Experience: 8 – 10 Years Qualification: Quantity Surveying Degree ( Requires RICS certification or applying for their APC within the next 12 months). Nationality: Indian, Sri Lankin, South African, European Background: Pre & Post Contract Experience required, Strictly No surveyors who are currently working with Contractors. Ideally working with a Cost Consultant practice. Experienced in Measurement, Tenders, Payment, Variations, Contract Administration, FDIC, POMI, SMM7. Other: The candidate should consider themselves an expert in their field be able to operate in high pressure environment, overseeing multiply projects at any one time and have the confidence and experience to negotiate large value Contracts. The position may require the Candidate to travel overseas and negotiate Contracts and or material purchases. Reporting to and providing support to the Senior Quantity Surveyor.
It is observed that some people start their job from lower ranks and remain in lower ranks for the long period of time while others start their job in lower ranks and use that low rank as their launching pad and start flying in a very short time. Actually the people who got rapid promotion have some capabilities and one could develop those capabilities in him so that he could get the rapid promotion in the job. Some of these capabilities are mentioned here under:
Continuously improve the qualification: It is the best tool which could come to help you to progress in your rank to have the higher qualifications. No doubt learning with earning is not an easy job. But once you get determined than you could get the task done in desired way.
Keenly observe the field and try to understand the technical tasks: It is observed that those people rise in their rank that could handle the technical aspects of their job in right way. Therefore, it is suggested to keep those secrets of job with you as soon as possible.
Try to show your worth to higher authorities: After getting good qualification and knowing the technical aspects of your job, it is good idea to give a good presentation to higher authorities so that you could get entered your name in the good book of higher authorities. In this way you could get the big boost in the promotion.