Contract: Senior Quantity Surveyor X2 (DBN & JHB) needed at Transnet

Position Outputs

• Align to Cost Recovery project strategy.
• Evaluate historic contracts and payments to identify focus areas where there are high probabilities of contractor overcharge.
• Develop and obtain approval on plan and approach to Cost Recovery project.
• Direct QS on the project approach to cost recovery methodologies.
• Review reports, spreadsheets and calculations compiled by QS on the Cost Recovery project.
• Compile memos, position papers, etc. and obtain approval thereof on the articulation of the contractual arguments of the Cost Recovery project.
• Participate and engage with legal counsel, both internal and external to TPL where required.
• Assist the PMO Leads in the improvement of existing or future contracting strategies based on lessons learnt from Cost Recovery project.
• Assist the PMO Leads in Quantity Surveying and Contract Management strategies and methodologies.
• Assist in other Quantity Surveying and Contract Management matters within the Estimating & QS department.
• Must be able to work independently.
• Able to perform cost planning, value engineering, value management, cost benefit analysis, life-cycle costing, risk analysis, tendering, valuation, change control, dispute resolution, claims management, cost estimation and value for money assessments.

Qualifications and Experience

• B/B.Sc Degree or higher specialising in Quantity Surveying.
• Professional Registration with the SA Council of Quantity Surveying Professionals Experience
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience working as a Quantity Surveyor on large multidisciplinary construction / engineering projects.
• Experience within the hydrocarbon/ Petro-chemical industry is preferred.
• Environmental project experience is beneficial OR If the incumbent holds a BTech/ Higher National Diploma in Quantity Surveying the experience requirement is a minimum of 10 years