Graeme McWaters, Quantity Surveyor

Graeme McWaters

Quantity Surveyor

Veolia Westgarth Ltd

Lieu
Royaume Uni - Glasgow
Éducation
Baccalauréat, BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying
Expérience
11 years, 10 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :11 years, 10 Mois

Quantity Surveyor à Veolia Westgarth Ltd
  • Chine
  • Je travaille ici depuis janvier 2017

- Manage the fabricators performance with regards to Quality and Schedule.
- Review fabricators reporting, subsequently work with them to anticipate and identify areas of concern and areas for improvement.
- Reporting to Client and ensuring effective communication with Clients site team.
- Control and management of Project Change Costs. This was both mitigating Project Change Costs with the Sub-Contractor, and identifying and negotiating Project Change Costs with the Client.
- Assisting Project Manager with Budget forecasts, and monthly cost reports.
- Progress reporting, both internally and externally.
- Perform Interim measures and valuation to facilitate monthly payment to sub-contractors.
- - Perform final re-measure of work done on each package, and negotiate final contract value and subsequent final settlement value.
- Input into schedule discussions, assisting with schedule compression and re-baselining of schedule, when necessary.
- Managing documentation and procedure submissions from fabricator, and managing approval of the same.
- Manage and motivate small site team.
- Ensure positive working relationship is maintained with Client, Fabricator and Suppliers across the Projects.

Quantity Surveyor à Veolia Westgarth Ltd
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • avril 2015 à janvier 2017

- Manage the fabricators performance with regards to Quality and Schedule.
- Review fabricators reporting, subsequently work with them to anticipate and identify areas of concern and areas for improvement.
- Reporting to Client and ensuring effective communication with Clients site team.
- Control and management of Project Change Costs. This was both mitigating Project Change Costs with the Sub-Contractor, and identifying and negotiating Project Change Costs with the Client.
- Assisting Project Manager with Budget forecasts, and monthly cost reports.
- Progress reporting, both internally and externally.
- Perform Interim measures and valuation to facilitate monthly payment to sub-contractors.
- - Perform final re-measure of work done on each package, and negotiate final contract value and subsequent final settlement value.
- Input into schedule discussions, assisting with schedule compression and re-baselining of schedule, when necessary.
- Managing documentation and procedure submissions from fabricator, and managing approval of the same.
- Manage and motivate small site team.
- Ensure positive working relationship is maintained with Client, Fabricator and Suppliers across the Projects.

Quantity Surveyor à Veolia Westgarth Ltd
  • Royaume Uni - Glasgow
  • décembre 2014 à avril 2015

- Identifying Commercial risks in Contract with Client, working together with Project team to mitigate these.
- Identify commercial opportunities in Contract with Client, creating and issuing Variation Orders in line with these opportunities.
- Managing documentation and procedure submissions from fabricator, and managing approval of the same.
- Defending, mitigating and negotiating on any variations submitted by the fabricator.
- Review fabricators reporting, subsequently work with them to anticipate and identify areas of concern and areas for improvement.
- Progress reporting, both internally and externally.
- Ensure positive working relationship is maintained with Client, Fabricator and Suppliers across the Projects.

Quantity Surveyor à Veolia Westgarth Ltd
  • Royaume Uni - Glasgow
  • août 2014 à décembre 2014

- Creating all documentation for fabrication tender pack (BOQ, DOW, Contract etc.)
- Identifying suitable fabrication yards, and following the whole fabrication tender through from RFQ phase to PO placement.
- Identifying commercial risks in Contract with Client, working together with Project team to mitigate these.
- Identify commercial opportunities in Contract with Client, creating and issuing variation orders in line with these opportunities.
- Managing documentation and procedure submissions from fabricator, and managing approval of the same.
- Defending, mitigating and negotiating on any variations submitted by the fabricator.
- Heavily involved with creation of the baseline schedule. Overall Project Schedule with Microsoft Project, and Fabricators Schedule on Primavera.

During this time I was also required to train and assist my replacement in the tendering department, as well as report on lessons learned for future tenders.

Quantity Surveyor à Veolia Westgarth Ltd
  • Royaume Uni - Glasgow
  • novembre 2012 à août 2014

During my time in the tendering department of Veolia Westgarth I was heavily involved in tender preparations for Seawater Treatment and Produced Water Treatment Packages. My duties included:

- Carrying out take-offs from P&IDs, GA’s, preliminary 3-D Navisworks Models as well as cable schedules and tray routing drawings.
- Creating BOQs for fabrication scope of work to incorporate into overall tender price.
- Negotiating back and forward with fabricators, explaining scope and specifications.
- Cost saving exercises and evaluating the cost impact of design changes.
- Management of pricing database, used for early stage tender estimates.

Estimator à Gilchrist Steels
  • Royaume Uni - Glasgow
  • juillet 2012 à novembre 2012

During my brief spell at this steel fabrication shop, my duties included the following:

- Estimate pricing for steel sections/plate for walk in customers.
- Estimate costs for fabrication of basic frames, based on contractor drawings.
- Required to work on the shop floor cutting steel and assisting with loadout.
- Update the stock database, following sale of materials
- Placement of orders with international steel stockists.

Éducation

Baccalauréat, BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying
  • à Heriot Watt University
  • juin 2012

I was given direct entry into the 2nd year of this Bachelors Degree course in Quantity Surveying. I graduated with honours, achieving a 2:1 classification, and an overall percentage of 68.5%. This course shared many modules with Building Surveying, and Construction Management courses, as such I was able to gain a fair understanding of these roles also.

Diplôme, Higher National Diploma: Planning & General Practice Surveying
  • à Glasgow City College
  • juin 2009

Higher National Diploma achieved in Planning & General Practice Surveying. 2 Year College course focusing on Project Planning, and General Practice Surveying, which focused on a combination of Quantity Surveying skills, Building Surveying skills, and Land Surveying skills.

Specialties & Skills

Water Treatment
Contracts
Tendering
Change Orders
Cost Estimating
Risk Mitigation
Cost Estimation
Microsoft Office

Formation et Diplômes

Internal QMS Auditor Training Course (Formation)
Institut de formation:
QMI Scotland Ltd
Date de la formation:
January 2014
Durée:
20 heures

Loisirs

  • Golf
    Whitecraigs Golf Club Junior Club Champion 2005. Handicap - 7
  • Muay Thai
    Competed on Scottish fight circuit, claiming a victory over the current Scottish Champion in my weight category, before focusing on my career. I still train to keep fit.