Senior Quantity Surveyor

Key Accountabilities / Principal Responsibilities
Development Management

Establish the need and desirability of undertaking a property development project
Develop initial business case, budget, programme, vision, feasibility programme and project master plan
Assist with securing the land rights, zoning, infrastructure services and necessary statutory requirements
Identify funding sources and requirements and facilitate the obtaining of approved project finance
Determine, monitor and manage project cashflow requirements
Research and develop marketing, income and operations strategies
Formalise and develop project brief, viability parameters, end user requirements
Appointment of other consultants and implementation of surveys, studies, tests and investigations
Establish, monitor and manage reporting protocols, formats and timing
Develop and incorporate end user and facilities management requirements into the overall time, cost and quality decisions
Monitor and manage the achievement of the financial feasibility of the project
Incorporate client requirements into tenders and contracts
Ensure that contracts and SLAs are signed and managed correctly and efficiently
Management of agreements and facilitation of payments or fees and duly certified payment certificates.
Review and approve variations and project changes
Fulfil and complete the project close out and handover process to an agreed timeline
Receive and approve all final project documentation, manuals and guarantees
Ensure settlement of final accounts

Project Management

Establish the client requirements and preferences
Determine user needs, project objectives
Define constraints, assumptions, aspirations and strategies
Set project brief
Conduct and minute regular project and steering committee meetings
Determine key project milestones and develop the master project programme around key deliverables
Advise on and facilitate the appointment of consultants
Set up the requisite project systems, structures and controls
Prepare project concept, scope & scale and facilitate the development of the concept from inception through to completion
Institute a formal system of checks and balances and client approval process
Facilitate statutory approvals process and ensure that the necessary permissions and approvals are in place timeously
Set and manage the development of detailed project budgets in accordance with the project viability parameters
Manage the procurement and tendering process and ensure that the clients procurement parameters are in place
Set up and facilitate the conclusion of SLAs and appropriate contracts
Contract management
Management for payment processes and procedures
Robust change control management
On-going risk identification, management and avoidance procedures
Closing out final accounts
Facilitate the close out of the project and handover of O&M Manuals and completions certificates

Quantity Surveying

Define client briefs
Develop and agree scope of work
Set and manage project budgets
Development of project budgets and estimates and implement cost control procedures
Procurement and tendering strategy and implementation
Value management and value engineering
Cost reporting
Change control and cost management
Monthly valuations and payments
Closing out final accounts and agree settlement

Financial

Timely issue of monthly invoices
Reduction of Accounts Receivable (AR) time
Collection of fees
Forecast income and expenditure plan
Run division profitably

Human Resources

Manage employees
Resource division appropriately
Mentor and guide staff
Create a career path
Provide a quality service to specification
Development of staff through to professional accreditation

Customer Relations

Customer satisfaction
Provide a quality service to specification
Extract and develop internal leads

Operations

Ensure compliance with policies and procedures
Manage risk and exposure to the business
ISO 9001 compliant in line with

Health & Safety

Ensure Health and Safety policy and procedures are adhered

Growth and Business Development

See to it that the business grows
Retain existing clients
Develop new clients
Develop marketing strategy and suitable material
Submission of tenders
Cross sell to other areas of the business

General

Conclude fee negotiations
Agree acceptable milestones for service delivery
Set parameters and scope of service
Determine and agree fee cashflow
Set up and resource projects, including equipment, staff and office space
Determine profitability of undertaking the project
Conclude appropriate SLAs and appointments
Quality control procedures (internal & external)
Project structure, organogram and lines of reporting
Levels of authority and sign off procedures
Contract and SLA management
Variations to scope of work & change control pertaining to appointments
Look for opportunities to expand appointment
Succession planning

Key Skills and Experience

Grade 12
Tertiary qualification
Professionally registered Quantity Surveyor (PrQS)
Must be PrQS registered with minimum +10 years post registration experience
New build large scale commercial / retail
Project Management
MRICS will be beneficial
Strong professional services delivery background
Public & private sector experience
New build, commercial, residential, mixed use and/or retail
Principal agent experience (beneficial)
Experience in staff management
Highly proficient in Word, Excel and WinQS
International experience & MRICS will be beneficial
Valid Driver's licence
Own vehicle
Willing to conduct out of town travel which may be required to attend to project responsibilities

People and Management Skill

Strong management and leadership skills
Ability to foster an effective productive team environment
Ability to maintain goodwill with clients
Ability to work quickly and accurately on an independent basis, with attention to detail and able to display the initiative to quickly identify and resolve variances, failures and discrepancies
Excellent communication skills in written and oral format
Good people skills in being able to deal with a range of people, directors, and non-operational staff
Good planning and organizing skills
Skilled in conflict resolution

Key Result Areas

Manage and oversee the strategic and operational areas within the business
Advise on vendor contracts
Provide assistance in business decision making
Manage and oversee budgets
Growth and delivery of the professional services division

Additional Responsibilities and Skills

Have the ability to take on additional responsibilities
Incorporate the current and additional clients into existing processes and make effective decisions at strategic, technical and operational levels as and when that may be required

Interested? Submit your CV now
As a proudly South African brand, Afroteq Advisory (Pty) Ltd will consider our commitment to transformation and employment equity goals for this position
For information on Afroteq and AFMS Group, including more information on our company culture, visit our websites at www.afroteq.co.za and www.afmsgroup.co.za
Please note, relocation costs will not apply
If you don't hear from us in 14 days, consider your application unsuccessful
Applications to be addressed to: Matthew Toontjies (email protected)
Closing Date for applications: Monday, 04 November 2024, by 16h00

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