Professional Quantity Surveyor

Delta Built Environment Consultants; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting company in the built environment is seeking a Professional Quantity Surveyor with strong experience in managing project costs across diverse building projects. The role involves advising clients, managing contract documentation, and ensuring quality deliverables within budget. Ideal candidates will have a BSc in Quantity Surveying, be professionally registered, and possess excellent communication and analytical skills to excel in this challenging position.

Qualifications

• Professionally Registered with the Council of South African Quantity Surveyors is required.
• Experience in Government Contracts and diverse project types (schools, hospitals, etc.).
• Minimum 2+ years post professional registration experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage costs on various building projects like residential developments and hospitals.
• Prepare tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities.
• Conduct feasibility studies and advise on procurement strategies.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Project management

Cost control

Value engineering

Education

BSc Quantity Surveying

BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying

Tools

WinQS

DimensionX

MS Office

Job description

INTRODUCTION

The DELTA Group comprises 19 vertically integrated companies operating in the built environment.

The GROUP has the expertise and resources to participate in all phases of project development and operation, including but not limited to feasibility studies, funding, planning, design, construction and maintenance.

The DELTA Group companies employ architects, economists, facility management specialists, financial analysts, engineers, health and safety practitioners, quantity surveyors, environmentalists, project and construction managers, town planners and visualisations specialists.

The following companies are part of the DELTA Group:

• Delta Built Environment Consultants (Delta BEC) is a professional multi-disciplinary consulting company.
• Delta Infrastructures Solutions (DIS) is a consulting engineering company that provides professional infrastructure maintenance services.
• Delta Facilities Services (DFS) offers all-encompassing property management services.
• Delta Construction (D-Con) undertakes residential and agricultural projects.
• Delta Airport Solutions specialises in the development of airport-focused software solutions.
• Delta Facilities Management (DFM) offers integrated facilities management services.
• Delta Cleaning & Hygiene (DCH) offers general cleaning, carpet cleaning, hygiene and pest control services.
• Delta Landscaping Services (DLS) undertakes the maintenance and construction of hard and soft landscaping.
• Delta Waste Management (DWM) provides comprehensive waste management services with the ultimate goal of ‘zero waste to landfill’.
• Delta Pest Control (DPC) specialises in both indoor and outdoor pest control.
• Delta Sender supplies quality consumables and equipment at competitive prices.
• Delta Realty is a property development company specialising in middle to high-income residential developments in Pretoria.
• Lynnwood Academy is an accredited training provider.
• Delta IT Services provides clients with a comprehensive IT service that inter alia includes desktop, system and server support, hardware supply and maintenance, hosting, and data network cabling.
• Studio Delta is an online e-commerce store specialising in the manufacturing of furniture.
• Delta Cafe offers catering and corporate canteen management services.
• Delta Dawn specialises in the operation, development and construction of hydroponic and aeroponic systems and greenhouses.
• 3BM Asset Management is the asset owning and financing company that is part of the DELTA Group.
• Delta Turnkey Solutions combines the skills and resources of all DELTA Group companies to undertake projects on an engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) basis.

JOB TITLE

Professional Quantity Surveyor

OVERVIEW OF POSITION

The Quantity Surveyor will be responsible for the following:

• Taking full responsibility for all 6 stages of the QS services to our clients. These include, but not limited to, the following:
• Elemental estimates;
• Advising clients on economical viable options concerning building systems, materials, etc.
• Setting up of contract documentation including bills of quantities;
• Contract administration, payment certificates, measurement on site; and
• Final account reconciliation and contractor negotiations.

Delta BEC requires its quantity surveyors to proactively participate in the scoping and integration of projects, and to ensure that projects meet clients’ expectations in terms of cost and quality. The position therefore requires an experienced individual that understands all aspects of the built environment and can work independently on projects with minimum oversight.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To fulfil the role of Professional Quantity Surveyor, the candidate must manage project activities to deliver specified scope within fee budget, to an acceptable quality and on time. The duties of the Professional Quantity Surveyor will entail the following:

• Managing costs on a wide variety of new and existing building projects and structures, such as residential developments, sports stadiums, roads and bridges, schools, hospitals, offices, factories and commercial properties.
• Undertaking costs analysis for repair and maintenance project work.
• Maintaining awareness of the different building contracts in current use.
• Understanding the implications of health and safety regulations.
• Assisting in establishing a client's requirements and undertaking feasibility studies.
• Performing risk and value management, cost control and value engineering.
• Advising on procurement strategy, contract documentation and financial control.
• Preparing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities, returnable schedules and Preliminaries & General.
• Identifying, analysing and developing responses to commercial risks.
• Preparing and analysing costing for tenders, tender evaluation, tender adjudication and appointment of contractors and/or sub-contractors.
• Providing advice on contractual claims, variation orders, site instructions and escalation
• Analysing outcomes and writing detailed inception-, progress-, preliminary design-, final design reports.
• Valuing completed work and arranging payments.
• Assisting the Bids Department with calculating professional fees and write-ups to be used for tender purposes for future QS work.
• Calculation of escalation, penalties, monthly payment valuations and the reconciliation of the final account and close out report.
• Preparation of monthly cost report / financial reports on projects including project cashflows.
• Targeted procurement including training and monitoring.
• Comply with Delta BEC Standards, Methodology and Procedures.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

The successful applicants should have:

• Experience in Government Contracts and knowledge of the PFMA, JBCC, NEC, FIDIC, GCC and COLTO Conditions of Contracts;
• Schools, Clinics, Hospitals, Renovation and Upgrade projects, Transport Taxi Ranks, Libraries, Shopping Centres, Office blocks and Housing developments;
• Projects costs between R50mil – R1Bil;
• Minimum 2+ years - Post Professional Registration

QUALIFICATION

• BSc Quantity Surveying
• BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying
• Professionally Registered with the Council of South African Quantity Surveyors

SKILLS

• A working knowledge of typical construction contracts (JBCC, FIDIC, NEC, GCC)
• MS Office literacy
• Thorough understanding of the project life cycle
• Good understanding of building construction projects
• Good communication and analytical skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Ability to lead a team
• Able to conduct themselves in a professional manner when dealing with clients and other stakeholders
• WinQS proficient
• DimensionX proficient.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Built environment – corporate office.
• Regular construction site environment for project progress inspections and meetings

PROPOSED SALARY

Market related