Senior Advisor Quantity Surveying
Listing reference: eskom_003581
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 3 March 2026
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Quantity Surveying
Location: Bellville
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
Area of specialization:
To provide a quantity surveying advisory and support service to the project in terms of contracts collation, costing, payment certification, evaluation and dispute resolution to meet the contract management services needs from a central database.
Task Grade: G15
Department: Contracts Management
Business Unit: Western Grid
Location: Western Cape, Bellville
Job description
Key Responsibilities:
• Perform functions and advise on quantity surveying standard services provided throughout the project life cycle
• Draft cost estimated for capital investment projects
• Monitor consultants, contractors and supplier performance (quantity and cost)
• Draft, review, measure and control the effectiveness of enquiry documentation
• Reconcile and forecast expenditure
• Mentor and coach quantity surveying personnel
• Comply to all Eskom and site related governance and safety, health, environment, risk and qualify (SHEQs) requirements
• Ensure effective administration.
• Draft cost estimated for capital investment projects
• Monitor consultants, contractors and supplier performance (quantity and cost)
• Draft, review, measure and control the effectiveness of enquiry documentation
• Reconcile and forecast expenditure
• Mentor and coach quantity surveying personnel
• Comply to all Eskom and site related governance and safety, health, environment, risk and qualify (SHEQs) requirements
• Ensure effective administration.
Skills and Competencies Required:
Behavioural:
• Dealing with complexity
• Decision making
• Influencing and persuading
• Providing direction through change
• Resilience and flexibility
• Working with authority
• Dealing with complexity
• Decision making
• Influencing and persuading
• Providing direction through change
• Resilience and flexibility
• Working with authority
Leadership:
• Achievement oriented
• Integrity and values
• Achievement oriented
• Integrity and values
• Business Acumen
• Communication and engagement
• Coaching and mentoring
• Communication and engagement
• Coaching and mentoring
Knowledge:
• Quantity surveying
• Earned value management (EVM)
• Planning and Scheduling
• Project Management
• Contracts Management
• Cost Engineering
• Construction Management
• Quantity surveying
• Earned value management (EVM)
• Planning and Scheduling
• Project Management
• Contracts Management
• Cost Engineering
• Construction Management
Skills:
• Analysis/judgement/problem solving skills
• Teamwork/collaboration
• Negotiation/persuasiveness
• Planning and organising
• Analysis/judgement/problem solving skills
• Teamwork/collaboration
• Negotiation/persuasiveness
• Planning and organising
Minimum requirements
Minimum Requirements
Qualification(s):
• B-Degree/BTech in Built Environment/Commerce/Human Sciences at NQF 7 with 360 credits
Minimum Related Experience:
• 5 Years Quantity Surveying/Cost Engineering in the Built environment.
• 5 Years Quantity Surveying/Cost Engineering in the Built environment.
Disclaimer:
“If you have not been contacted within 28 days after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.”
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