Cost Estimator (Shopfitting)

This is a numbers job with boots on: bills of quantities, site measurements and payment claims in Centurion. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Centurion (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Draft subcontract agreements and payment schedules
• Prepare the final account at the end of the project
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Update cash flow forecasts for the project manager
• Value variations and prepare claims under JBCC or GCC conditions
• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings

• Code 08 licence for site visits
• Understanding of JBCC Principal Building Agreement clauses
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• BSc, BTech or Diploma in Quantity Surveying
• Accurate with numbers and able to back up every figure you certify

• Experience with civil bills using the SANS 1200 standard
• SACQSP registration as a Professional or Candidate QS
• Honours degree in Quantity Surveying

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

• Recruiters often give a short take-off test. Practise measuring a simple house plan under time pressure before the interview.
• If you are a candidate, say how far you are with your SACQSP logbook and when you plan to write the exam.