Senior Quantity Surveyor (Civil Projects)

This is a numbers job with boots on: bills of quantities, site measurements and payment claims in Pretoria West. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

This post is Pretoria West-based, with most of your time spent at a main building contractor.

• Draft subcontract agreements and payment schedules
• Price tenders using supplier quotes, labour rates and plant costs
• Take off quantities from drawings to build a bill of quantities
• Update cash flow forecasts for the project manager
• Get quotes from subcontractors and compare them line by line
• Track budget against actual cost and flag overruns early
• Prepare the final account at the end of the project

• 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
• At least 3 years of QS work in private practice or with a contractor
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables

• Estimating software experience on top of Excel
• Experience with civil bills using the SANS 1200 standard

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

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