Senior Quantity Surveyor (Civil Projects)

This is a numbers job with boots on: bills of quantities, site measurements and payment claims in Montague Gardens. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

Location: Montague Gardens, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Prepare the final account at the end of the project
• Update cash flow forecasts for the project manager
• Draft subcontract agreements and payment schedules

• Accurate with numbers and able to back up every figure you certify
• Understanding of JBCC Principal Building Agreement clauses
• 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
• BSc, BTech or Diploma in Quantity Surveying

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

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

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