Lead Quantity Surveyor / Cost & Commercial Assurance Consultant

About this role

The role is for a Lead Quantity Surveyor / Cost & Commercial Assurance Consultant based in Lagos, working with an Independent Project Monitoring Company. The job focuses on quantity surveying, independent measurement, contract payments, cost and commercial assurance, variation assessments, contractor claims, cost forecasting, and project financial monitoring. It targets professionals with extensive post-qualification experience and leadership ability to manage technical and commercial teams on large industrial and infrastructure projects. The employer provides independent project monitoring services, including progress verification, documentation, and certification processes. The position requires readiness to work in Nigeria for the full assignment period.

What you would do

• Prepare and verify Bills of Quantities and schedules of rates
• Assess contractor payment applications and perform cost and commercial assurance tasks
• Review variations, change controls, and contractor claims
• Forecast costs and monitor project finances
• Oversee progress verification, quality assurance, documentation, and certification
• Manage final accounts and project close-out processes
• Lead technical, quantity surveying, cost, commercial, or assurance teams
• Ensure integrity, independence, and impartiality in assessments
• Maintain stakeholder relationships and communicate findings
• Support EPC/EPCM or Owner's Engineer style project environments as applicable

What they are asking for

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Economics or related field
• Minimum 12 years of post-qualification experience with leadership or supervisory exposure
• Extensive experience on industrial, oil & gas, petrochemical, refinery, fertiliser, power, manufacturing or major infrastructure projects
• Relevant professional registration or chartered status (e.g., COREN, CEng, PE, MRICS/FRICS, NIQS, RQS, or equivalent)
• Proven experience leading technical, engineering, quantity surveying, cost, commercial or assurance teams
• Experience in EPC/EPCM, Owner's Engineer, Third-Party Inspection, Project Assurance, Construction Supervision, Technical Audit or Cost/Commercial Assurance environments
• Strong understanding of contractor progress verification, QA, risk identification, documentation and certification processes
• Excellent leadership, analytical, reporting and stakeholder-management skills
• High professional integrity, independence and impartiality
• Willingness to work in Nigeria for the duration of the assignment

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