Contracts Quantity Surveyor (Commercial Builds)

This is a numbers job with boots on: bills of quantities, site measurements and payment claims in Krugersdorp. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Krugersdorp (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• 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
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Update cash flow forecasts for the project manager

• Code 08 licence for site visits
• 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
• BSc, BTech or Diploma in Quantity Surveying
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work

• SACQSP registration as a Professional or Candidate QS
• Experience with civil bills using the SANS 1200 standard

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

• 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.