Junior Quantity Surveyor (Private Practice) – Fixed-Term

The quantity surveying practice in Paarl needs a QS who can price a tender and still defend a final account. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

This post is Paarl-based, with most of your time spent at a quantity surveying practice.

• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Value variations and prepare claims under JBCC or GCC conditions
• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early

• Accurate with numbers and able to back up every figure you certify
• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• Code 08 licence for site visits
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables

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

• Paid SACQSP registration fees and CPD courses
• Study support for an honours degree
• 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.