Principal Quantity Surveyor at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

V/No.111/2018

Qualifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• served for a cumulative period of fifteen (15) years, of which an aggregate of at least three
• years must have been at the grade of Chief Superintending Quantity Surveyor, Job
• Group ‘P’ and/or Senior Superintending Quantity Surveyor, Job Group ‘N’ or in a comparable and relevant position in the public service;
• a Bachelors degree in Building Economics, Quantity Surveying or equivalent and relevant qualifications from a university recognized in Kenya;
• been registered with the Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors of Kenya as Quantity Surveyor;
• corporate membership of the Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya (IQSK) or Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK);
• attended Strategic Leadership Development programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks in a recognized institution; and
• demonstrated a high degree of professional competence and administrative capability required for effective planning, direction, control and coordination of quantity surveying function.

Job responsibilities

An officer at this level may be deployed as the head of a unit at the Headquarters or as Regional Quantity Surveyor.

Duties and responsibilities shall include:

At the Headquarters

• evaluating and reporting on contractual claims from contractors,
• checking valuations for payments to contractors,
• resolving disputes on cases requiring litigation or arbitration;
• preparing cost hand books
• providing cost information services, and
• implementing tendering and procuring procedures for construction projects,

As a Regional Quantity Surveyor.

• preparation of cost of estimates and bills of quantities;
• undertaking monthly valuation on site;
• preparation of variation orders and final accounts
• implementing development projects for various ministries and government agencies;
• coordinating Quantity Surveying services in the region
• administration and supervision of all staff working under him/her; and
• coordination of design, supervision of construction and maintenance of public building for research activities.