Cost Estimator (Shopfitting)

The civils and earthworks contractor in Mossel Bay needs a QS who can price a tender and still defend a final account. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Mossel Bay (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early
• Prepare the final account at the end of the project
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Value variations and prepare claims under JBCC or GCC conditions

• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor
• BSc, BTech or Diploma in Quantity Surveying
• Code 08 licence for site visits
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• Understanding of JBCC Principal Building Agreement clauses
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables

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

• Hybrid days in the office and on site
• Paid SACQSP registration fees and CPD courses
• Travel allowance for site visits

• If you are a candidate, say how far you are with your SACQSP logbook and when you plan to write the exam.
• List projects with their contract value and whether you worked for the client side or the contractor side.