About This Role

Vassallo Builders Ltd is seeking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor to join its technical team. The selected candidate will play a key role in tendering, cost control, contractual administration, and financial management of construction projects across the Group.

Key Responsibilities

Tendering & Estimating

  • Assist the Contracts Manager in the appraisal of tenders and contracts
  • Prepare cost estimates and recommend appropriate profit margins
  • Price, prepare, and present tenders deemed feasible

Budgeting & Project Programming

  • Monitor costs on ongoing projects
  • Support project turnover forecasting
  • Assist with programming and scheduling of works

Contractual Administration

  • Manage contractual correspondence and claims, both internal and external
  • Prepare subcontractor and piecework contracts in liaison with the Contracts Manager
  • Identify potential site issues that may impact project performance

Project Valuations & Applications

  • Collect and collate data from subsidiaries, internal departments, and subcontractors
  • Prepare and submit monthly applications for payment to clients
  • Issue monthly piecework and subcontractor certificates
  • Prepare internal project valuations for monthly management reporting
  • Liaise continuously with the Accounts Department on valuations and applications

Record Keeping

  • Coordinate with Project Managers and Site Foremen to collect day work sheets, vouchers, and site diaries
  • Assist in preparing confirmations of verbal instructions and requests for information (RFIs)

Cost Control

  • Assist in the preparation of project budgets
  • Review monthly cost reports against budgets and valuations
  • Highlight cost deviations to the Project Manager and Commercial Manager
  • Prepare cost provisions and variation provisions for monthly commercial meetings

What We Offer:

  • Opportunity to work on diverse construction projects
  • Professional growth within an established construction company
  • Competitive remuneration package based on experience.

What We're Looking For

  • Currently residing in Malta
  • A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Quantity Surveyor role
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Strong proficiency in English and / or Maltese