Senior Quantity Surveyor (Construction)

On Line Personnel; East London; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the construction sector is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor with a strong background in financial management and legal compliance. The ideal candidate will possess a tertiary degree and professional registration, supported by a minimum of 10 years' experience. Responsibilities include overseeing project profitability, ensuring adherence to contracts, and collaborating effectively with project teams to implement best practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years technical experience, including at least 2 years in a senior role.
• Willing to travel to sites and handle heavy workloads.
• Advanced skills in IT and software tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial profitability and compliance with legislations.
• Interpret drawings and execute project certification life cycle.
• Collaborate with production teams to manage financial integrity.

Skills

Financial acumen

Measurement skills

Risk analysis

Legal compliance

Contracts understanding

Education

Tertiary Degree

Professional registration: ASAQS/MBA

Registration with South African Council for the Quantity Surveying profession

Tools

BuildSmart

Candy/CSS programming

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

SharePoint

OneDrive

Lean Programme

Job description

Job Position: Senior Quantity Surveyor (Construction)
Ref: 4991
Location: Eastern Cape
Salary: Negotiable commensurate with qualification and experience

Qualifications/certifications required:
• Tertiary Degree
• Professional registration: ASAQS/MBA and South African Council for the Quantity Surveying profession
• Minimum of 10 years technical experience, of which at least 2 years need to be in a senior role
• Willing to travel to sites
• Ability to cope with heavy workload and long hours
IT skills:
• Advanced Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Navigating on virtual meeting platforms
Systems and software skills:
• BuildSmart (basic)
• Candy/CSS programming (advanced)
• Lean Programme (advanced)
• OneDrive and Bos (advanced)
• SharePoint (advanced)
Technical skills:
• Advise on legalities and common law requirements
• Capital expenditure
• Commercial law and common law
• Compilation of legal claims
• Compilation of reports
• Contracts amendments, bulletins
• Contracts understanding
• Drafting of compliance notices, agreements
• Facilitation of workshops
• Financial acumen
• Forward workload planning
• Leasing arrangements
• Measurement skills
• Network with arbitrators, law
• Prepare legal matters and arbitration
• Risk analysis
• Subject matter expert on legislation
• Supplier and procurement laws

Manage the commercial profitability of projects and alignment to the financial life cycle of the business:
• Interpretation of drawings and detection of variations
• Effectively execute the project certification life cycle and final account
• Execute and monitor all cost control principles such as site storage control, updated asset registers, plant and equipment reconciliations and
• Execute the relevant project contractual claims and submit with sufficient evidence
• Execute accurate cost reports to report on the alignment between budgets and allowable
• Ensure compliance with construction, HSE, labour and environmental legislations
• Seamless collaboration with production team to identify profitable synergies and management of the financial integrity of the projects
• Implement and manage a document and project management control system
• Provide a best practice service and built sustainable relationships with key parties