Quantity Surveyor
Quantity Surveyor
Project based fixed term contract
Operations Division
Based at Head Office East London
Salary Package: R 523,675.65 - R 616,849.35 per annum
Minimum Qualifications
- Grade 12
- B Tech in Quantity Surveying (NQF 6)
Preferred Qualifications:
- BSc in Quantity Surveying (NQF 7)
- Project Management Qualification will be an added advantage
Required Professional Registration
- Registration with SACQSP (South African Council for Quantity Surveying Profession) as a professional Quantity Surveyor
Minimum Experience:
- Minimum of Three Years’ experience post registration as a professional Quantity Surveyor.
- Proven track record in managing high level projects, managing matrix structures, multi-disciplinary and multi projects
- Experience in water infrastructure environment, will be an added advantage
Key Outputs:
Reporting to the Senior Manager: Secondary Business, the employee will:
- Education Facilities Guidelines and National Education norms & standards.
- Develop tender document specifications.
- Lifecycle costing analysis.
- Price and estimate of jobs based on site visits.
- Review architectural plans and prepare quantity needs
- Estimate the quantity and costs of materials
- Liaise with Supply Chain Management (SCM) about the publication of tender documents
- Co-ordinate project needs with the Contractor/consultant
- Prepare contracts and documents.
- Develop cash flow projections.
- Provide inputs to life cycle costing.
- Set budgets for payments, inventory needs, and materials
- Analyse costs for maintenance and additional building needs
- Track changes in plans or constructions; update budgets
- Negotiate with contractors and subcontractors
- Study feasibility reports carefully and make detailed recommendations regarding accuracy and quality of work done by consultants
- Prepare internal costing of projects
- Act as a liaison between clients and site managers/engineers
- Keep track of construction materials and inventory
- Identify potential financial or construction risks
- Advise clients on improvements, strategies, and/or estimated costs
- Prepare payments for contractors and subcontractors
- Price tender bill of quantities.
- Confirm that construction is in line with the initial goal of the project
- Make inputs to Special Conditions of the Contract to ensure that specialised standards and criteria will be met
- Give inputs to the design team to ensure that designers take all alternatives into account while doing the planning and the design of projects
- Analyse completion reports and investigate if projects can be accepted as completed.
- Measure and value the work done on site.
- Investigate information regarding failures and propose remedial actions to ensure that similar defects do not occur in future
- Co-ordinate projects with other role-players
- Measure quantities of material required for site.
- Measure sub-contractors work o site and prepare sub-contractors’ payments.
- Track changes for construction work and adjusting of budget projections.
- Ensure final account is correctly compiled as per EFMS check list
- Submit final account to Department of Public Works for approval.
- Perform any changes to final account and finalise.
- Meet with ECDoE and submit Close out report as per EFMS check list.
Other Requirements:
- Ability to conduct feasibility studies, estimating and pricing, bill production, final accounts, payment certificates, close out report and project management.
- Knowledge of OHS Act
- Knowledge of Environmental Act
- Knowledge of Contract Construction (construction, materials, pricing, and industry)
- Knowledge of Management Processes
- In-depth contract knowledge of GCC 2015, JBCC, etc.
- Knowledge of Supply Chain Management processes,
- Knowledge of PFMA
- Good overall knowledge of the water industry
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Excellent negotiating and interpersonal skills
- Ability to organize, plan, and strategize
- Above average networking abilities
- Computer Literacy: knowledge of excel and power point presentation
- Valid unendorsed driver’s license
If you have not heard from us within 60 days after the closing date, you may regard your application as unsuccessful. Correspondence will only be entered into with shortlisted candidates. These appointments will be finalized in accordance with Amatola Water’s Employment Equity Plan and Recruitment Policy. Preference will be given to suitably qualified persons from designated groups, specifically women and people with disabilities. Amatola Water reserves the right not to make appointments. Lobbying of members of the Board and/ or the Executive/ Management and Supervisors to treat any application, at any level, more favourably than any other for the same vacancy, will disqualify a candidate from selection. Applications must be accompanied by a comprehensive CV, with specific starting and ending dates in all relevant positions and clarity on the levels and ranks pertaining to the experience, copies of academic certificates and ID copy to the Human Resources Manager, Amatola Water, Private Bag X3, Vincent, 5217 or e-mail recruitment@amatolawater.co.za. Please note that your CV and qualifications must be in one PDF Document, and clearly indicate on the Subject line the position you are applying for. These are Employment Equity Positions, Closing date: 27 September 2022
