Senior Quantity Surveyor

1 week ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa HTS HR Services Full time

Key responsibilities:

  • Responsible for management of projects of varying project values with minimum R 50 million from Project Inception up Project Close Out.
  • Demonstrated expertise in Project Life Cyle costing and Value Engineering.
  • Identifies opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates and products to improve services to clients.
  • Act as Principal Agent including chairing of key meeting associated with other consultants and contractors.
  • Strong Knowledge of different types of Principal Building (JBCC) and Engineering contract (NEC, FIDIC).
  • Proficiency in the use of project cost software i.e QsPlus and/or WinQS; Dimension X.
  • Working with office management to prepare bids for new work and development of new business opportunities.

Role includes involvement in the following:

Stage 1 Deliverables

  • Agreed scope of work.
  • Agreed services.
  • Signed agreement

Stage 2 Deliverables

  • Preliminary estimate/s of construction cost.
  • Elemental or equivalent estimate/s of construction cost.
  • Space allocation audit for the project.

Stage 3 Deliverables

  • Detailed estimate/s of construction cost.
  • Area schedules.

Stage 4 Deliverables

  • Budget of construction cost.
  • Tender documentation.
  • Financial evaluation of tenders.
  • Priced contract documentation.
  • Joint Building Contract (JBCC), New Engineering Contract (NEC) and FIDIC Contracts.

Stage 5 Deliverables

  • Schedules of predicted cashflow.
  • Estimates for proposed variations.
  • Financial control reports.
  • Valuations for payment certificates.
  • Progressive and draft final accounts.

Stage 6 Deliverables

  • Valuations for payment certificates.
  • Final accounts.

Job Requirements

  • At least a minimum of 10 (ten) years plus, post professional registration experience in the field of professional quantity surveying.
  • Solid experience in a range of building/construction and engineering projects.
  • Previous experience in a professional consulting firm/organisation specialising in quantity surveying and/or construction cost management.
  • Registered as a Professional Quantity Surveyor (PrQS) with the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP) is essential.

Required skills

  • Excellent report writing skills.
  • Fully computer literate and have an advanced use of quantity surveying computer software particularly QsPlus and/or WinQS for estimating and BoQ for measuring and monthly contractors claims valuations.
  • Strong contract management skills.
  • Strong programme and project management skills.
  • Strong budgeting and financial management skills.
  • Strong stakeholder & client engagement and management skills.
  • Strong quantitative and qualitative skills.
  • Incumbent must be in possession of valid Driver's licence.

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