Cost Estimator (Shopfitting)

This is a numbers job with boots on: bills of quantities, site measurements and payment claims in Pietermaritzburg. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is in Pietermaritzburg (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Update cash flow forecasts for the project manager
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Draft subcontract agreements and payment schedules
• Prepare the final account at the end of the project

• Understanding of JBCC Principal Building Agreement clauses
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables
• BSc, BTech or Diploma in Quantity Surveying

• Honours degree in Quantity Surveying
• SACQSP registration as a Professional or Candidate QS

• Travel allowance for site visits
• Study support for an honours degree
• 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.