Job title : Senior Quantity Surveyor
Job Location : KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Deadline : December 18, 2024
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Job Description Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle. Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan. Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates. Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate. Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update. Prepare written comments to the general contractor's submissions, including the executive summary. Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from NPA, subs, quantities from A/Es, Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact. Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues. Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes. Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes. Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs. Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.
You will also be responsible for: Pre-Contract Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones. Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises. Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices. Post-Contract Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle. Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively. Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place. Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client. Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner. Compiling as built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.
Qualifications
Essential Qualified to professional standard in Quantity Surveying with membership of an appropriate professional body and/or educated to degree level. Relevant successful experience of provision of estimating and/or QS services in a mining environment to high profile or complex major projects or programmes. Knowledge of project management, planning, risk, and investment processes. A strong technical cost management or estimating competency is essential Must have knowledge in the use and benefits of cost management systems. Strong knowledge of construction contracts, JBCC, NEC3/4 and FIDIC
Desirable Demonstrable experience in managing and leading large teams and successful setting and implementation of business strategy Preferred degree in quantity surveying or associated construction field.
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