Cost Estimator (Shopfitting)

Make sure every rand on site is counted, claimed and certified for the quantity surveying practice in Tzaneen. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a quantity surveying practice on the Tzaneen side of Limpopo.

• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Draft subcontract agreements and payment schedules

• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables
• Code 08 licence for site visits
• Accurate with numbers and able to back up every figure you certify
• Understanding of JBCC Principal Building Agreement clauses

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

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