Quantity Surveyor

The Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria has had a substantial detrimental impression on the lives and basic well-being of the native inhabitants. According to empirical proof, 1000’s have died within the violence, and virtually 2.5 million individuals have been internally displaced. Although the current battle dynamics level to a decline within the degree of violence and battle within the space and an ascendancy for the Nigerian navy, guaranteeing the security and safety of the native inhabitants stays a severe problem. The prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence and different gross human rights violations recorded from the area present that the individuals of the northeast are nonetheless extremely susceptible to multifaceted danger elements.

In response to the battle, UNDP established the Regional Stabilization Facility (RSF) within the Lake Chad area in 2019 ‘as a financing mechanism to offer quick stabilization to communities affected by the Boko Haram battle within the Lake Chad Basin.  The RSF is applied to carry concerning the quick stabilization of communities within the area impacted by the Boko Haram battle.  More particularly, the Nigeria Window of the RSF goals to attain three outputs: 1) Community Safety and Security Improved; 2) Essential infrastructure and fundamental companies functioning; and three) Livelihood alternatives obtainable for all households. The goal communities embody Banki, Damboa, Monguno (in Borno State), Gulak in Adamawa and Buni Yadi in Yobe State. 

Under Output 2, Providing fundamental companies by the development/rehabilitation of group infrastructure is likely one of the programmes focuses of the built-in Recovery undertaking, akin to college and well being services, water wells/programs, housing models, and retailers/markets, amongst others.  It is taken into account very important that the NE Sub-Office has a extremely certified technical crew for implementing engineering work with sound high quality and worldwide requirements, guaranteeing profitable implementation of building or rehabilitation of group infrastructures in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY) states in North-East Nigeria. To this finish, UNDP is searching for to fill one place of Quantity Surveyor for RSF initiatives in NE.

Scope of Work

Under the steerage and direct supervision of Senior Civil Engineer in shut collaboration with the Project groups in NE Sub-Office, the Certified Quantity Surveyor will carry out the next duties, specializing in guaranteeing high quality and soundness of civil engineering work in shut collaboration with the civil engineers and respective undertaking groups:

• Actively assist the evaluation actions for infrastructure building/rehabilitation actions within the focused websites in BAY States;
• Actively assist the preparation of technical paperwork of civil works initiatives and put together detailed BOQs, specs and inner price estimate; 
• Provide technical and civil engineering assist for clean procurement;
• Ensure the Management of civil works initiatives;
• Facilitate data, capability constructing and data sharing.

The Quantity Surveyor shall be accountable for the next detailed duties and actions in the direction of attaining key features. 

1. Actively assist the evaluation actions for infrastructure building/rehabilitation actions within the focused websites in BAY States:

• Conduct website visits to evaluate the necessity for civil works intervention within the JAP places;
• Prepare an evaluation of the civil works intervention and price estimate.

2. Actively assist the preparation of technical paperwork for the civil works initiatives and put together detailed BOQs, specs and inner price estimates: 

• Review and confirm the designs of infrastructure services, akin to police services, college buildings, bathroom and WASH services, boreholes, housing models and others;
• Review and certify the federal government customary specs, that are submitted by the respective authorities for civil works in BAY States. Recommend the mandatory changes, if any; 
• Prepare detailed BOQs, specs and price estimate of infrastructure services. 

3. Provide technical and civil engineering assist for clean procurement:

• Work with the undertaking crew to supply undertaking technical paperwork for the procurement unit for processing;
• Work intently with the procurement unit and assist in promoting the civil works procurement instances, pre-bid conferences and bidders’ clarifications;
• Support technical analysis course of. put together bids arithmetic test and Financial Analysis (FA) studies; 
• Provide recommendation on any procurement-related points;
• Support the undertaking groups within the NE Sub-Office in verifying the Variation Orders (VO) (if required);
• Assist UNDP as an professional witness in litigation arising from the event or building of the undertaking and in bearings earlier than varied approving and regulatory companies.

4. Ensures the Management of civil works initiatives:

• Conduct building inspection together with inspection of supplies, samples, and gear to be put in are assembly the UNDP Contract specs and requirements;
• Ensure that the Contractors preserve security on the positioning and clear the positioning after the completion of the rehabilitation work;
• Support monitoring progress of infrastructure building/rehabilitation actions significantly from an engineering viewpoint and promptly report any abnormality or dangers to the respective UNDP undertaking managers and undertaking groups; 
• Discuss website points with the Contractor for building/renovation of civil works initiatives and promptly report again to UNDP if an issue arises that requires UNDP enter;
• Verify funds submitted by the contracts and put together valuation of labor applied;
• Identify and report dangers or abnormalities associated to civil works to the Senior Civil Engineer and the engineering crew in addition to respective undertaking managers in NE Sub-Office;
• Ensuring correct close-out of initiatives (website cleansing, cost of wages and so forth) by contractors earlier than demobilization.

5. Facilitate data, capability constructing and data sharing:

• Assist in organizing coaching, workshops, and capability constructing actions in a consultative method, involving technical specialists and stakeholders which will embody the federal government, personal sector, NGOs, donors, and/or academia;
• Identify, synthesize and doc greatest practices and classes realized which can be generated from the undertaking and implementing companions;
• Participate in and guarantee sound contributions to data networks and communities of apply on undertaking associated points; 
• Support institution of data platforms for the undertaking, facilitate progressive mechanisms for dissemination of data from the undertaking, and develop data assets and merchandise to share with undertaking companions and to assist UNDP’s engagement on this space.

The incumbent performs different duties inside their useful profile as deemed obligatory for the environment friendly functioning of the Office and the Organization.