Job Description

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend, we are passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. With more than 6,000 professionals in 112 offices across 45 offices, we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, providing the skills and insight to improve the way they develop, deliver and operate their physical real estate assets.

Across private and public sectors, our talented professionals provide the most innovative solutions for our clientsxe2x80x99 greatest challenges. Our clients value our proactive and client-centric approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality of the work we deliver. As a result, our employees get to work for the top global brands on some of the most exciting projects around the world.

This role will be for a Senior QS for our mining division. This will be to support the T&T business in based in Johannesburg.



Job Objectives:

• Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data/ information provided is accurate.

Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from NPA, subs, quantities from A/Es,.

• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
• Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.
• We require someone to support and lead teams in delivery of project scope.
• Building a trusting relationship with clients is essential.
• Assisting senior management to grow and develop the business unit via setting up meetings, staying close to client needs, seeking opportunities and converting these opportunities.

You will also be responsible for:

Pre-Contract

• Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
• Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.

Post-Contract

• Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.

• Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.
• Compiling as built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE:

Essential

• Qualified to professional standard in Quantity Surveying with membership of an appropriate professional body ie. South African Council of Quantity Surveying and/or similar membership to another professional body. This includes education to degree level.
• Relevant successful experience of provision of estimating and/or QS services in a mining environment to high profile or complex major projects or programmes. (Experience working on mining and industrial projects such as mining development projects, process plants will be advantageous)
• Knowledge of project management, planning, risk, and investment processes.
• A strong technical cost management or estimating competency is essential

Must have knowledge in the use and benefits of cost management systems

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience in managing and leading large teams and successful setting and implementation of business strategy
• Preferred degree in quantity surveying or associated construction field.
• Experience in EPCM environment

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