Contracts Quantity Surveyor (Commercial Builds)

This is a numbers job with boots on: bills of quantities, site measurements and payment claims in Isando. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

The work is in Isando, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Prepare the final account at the end of the project
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Draft subcontract agreements and payment schedules
• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities

• Understanding of JBCC Principal Building Agreement clauses
• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor
• Accurate with numbers and able to back up every figure you certify
• Code 08 licence for site visits
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work

• Travel allowance for site visits
• Hybrid days in the office and on site
• 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.