Senior Quantity Surveyor (Civil Projects) – Experienced

The quantity surveying practice in Bethlehem needs a QS who can price a tender and still defend a final account. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

You'll be based at a quantity surveying practice in Bethlehem. 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
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early
• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• Value variations and prepare claims under JBCC or GCC conditions
• Update cash flow forecasts for the project manager

• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables
• Code 08 licence for site visits
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor

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

• 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.