Quantity Surveyor (Building Contractor)

The quantity surveying practice in Johannesburg CBD needs a QS who can price a tender and still defend a final account. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Johannesburg CBD (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Draft subcontract agreements and payment schedules
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Update cash flow forecasts for the project manager
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates

• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor
• 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

• SACQSP registration as a Professional or Candidate QS
• Estimating software experience on top of Excel

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

• Recruiters often give a short take-off test. Practise measuring a simple house plan under time pressure before the interview.
• If you are a candidate, say how far you are with your SACQSP logbook and when you plan to write the exam.