Senior Advisor Quantity Surveying - Lethabo Power Station at Eskom Communications

Apply by: 4 November 2026

Job description

Behavioural:

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

Leadership:

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

 Knowledge:

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

 
Skill:

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

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. 

Minimum requirements
Qualification(s):

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

Experience:

• 5 years related experience in quantity surveying, cost engineering/cost management/ engineering and construction contracts/project management in the built environment