Quantity Surveyor – Knysna
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Date posted
5 January 2026
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Closing date
27 February 2026
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Hiring location
South Africa
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Quantity
1 person
Description
Vacancy Details
Employer: SHR
Duties:
- Accurate, well-annotated valuation and re-measurement of the complete main contractor’s scope of work on various projects.
- Measurement of all labour-only sub-contractor’s work fortnightly and calculation of the sub-contractor’s “Payment Due”
- Adjudicate and prepare contracts with sub-contractors (Nominated/Selected/Domestic & Labour-Only)
- Prepare Joint Building Contracts Committee contracts for new projects and submit them to the Financial Manager / Commercial Manager for signing with client
- Maintain accurate “As Built” records of all main contractor’s scope of work, ensuring records are well-annotated and use marked-up drawings
- Take progress photographs on a Fortnightly basis and maintain printed photo files.
- Responsible for purchasing and ordering of high value and Long Lead items
- Refer to the allowable in the Project BOQ and follow good purchasing practice
- Compile Tender Packs for Selected/Nominated/Domestic Sub-contracted works, adjudicate returned tenders and place orders for the Sub-contract Package
- Preparation and submission of Monthly Valuations (Progress Claims) for the Main Contractor’s work on contractual due dates
- Evaluation of nominated and domestic Sub-contractor’s progress claims prior to submission to the PQS
- Prepare and present monthly Cost Reports to Management
- Prepare the Final Account in liaison with the Contracts Manager and agree on Final Account with Client PQS
- Liaise with and assisting CIC Buyer
- Measure, prepare, resource and submit (Tenders) Bills of Quantity in CANDY QTO
- Assist Commercial Manager with re-measuring projects under their control
- Load projects from CANDY and export resources to Build Smart Integration
- Update CCS Resource Lists on a regular basis
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