Assistant Manager / Manager – MEP Quantity Surveying & Billing
- Bangalore
- Projects
- Full-time
About the role
Key Responsibilities
1. Quantity Surveying, BOQ & Estimation
• Prepare, review, and validate detailed MEP Bills of Quantities (BOQs) based on drawings, specifications, and project requirements.
• Conduct quantity take-offs, rate analysis, cost estimation, and cost planning for electrical, HVAC, plumbing, firefighting, and other applicable MEP services.
• Review drawings and specifications to identify quantity discrepancies, scope gaps, and potential cost implications.
• Support tender preparation, vendor quotations, commercial comparisons, and MEP costing for client proposals.
2. Client Billing & Revenue Management
• Prepare and submit client running account bills, milestone-based bills, and final bills as per project progress and contractual terms.
• Ensure bills are supported by approved measurements, BOQs, work completion records, and other required documentation.
• Track billing milestones, submission timelines, certification status, and outstanding payments.
• Coordinate with project teams and clients to resolve billing queries and support timely payment realisation.
3. Subcontractor & Vendor Billing
• Verify subcontractor and vendor bills against work orders, approved BOQs, site measurements, and actual work completed.
• Conduct joint measurements and validate quantities before bill certification.
• Reconcile billed quantities, executed quantities, approved rates, advances, and applicable deductions.
• Recommend payments based on verified work completion, contractual terms, and approved documentation.
4. Commercial Management & Cost Control
• Monitor budget versus actual and committed costs for MEP packages.
• Track project margins, cost deviations, expenditure, and potential cost overruns.
• Maintain project cost trackers, billing records, and commercial reports.
• Identify commercial risks and recommend corrective actions to improve cost efficiency and protect project margins.
5. Variation & Change Order Management
• Identify changes in project scope, design, specifications, and site requirements.
• Prepare variation statements, rate analysis, and cost impact assessments.
• Ensure variations are documented, commercially evaluated, and approved by the relevant stakeholders.
• Track approved variations through client billing and subcontractor settlements to avoid revenue leakage.
6. Site Measurement & Execution Coordination
• Conduct site visits to verify quantities, measurements, and completed MEP works.
• Validate execution against approved drawings, BOQs, and contractual scope.
• Coordinate with MEP Design, Project Managers, Site Engineers, Procurement, Finance, clients, and subcontractors to resolve technical and commercial discrepancies.
• Support identification of rework, scope gaps, and measurement mismatches affecting project costs.
7. Cash Flow & Final Account Closure
• Support project cash-flow tracking through billing forecasts, payment follow-ups, and monitoring of outstanding receivables and payables.
• Reconcile client bills, subcontractor accounts, advances, and variations.
• Prepare final account statements and coordinate the closure of client and subcontractor accounts upon project completion.
8. Documentation & Reporting
• Maintain accurate BOQs, rate analysis sheets, measurement records, work orders, billing documents, variation logs, and cost trackers.
• Prepare periodic reports on project costs, billing progress, outstanding payments, variations, and budget deviations.
• Ensure commercial documentation is complete, traceable, and aligned with contractual requirements.
Requirements
- Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or relevant discipline.
- 3–8 years of experience in MEP quantity surveying, billing, estimation, and commercial cost control.
- Strong understanding of MEP systems, drawings, specifications, and execution practices.
- Experience in client billing, subcontractor billing, BOQ preparation, rate analysis, and variation management.
- Strong analytical, negotiation, coordination, documentation, and cost-control skills.
- Proficiency in Excel and project costing or billing tools.
- Preferred Experience
- Experience in commercial interiors, office fit-outs, construction, or design-and-build projects.
- Exposure to contract administration, cash-flow tracking, final account settlement, and project margin analysis.
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