Associate Quantity Surveyor

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Job Description


Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the worldxe2x80x99s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.



The Associate Quantity Surveyor leads and delivers complex projects across the full spectrum of cost management activities under minimal direction and while managing a team. Shares technical expertise and experience with others in the company via internal technical communication and presentations.

Ensures compliance with project execution plans and will have supervisory responsibilities to ensure essential procedures are followed.

Technical Delivery Management:

- May act as a line manager and should be able to mentor, monitor timekeeping and carry out performance reviews, providing feedback on allocated technical staff.
- Plays an active role in the technical development of the allocated team. Acts in a supporting role to the Team Director by delegating work and directing less experienced staff to complete assigned projects' technical tasks.
- Able to monitor and track the budget for specific tasks within the project.

Technical Excellence:

- Leading client engagement across the portfolio of projects
- Accountable for a variety of complex deliverables throughout the lifecycle of multiple projects, generally within an end market sector
- Manages the resources across a portfolio of projects, all within the established budgets
- Accountable for briefing the team on project scopes to ensure roles and responsibilities are understood
. Monitors and manages the performance of direct reports
- Functioning as a Project Manager on APIC on up to 5 active projects
- Manages project services and projects using APIC and other systems as relevant
- Responsible for timely cash collection in compliance with contract terms
- Responsible for ensuring that any additional work/changes in scope are approved by clients
- Ensures all deliverables comply with the PDS
- Complies with all QA requirements
- Benchmarks project data
- Participates in internal and external networking

Project Management:

- Acts as Project Manager on small to medium size discipline-specific projects.
- Understands of project delivery requirements and is well versed with AECOMxe2x80x99s project delivery procedures.

Client Relationship Management:

- Supports business development and selling initiatives to expand work assignments, including managing client relationships and expectations.
- Assists with proposals and participates in the development of bids and technical write-up for proposals.
-Leads communication with clients to discuss work scope, requests information to support project execution and receives client comments on draft work products.
- Presents to clients, senior leadership and other project stakeholders to demonstrate progress and clearly explains design principles.

Interdisciplinary Coordination:
- Coordinate with the other disciplines to ensure there are gaps and provide fully coordinated design deliverables.
- Provides support of the construction supervision teams.

Qualifications

- Bachelor of Science in Quantity Surveying from an accredited, internationally recognized institution or University.

- Professionally registered with SACQSP
- Minimum 12 years experience as a Quantity Surveyor within the built environment

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the worldxe2x80x99s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle xe2x80x93 from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youxe2x80x99re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion xe2x80x93 a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. Wexe2x80x99re the worldxe2x80x99s trusted global infrastructure firm, and wexe2x80x99re in this together xe2x80x93 your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and youxe2x80x99ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm xe2x80x93 access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each personxe2x80x99s potential, and wexe2x80x99ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1295323
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Education
    Not mentioned