Quantity Surveyor (Construction)

Quantity Surveyor (Construction) required in Port Elizabeth.

Requirements:

Qualifications / certifications required:

• Tertiary Degree / Diploma.
• Professional registration: ASAQS/MBA and South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession.
• Minimum of 5 years technical experience.
• Willing to travel to and from site and able to manage heavy workload and long hours.

IT Skills:

• Excel – advanced.
• Word – intermediate.
• PowerPoint – intermediate.
• Outlook – intermediate.
• Diary management – intermediate.
• Navigating on virtual meeting platforms.

Systems and software skills:

• OneDrive and Bos – advanced
• BuildSmart – intermediate
• Candy/CCS programming – intermediate
• SharePoint – intermediate

Management skills:

• Delegation
• Managing performance
• Mentoring skills
• Situational management of people
• Team morale and effectiveness
• Personal effectiveness skills:
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Business writing
• Collaboration skills
• Communication skills – verbal and written
• Conflict management
• Deadlines achievement
• Decision making
• Ethics and confidentiality
• Facilitation and presentation skills

Technical skills:

• Advise on legalities and common law requirements
• Capital expenditure
• Compilation of legal terms
• Compilation of reports
• Contracts amendments, bulletins
• Contracts understanding
• Drafting of compliance notices, agreements
• Financial acumen
• Forward workload planning
• Leasing arrangements
• Measurement skills
• Risk analysis

Key Performance Areas:

Manage the commercial profitability of projects and alignment to the financial life cycle of the business:

• Effective trade measurement calculating the correct lengths, areas and volumes; using the applied system of measurement, correct 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 accurate cost codes
• Execute the relevant project contractual claims and submit with sufficient evidence
• Execute accurate cost reports to report on the alignment between budgets and allowable

Optimise contract administration and business risk:

• Understand, apply and manage common and contract law principles and all duties incorporated thereby
• 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

Customer / stakeholder management:

• Ensure a clear understanding of the customer requirements and provide astute alternatives as an expert advisor where necessary
• Provide a best practice service and built sustainable relationships with key parties
• Manage nominated, domestic and labour only sub-contract agreements and negotiate the best sub-contractors for the work
• Understand the duties and responsibilities of Agents and Consultants

Teamwork:

• Contribute to team performance and morale and bring positive energy to the team environment
• Actively pursue personal improvement in line with role requirements; participate in team coaching and training
• Display ethical conduct and contribute to an environment of trust and a cohesive winning team culture
• Communicate and share effectively; play an active role in positive team dynamics and interdepartmental collaboration
• Respect diversity and contribute to an environment that values inclusivity