Senior Advisor Quantity Surveying - Lethabo Power Station

About the role

Position: Senior Advisor Quantity Surveying, Task Grade: G15, Area of specialization: To provide quantity surveying advisory and support service to the project regarding contracts collation, costing, payment certification, evaluation and dispute resolution to meet the contract management services needs from a central database, Department: Finance, Business Unit: Lethabo Power Station, Location: Lethabo Power Station – Free State

Responsibilities

• 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.

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