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Job title : Quantity Surveyor
Job Location : Western Cape, Bellville
Deadline : July 21, 2024
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Job Purpose:
- The successful candidate will be responsible for managing all aspects of the contractual, commercial, and financial side of site construction projects.
- The professional quantity surveyor shall be concerned with commercial contracts, procurement strategies, measuring and costing of the construction projects.
- This will cover a wide range of activities which include cost planning, value engineering, value management, feasibility studies, cost benefit analysis, life-cycle costing, risk analysis, tendering, valuation, change control, dispute resolution, claims management, project management, cost estimation, contractual contracting and value for money assessments.
Responsibilities / Duties / Job Skills:
Pre-Contract:
- Procurement Support: Assist with bid documents, bidder lists, and recommendations for contract awards.
- Measurement and Pricing: Use contract documents to measure and price accurately.
- Documentation Preparation: Prepare Bills of Quantities, preliminaries, contract conditions, and other tender documents.
- Contract Negotiations: Provide inputs for negotiations and prepare subcontract documents.
Post-Contract:
- Commercial Support: Assist Project Management with commercial aspects and inform them of risks.
- Documentation Maintenance: Keep records of contractual documents and ensure bonds are managed.
- Cash Flow and Cost Control: Prepare cash flow schedules and control costs.
- Contractual Advice: Advise on variations, claims, and requirements; ensure contract completeness and validity.
- Financial Management: Prepare financial statements, interim payment applications, and final accounts.
Subcontract Management:
- Contractual Advice: Advise on claims and variations; maintain records.
- Bond Management: Ensure bonds are managed.
- Claims Resolution: Resolve financial claims and prepare interim payment certificates.
- Final Account Management: Measure and prepare final accounts.
Specific Experience Required:
- Personality Traits: Creative, positive, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and organized.
- Knowledge and Experience: Engineering and construction contracts, contracting models, problem-solving, minimal supervision.
- Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
- Cost Management: Price forecasting, tender document preparation, budget adjustment, contractor procurement, and work valuation.
- Logistics and Asset Management: Oversee logistics for assets and support cost centers.
Profile
Qualifications
- B.Eng. or B.Sc /B.Sc Hons/M.Sc degree specializing in Quantity Surveying
- Proven track record
- Understand core business processes and associated technical solutions
- Have an innovative and disruptive mindset, constantly looking forward
- Training and exposure to Contract Management such as NEC 3 or equivalent.
- University degree/diploma in quantity surveying from a recognized institution
- Minimum 5 years post qualification related practical experience on large projects with specific experience on industrial projects.
- Proven experience in the industrial engineering is beneficial.
- Knowledge of pre and post contract administration
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