Hireovo · Civil & Construction
Quantity Surveyor
Johannesburg, South Africa · FULL TIME
About the role
Mid-level Quantity Surveyor talent pool in Johannesburg, focused on a commercial file another surveyor can audit.
Profiles in this pool are matched to Quantity Surveyor assignments with a hiring base in Johannesburg, South Africa. The emphasis is a commercial file another surveyor can audit. Day to day that means indexing measures, keeping the latest drawing, and noting open commercial issues.
Responsibilities
- Brief the surveyor who audits the file on the file index and state how you checked the where the latest measure sits.
- Accept the handed-over drawing set only when the note covering the revision the numbers use is attached.
- Turn a vague request into one concrete open-issue list before work starts, and list a disagreement still live.
- Protect time every week for the assumption so you are not still dealing with a rate or method you assumed, with the assumption written in the last hour.
- Leave the correspondence log so the next person knows what to watch regarding an instruction that changed the works.
- Close open questions on the handover instead of parking them, and record the decision on the what must be agreed next.
Requirements
- Roughly 3 to 7 years of keeping a quantity-surveying file auditable that matches this quantity surveyor profile, or a shorter record with the same kind of finished work.
- Practical skill with an index and the drawing set in quantity surveyor work, not a certificate alone.
- Able to explain which assumption is still unconfirmed to a colleague who was not in the room.
- Careful with numbers that do not name a drawing revision; this is checked in review of quantity surveyor work.
- For the quantity surveyor brief in Johannesburg, hold the current registration or licence required to do this work in South Africa; a human reviewer confirms the exact credential before any placement.
Nice to have
- Auditable files is useful on quantity surveyor assignments in Johannesburg, and it is not required.
- People who have already done correspondence logs can start this quantity surveyor brief with less coaching.
- Written assumptions is a plus for quantity surveyor work based in Johannesburg.
Skills
quantity take-off, construction measurement, variations, progress assessment, drawing control, spreadsheets, commercial records, technical writing
Working conditions
This is an on-site quantity surveyor listing in Johannesburg, South Africa. Work happens at the assignment's premises. The usual week is Monday to Friday, on South Africa Standard Time. The work is split between a site office and drawings. Some assignments allow hybrid days for measurement. No contract sums are stated in this listing.
Location
The hiring base for this quantity surveyor listing is Johannesburg, South Africa. English is the working language for this Johannesburg brief. Professional recognition for a quantity surveyor in Johannesburg is confirmed for South Africa where it is required.
Qualified people are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
This is a talent-pool listing. Your profile will be reviewed and matched to employer openings that fit; submitting an application does not guarantee an interview or placement.
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