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Description
As a Billing Specialist for civil construction projects, your role will involve preparing and processing progress billing for various projects such as roads, bridges, dams, and tunnels. You will be responsible for verifying the quantities of work completed against approved construction drawings and Bill of Quantities (BOQs). Additionally, you will review and analyze contract documents to ensure billing compliance with contract terms. Tracking change orders, variations, and extra work for proper billing inclusion will also be part of your key responsibilities. Key Responsibilities: - Prepare and process progress billing for civil construction projects - Verify quantities of work completed against approved construction drawings and BOQs - Review and analyze contract documents for billing compliance - Track change orders, variations, and extra work for billing inclusion In terms of technical skills, you will need to measure and quantify completed civil works through site inspections. You will interpret technical drawings, specifications, and construction schedules, as well as perform detailed quantity takeoffs from construction drawings. It will be essential to apply relevant measurement standards such as CESMM, POMI, or local standards and verify material consumption against approved material requisitions. Qualifications Required: - Ability to measure and quantify completed civil works - Proficiency in interpreting technical drawings and specifications - Experience in performing detailed quantity takeoffs - Knowledge of relevant measurement standards like CESMM, POMI, or local standards You will also be responsible for project documentation, including maintaining comprehensive records of all measurement books and billing documents. Documenting site instructions that impact billing or project costs, preparing rate analysis for new items or variations not covered in the original BOQ, and tracking delays, disruptions, or other factors affecting billing cycles will be part of your duties. As for financial management, you will reconcile actual costs against budgeted costs for each billing cycle, track retention money, mobilization advances, and their recovery schedules, and monitor project cash flow through accurate and timely billing. Identifying potential cost overruns and escalations, as well as assisting in forecasting project financial status through earned value analysis, will be crucial. Stakeholder coordination will involve liaising with client representatives for joint measurements and billing approvals, coordinating with project managers and site engineers to validate work completion, and collaborating with the procurement team on material reconciliation for billing purposes. In terms of compliance and quality control, you will ensure billing adheres to contractual terms, specifications, and regulatory requirements. Verifying that billed work meets quality standards and has received necessary approvals, maintaining documentation for audit compliance and statutory requirements, applying appropriate taxes, duties, and other statutory deductions to billing, and validating insurance and performance guarantee requirements are met before billing will be part of your responsibilities.,
