Job Description
General Responsibilities
Provide the Project team with cost management and quantity surveying expertise
Ability to prepare the overall construction cost of a design build project
Preparation of detailed Bills of Quantities (BoQ)
Preparation of project cash flows
Understanding of market material and labour rates
Understanding of material specifications
Manage the bidding and selection of subcontractors and vendors via transparent and ethical process
Preparation of vendor analysis and recommendation reports
Assist with contract award to selected vendors
Negotiate and manage vendor payment terms in accordance with JLL guidelines
Review and recommend approval of vendor payment applications
Prepare payment recommendations for submission to JLL finance
Manage overall vendor costs within the JLL contract budget to protect Design Build margins
Accurately forecast cost to complete for each subcontractor or vendor
Immediately highlight any changes in scope and prepare Change Orders
Provide Change Order documentation to the project team for sign-off with the client
Ensure Change Orders are completed prior to instruction of additional work
Work with the team to ensure all work scope and defects are completed prior to payment release
Manage completion of final accounts with all subcontracts/vendor
Assist the team with contract documentation such as Change Orders, Extensions of Time, Practical Completion Certificates to ensure completeness
Assist in developing reporting tracking tools and generates cost reports in line with project governance requirements
Create and maintain spreadsheets to enable fast and accurate data manipulation
Extract data from several sources, transforming it to fit for reporting and operational outputs
Reconcile data to support complete accuracy and creates a clean audit trail
Leadership (where applicable)
Supports the vision and strategy of the projects and ensuring the client receives exceptional project delivery
Understand the client's key business drivers, to enable alignment with our deliverables
Client/Stakeholder communication
Manage relationships with key stakeholders in the Client's organization
Commercial Management
Work with JLL and client Legal team to review contract documents to the point of agreement between parties for sign off
Work with Managing Director, Bid Manager to finalize agreed cost in proposals prior to submission to clients
Ensure vendors have adequate insurance certificates for each project initiated
Work with the team to track the key performance indicators, and work within the service level agreements and other measures, as contracted
Contribute to financial risk management and provide inputs to help reduce financial risk to the Client.
Operations
Utilise available technology systems to support service delivery, and ensure the required reporting from the systems
Support client specific initiatives such as savings targets, benchmarking, and best practices
Implement best practices to the account
Drive consistency in the account e.g., in reporting
Ensure consistency in the monthly reporting in country
Assist with the preparation of regional reporting to the satisfaction of the Client
