Costing & Tender Specialist – Cape Town

Time Personnel; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Time Personnel seeks a detail-oriented Tender & Costing Administrator in Cape Town to assist with costings, quotations and supporting the tender process. You will work from plans and site measurements, ensuring accuracy and consistency across product categories.

The role emphasizes strong numeracy, Excel/Google Sheets proficiency, and clear communication with customers, suppliers and the team. Experience in building-related costing is an advantage, with room to learn and grow.

Qualifications

• Matric is required.
• Building or QS-related qualification is advantageous.
• Experience with costing, estimating, tendering or quoting is preferred, ideally in building, tiles, flooring or kitchens.
• Exceptional attention to detail and high accuracy.
• Clear, professional English communication with customers, suppliers and team.
• Strong maths ability and comfort with plans/drawings/specifications.
• Proficient in Excel/Google Sheets (lookups, formulas, pivot tables).
• Well organized with strong admin and computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate costings, tenders and quotations from plans, site measurements or quantities.
• Apply GP and margin rules across product categories.
• Review every quote before sending to clients.
• Own product information: naming, coding and maintaining products from multiple suppliers, and assist with system migration.
• Verify information from colleagues before use and manage stock reservations.
• Initially support front-end: sales inbox, samples and customer communication during quoting.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Numerical ability

Excel

Google Sheets

Communication

Admin

Planning

Education

Matric

QS qualification advantageous

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Time Personnel seeks a detail-oriented Tender & Costing Administrator in Cape Town to assist with costings, quotations and supporting the tender process. You will work from plans and site measurements, ensuring accuracy and consistency across product categories.

The role emphasizes strong numeracy, Excel/Google Sheets proficiency, and clear communication with customers, suppliers and the team. Experience in building-related costing is an advantage, with room to learn and grow.