Contracts Quantity Surveyor (Commercial Builds)

Make sure every rand on site is counted, claimed and certified for the shopfitting company in Secunda. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Secunda (Mpumalanga). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Draft subcontract agreements and payment schedules
• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• Value variations and prepare claims under JBCC or GCC conditions
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings

• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• BSc, BTech or Diploma in Quantity Surveying
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables
• Code 08 licence for site visits

• Estimating software experience on top of Excel
• Honours degree in Quantity Surveying
• Experience with civil bills using the SANS 1200 standard

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

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