement Milestone and Progress reporting systems.
• Work closely with Contractor’s Project Controls and Scheduling Team ensuring timely submittals and updates.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other technical discipline and/or related experience required.

Experience

• At least 3+ years’ field experience in execution of large/complex infrastructure projects in the oil and gas sector is required.
• 2 years of hands-on Primavera (P6) experience highly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of construction installation processes and procedures.
• Knowledge of quantity tracking.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work within a team structure.
• Ability to perform work independently with minimal supervision.

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