Candidate Quantity Surveyor

The main building contractor in Worcester needs a QS who can price a tender and still defend a final account. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Location: Worcester, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• Prepare the final account at the end of the project
• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early
• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings

• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor
• BSc, BTech or Diploma in Quantity Surveying
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work

• 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.
• Recruiters often give a short take-off test. Practise measuring a simple house plan under time pressure before the interview.