Candidate Quantity Surveyor – Immediate Start

The main building contractor in Middelburg (MP) needs a QS who can price a tender and still defend a final account. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Location: Middelburg (MP), Mpumalanga. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early
• Update cash flow forecasts for the project manager
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Value variations and prepare claims under JBCC or GCC conditions
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities

• BSc, BTech or Diploma in Quantity Surveying
• Code 08 licence for site visits
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• Accurate with numbers and able to back up every figure you certify

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

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