Candidate Quantity Surveyor

You'll measure, price and manage the money on building projects for the shopfitting company in Kathu. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is in Kathu (Northern Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Draft subcontract agreements and payment schedules
• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early

• BSc, BTech or Diploma in Quantity Surveying
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables
• Understanding of JBCC Principal Building Agreement clauses
• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• Code 08 licence for site visits

• SACQSP registration as a Professional or Candidate QS
• Estimating software experience on top of Excel
• Experience with civil bills using the SANS 1200 standard

• Travel allowance for site visits
• Paid SACQSP registration fees and CPD courses
• Hybrid days in the office and on site

• Recruiters often give a short take-off test. Practise measuring a simple house plan under time pressure before the interview.
• List projects with their contract value and whether you worked for the client side or the contractor side.