Senior Advisor Quantity Surveying

Listing reference: eskom_003886
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 30 March 2026
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Manufacturing, Building and Manual Work
Location: Gauteng
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
Position/Task Grade: P16 Area of specialization: To provide a strategic quantity surveying support service throughout the project life cycle and professional advice to individual quantity surveying employees, achieve targets regarding accurate project cost estimates, budget control and keep unavoidable cost overruns within limits. Department: Programme Management Business Unit: Office of the GE Location: Megawatt Park
Job description

Leadership

·              Achievement oriented

·              Business acumen

·              Coaching and mentoring

·              Teamwork

·              Working with authority

·              Strategic thinking

·              Providing direction through change 

Behavioral

·              Dealing with complexity

·              Resilience and flexibility

·              Integrity and values

·              Professionalism

·              Trustworthiness 

Knowledge

·              New Engineering Contracts (NEC) documentation

·              Civil and electrical engineering in an engineering industry

·              Eskom processes

·              Contract price adjustment (CPA) calculation and principles

·              Quantity surveying

·              Contracts management

·              Earned value management (EVM)

·              Planning and scheduling

·              Project management

·              Cost engineering

·              Construction management 

Skill

·              Computer literate Microsoft (MS) package and WinQS

·              Analytical

·              Problem solving

·              Collaboration

·              Negotiation, persuasiveness

·              Planning and organising

·              Developing organisational talent

·              Judgement and decision making

·              Communication and engagement

·              Influencing and persuading 

Key Responsibilities

·       Provide cost advice and planning support.

·       Provide advisory support regarding contract documentation.

·       Provide advisory support regarding tendering and contractual arrangements.

·       Provide advisory support regarding contract services.

·       Mentor and coach quantity surveying employees.

·       Comply with relevant

Minimum requirements

Qualification(s):

·       Honours Degree/BSc Degree in

     Quantity Surveying at NQF8 with 480 credits

Related Minimum Experience:

·       Four (4) Years’ experience in Quantity surveying, contracts management, cost

management in the built environment

·       Professional Registration Body: South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP) as a professional quantity surveyor (PrQS).

 

Disclaimer;

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