Candidate Quantity Surveyor

Make sure every rand on site is counted, claimed and certified for the quantity surveying practice in Potchefstroom. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Potchefstroom-based, with most of your time spent at a quantity surveying practice. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Prepare the final account at the end of the project
• Value variations and prepare claims under JBCC or GCC conditions
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Update cash flow forecasts for the project manager

• Understanding of JBCC Principal Building Agreement clauses
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• Accurate with numbers and able to back up every figure you certify
• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor

• Honours degree in Quantity Surveying
• Experience with civil bills using the SANS 1200 standard

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

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