Quantity Surveyor/Senior Quantity Surveyor (MEP) at Turner & Townsend

Who are you?

You are an experienced Quantity Surveyor with 5+ years post-graduate experience looking for the next step or are currently undertaking a similar role in a similar environment. In this role, you would work on a scheduled rotation basis for our client’s site based in Kroonstad, South Africa.

Job Description

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will be involved in but not limited to:

• Responsible for performing and updating all aspects of the site-based quantity surveying/reporting to support project tracks within the Project and supporting the Progress & Performance of ongoing construction work within your assigned construction discipline.
• Participate in assisting the development of the project’s enquiry/tender documentation and bid/tender pricing, including the adjudication and evaluation of the bids/tenders received, including any cost reporting and evaluation that maybe required by the client.    
• Concentrating on activities which include but are not limited to tracking of: ground movement, excavation, equipment hours of operation, manpower count and hours worked, interferences encountered and cause, and potential changes or variances in quantities and hours credited thereof.
• Calculating and validate quantities from engineering drawings, BIM model downloads, various geotechnical and as built drawings utilizing that information for conducting field quantity surveyor analysis.
• Working closely with the Project Site Lead and other Site based QS’s field site planners to ensure alignment of earned value, schedule milestone delivery, and project progress reporting.
• Maintaining and update the QS process for accurate field data collection, performance measurements and progress validation and analysis for all related construction activities.
• Leading on-site QS field work and compile reporting for Project Site Lead, including site inspections and surveys to be uploaded on ArcGIS for live updates and verification purposes.
• Review of contractor’s progress and assessment against plan, including review and valuation in terms of IFC drawings issued on AutoCAD.
• Ensuring that submitted progress assessments are in accordance with the project Rules of Credits (RoC) and support the projects Earned Value Analysis.
• Performing field walk-downs to provide weekly quantity sample analysis on installed quantities vs reported progress.  Some of these walk-downs may utilize drone technology requiring knowledge of such technology or communications skills for obtaining the required data from the drone technology individual/team.
• Reviewing weekly field reports to help identify possible areas of concern and support the teams in developing and implementing mitigation efforts to reflect accurate Field Progress (Earned Quantities and Earned Hours) driving the Project Master Schedule Progress.
• Reviewing contractors’ quantity tracker and progress reports.
• Assisting with the review and development, issuance and evaluation of construction contractor’s change orders as required for their project tracks, aligning scope with budgeted hours.
• Responsible for having or attaining knowledge of site, local, or geographical regulatory requirements.  Ensure all QS team activities are compliant with company specification and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for team safety for all construction activities.
• Assisting in review and attestation of invoicing as related to construction activities

Qualifications

Education/Training:

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering or Construction Management required. 
• SACQSP, RICS, PMI, , etc. would be an asset

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a quantity surveyor.
• 2 years’ experience working on a mining project.
• Strong understanding and progressing ability for all construction disciplines including but not limited to civil, structural, piping, electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, coatings, heat tracing, insulation and fireproofing.
• Outstanding experience in MS Excel & MS Access for Data analysis and reporting purposes (Graphs &Data visualization, Pivot tables, etc.).