Overview
Quantity Surveyor Jobs in Kempton Park at Barnes Reinforcing Industries
As the Quanity Surveyor, the person will be responsible for revenue management, cost allocations and sub-contractor payments. This role requires a strong analytical and numerical accuracy.
Duties & Responsibilities
Contract Start-Up
- Opening the contract account in accordance with company procedures;
- Review contract documentation;
- Attend to project meetings;
- Co-ordinate and finalize negotiations on contractual commitments and agreements;
- Co-ordinate and finalize contract payment cycles;
- Arrange all necessary contract guarantees;
- Assist subcontractor’s with take-on processes;
- Sub-contractor appointments and finalization of sub-contractor agreements.
Construction Phase:
Main Contract Management
- Monitor and update the ongoing project insurance and guarantee requirements;
- Establish site specific requirements for monitoring and capturing of variations;
- Sequence checking to be done continuously for the contract duration to ensure all deliveries are issued accurately and correctly;
- Manage the preparation of monthly payment applications in accordance with the agreed contract payment cycle;
- Submit payment applications;
- Ensure payment application are done accurately;
- Reconcile payment certificates;
- Ensure invoices are generated and submitted timeously;
- Monitor and manage the accuracy of the payment accounts for the contract life cyle;
- Monitor accounts to ensure timeous payments are received in accordance with the agreed payment cycle;
- Follow up on payment for all overdue accounts, in accordance with the contractual requirements;
- Ensure that all payment queries are dealt with timeously and efficiently;
- Ensure that site visits are conducted regularly;
- Co-ordinate and expedite the preparation and agreement of final accounts;
Subcontractor Management
- Evaluate sub-contractor commitments prior to appointment;
- Monitor and ensure sub-contractor compliance documentation are valid and updated;
- Updating and maintaining sub-contractor document compliance register;
- Co-ordinate, finalize and communicate with all relevant stakeholders the annual payment cycle for subcontractors;
- Ensure timeous submission of sub-contractor claimables in line with the sub-contractor payment cycle;
- Ensure sub-contractor payment certificates are sent timeously, in line with sub-contractor payment cycles;
- Assist the finance department with receiving invoices from sub-contractors and confirm that all sub-contractor payments are loaded on the pay list on due dates;
- Ensure all quantities are issued accurately and correctly to the corresponding accounts;
- Updating and maintaining of the sub-contractor retention register.
Other:
- Mentoring and assisting in the upskilling of Junior Quantity Surveyors and Commercial/Quantity Surveying Assistants.
Qualifications & Experience
- Matric / Grade 12
- BSc / BTech Quantity Surveying
- Or a BEng / BTech in Engineering or BSc /BTech in Construction Management / Construction Studies with a proven track record as a Quantity Surveyor in a similar role
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role working
Job Related Skills & Attributes
- Proficient/excellent computer skills
- Planning
- Time management skills
- Task organizing skills
- Ability to compile spreadsheets
- Deadline driven
- Accuracy
- Numerical literacy
- Attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Decision making skills
- Measurement
- Negotiation skills
- Pricing management skills
- Excellent relationship-building and interpersonal skills
- Ability to understand, learn and proficiently navigate oneself when using the company’s chosen planning, manufacturing and accounting software.
Work Location: In person
Title: Quantity Surveyor
Company: Barnes Reinforcing Industries
Location: Kempton Park
