Cost Estimator (Shopfitting) – Experienced

Make sure every rand on site is counted, claimed and certified for the property development company in Coega. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is Coega-based, with most of your time spent at a property development company. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

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

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

• SACQSP registration as a Professional or Candidate QS
• Honours degree in Quantity Surveying
• Estimating software experience on top of Excel

• Study support for an honours degree
• Travel allowance for site visits
• Paid SACQSP registration fees and CPD courses

• 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.