Senior Quantity Surveyor (Civil Projects)

This is a numbers job with boots on: bills of quantities, site measurements and payment claims in Mossel Bay. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Location: Mossel Bay, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Prepare the final account at the end of the project
• Draft subcontract agreements and payment schedules
• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early
• Use measuring software to do take-offs from PDF and CAD drawings
• Measure work on site for monthly interim payment certificates

• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables
• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor
• Accurate with numbers and able to back up every figure you certify
• You know the Standard System of Measuring Building Work
• BSc, BTech or Diploma in Quantity Surveying

• Paid SACQSP registration fees and CPD courses
• Travel allowance for site visits
• Study support for an honours degree

• Recruiters often give a short take-off test. Practise measuring a simple house plan under time pressure before the interview.
• List projects with their contract value and whether you worked for the client side or the contractor side.