Quantity Surveyor

Job description Job Description: What’s in store. MGI Construction Corporation is a multi-service construction company with multiple and overlapping generations of experience in the industry. Our 4 divisions are: Environmental : Asbestos Removal, In-situ and Ex-situ Remediation, Soil Stabilization and Reengineering, Brownfield Site Management, Underground Tank and Ancillary Piping Removal. Demolition : Concrete Recycling, Aggregate Crushing and Screening, Complete Interior/Exterior Demolition and Abatement, Asset and Salvage Recovery. Earthworks : Bulk, Strip, Muck, Footing, Trench, and Topsoil Excavation –Ditching, Backfill, Grading, Hauling and Shoring Services. Heavy Civil : Storm and Sanitary Connection/Installation, Watermain, and Roadworks – Including Asphalt, Curb and Gutter, Sidewalk. This position analyzes the costs associated with performing new construction project/s and relatedly prepares reports and/or estimates regarding the project/s. The quantity surveyor position is responsible for accurately controlling and studying the information related to the project/s and reporting these figures in a timely manner. The hours of work will range from 40 to 50 hours per week, (9 am–5 pm) depending on varying contracts and timelines—overtime, weekends and/or evenings are typically not required. Responsibilities: What’s typical. Quantity surveyors at MGI will come across and engage with tasks such as:

• Prepares estimates of probable costs of materials, labour, and equipment by studying plans; updating specifications; identifying and projecting costs
• Obtains bids from vendors and subcontractors by specifying materials; identifying qualified subcontractors; negotiating price
• Resolves cost discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information
• Advise on tendering procedures, examine and analyze tenders, recommend tender awards and conduct negotiations
• Prepares special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends
• Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers, contractors and subcontractors

Skills and Training: What’s preferred.

• Reliable transportation, such as a G-license
• Quantity and Take-off
• Attention to Detail
• Engineering
• Degree/s or equivalent

Salary and Compensation: What’s rewarded. MGI Construction encourages applicants of all educational backgrounds, ages, genders and experience levels. Your hourly wage rate will depend on your education, experience, and skill level and will include opportunities to grow your career and increase your salary. We offer competitive salaries. Positions may also include extended benefit packages and select training such as education or certification. MGI Construction Corp: What we’re all about. Our mission is very clear: we are dedicated to providing our clients with cost-effective and timely service; our employees with a safe and rewarding workplace; and our planet with environmentally sound business strategies and operating procedures. We look to situate development projects not as a ‘one-off’ but contextualize them within the broader community and actively look to redefine construction as a lifestyle, not just a ‘job.’ We realize that some seek employment where others are driven by a greater civic-duty. It is this latter segment, those who are self-motivated, passionate, entrepreneurial in spirit while egoless in nature that we believe are best suited for our collective role in #ConstructingHistory. Disclaimer: the above does not necessarily list an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, MGI reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.