Contracts Quantity Surveyor (Commercial Builds)

This is a numbers job with boots on: bills of quantities, site measurements and payment claims in Coega. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: Coega, Eastern Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Prepare the final account at the end of the project
• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Draft subcontract agreements and payment schedules
• Update cash flow forecasts for the project manager

• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• Accurate with numbers and able to back up every figure you certify
• BSc, BTech or Diploma in Quantity Surveying
• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor
• Code 08 licence for site visits

• Estimating software experience on top of Excel
• SACQSP registration as a Professional or Candidate QS

• Study support for an honours degree
• Paid SACQSP registration fees and CPD courses
• 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.