Senior Advisor Quantity Surveying - Lethabo Power Station
Listing reference: eskom_007525
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 4 November 2026
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Quantity Surveying
Location: Deneysville
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
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
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
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• 5 years related experience in quantity surveying, cost engineering/cost management/ engineering and construction contracts/project management in the built environment
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