Estimator (Tenders & Pricing)

This is a numbers job with boots on: bills of quantities, site measurements and payment claims in Mokopane. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

This post is in Mokopane (Limpopo). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• Prepare the final account at the end of the project
• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early

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

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

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

• 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.