Senior Advisor Quantity Surveying at Eskom Communications

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform functions and advise on quantity surveying standard services provided throughout the project life cycle.
• Draft cost estimates for capital investment projects.
• Monitor consultants, contractors and supplier performance (quantity and cost).
• Draft, review, measure and control effectiveness of enquiry documentation.
• Reconcile and forecast expenditure.
• Mentor and coach quantity surveying employees.
• Comply with relevant Eskom and site governance and safety, health, environment, risk and quality (SHERQ) requirements.

Skills and Competencies Required:

Behavioural:

• Professionalism
• Trustworthiness
• Honesty
• Resilience and flexibility
• Integrity and values

Leadership:

• Team Achievement oriented
• Business acumen
• Coaching and mentoring
• Teamwork/collaboration
• Providing direction through change
• Working with authority

Knowledge:

• Quantity surveying
• Earned value management (EVM)
• Planning and scheduling
• Project management
• Contracts management
• Cost engineering and management
• Construction management

Skills:

• Analytical
• Judgement
• Problem solving
• Negotiation
• Planning and organising
• Dealing with complexity
• Decision making
• Influencing and persuading
• Communication and engagement

Minimum requirements

Qualification(s):

• B Degree/B Tech/Advanced Diploma in Quantity Surveying/Construction Management/Construction/Construction Economics at NQF7 with 360 credits

Experience:

• 5 years Quantity surveying/cost engineering/cost management/engineering and construction contracts/project management in the built environment

Apply by: 11 December 2025