Candidate Quantity Surveyor – Experienced

The shopfitting company in Fourways needs a QS who can price a tender and still defend a final account. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Fourways, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Prepare the final account at the end of the project
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Update cash flow forecasts for the project manager
• Value variations and prepare claims under JBCC or GCC conditions
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities

• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor
• Code 08 licence for site visits
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work

• Experience with civil bills using the SANS 1200 standard
• Estimating software experience on top of Excel
• Honours degree in Quantity Surveying

• Hybrid days in the office and on site
• Travel allowance for site visits
• Paid SACQSP registration fees and CPD courses
• Study support for an honours degree

• If you are a candidate, say how far you are with your SACQSP logbook and when you plan to write the exam.
• List projects with their contract value and whether you worked for the client side or the contractor side.