Junior Quantity Surveyor (Private Practice) – Experienced

This is a numbers job with boots on: bills of quantities, site measurements and payment claims in East London. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

You'll be based at a quantity surveying practice in East London. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities

• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• Understanding of JBCC Principal Building Agreement clauses
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables
• Code 08 licence for site visits

• Estimating software experience on top of Excel
• Honours degree in Quantity Surveying
• Experience with civil bills using the SANS 1200 standard

• Travel allowance for site visits
• Study support for an honours degree
• Hybrid days in the office and on site
• 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.