PURPOSE:
To provide expert knowledge and management of project estimation as a function across all Mine, Medium to Large Projects.
To set standards and to ensure that sound practices are applied across all projects, adding maximum value for business of today/tomorrow.
Job Requirements
Qualifications:
BSc Quantity Surveying (Essential/Minimum)
Project Quantity Surveyor (PrQS) registration (Recommended/Desirable)
Certificate Project Management (Recommended/Desirable)
Management Development Programme (Recommended/Desirable)
Experience:
Name Proficiency Importance Involvement
Experience in project management methodologies, project evaluation and improvement.
Exposure to projects in heavy industry, project management principles and practices for planning and estimating.
Relevant engineering management exposure, problem solving and
Must have worked as a Quantity Surveyor/ Estimator on Medium/ Large Projects.
5-8 years Essential/Minimum
Operational
Additional Requirements eg. Accreditation, Registration & Memberships etc.
Accreditation/Registration
Importance
Competence: SAP Position Specific Module
Essential/Minimum
Competence: MS Office Relevant Package
Essential/Minimum
Legal Appointments/Requirements
Legal Appointment
Importance
Certificate of Fitness
Essential/Minimum
Job Outputs / Tasks
The incumbent will inter alia be responsible for the following:
Compliance, Governance and Assurance
Set project estimation guidelines and standards in conjunction with relevant stakeholders
Ensure compliance and governance across all projects
Ensure the Group Capital Expenditure (capex) estimating procedure is adhere to by all parties involved in generating the project estimate.
Ensure appropriate capex accuracy is achieved at the different stages of the project (conceptual, pre-feasibility and bankable)
Ensure capital cost estimate is done with the appropriate accuracy in line with the stage of the project, project scope and risk profile
Ensure that all appropriate capex is reflected in the official financial model
Ensure the proper process steps are followed in preparation of every capital estimate.
Ensure the correct estimating software package is being used
Ensure compliance with recognised estimating methodologies and the use of basic estimating information sources, commensurate the accurate
requirements of each stage
Ensure all sources of information used for factoring, quantification, pricing, escalation, contingency and Preliminaries and Generals (P&G’s)
are in line with acceptable standards.
Ensure contingencies are assessed and calculated at the lowest practical level of estimate detail and compiled accordingly to the Work
Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Review and confirm the basis estimate document, the serviceability and fit for purpose of all sources of information to be used for estimating.
Assure capital estimates are prepared with complete objectivity and are not negatively influence by any party.
Ensure alignment of all estimation (by third party insourced resources) to Group standards across all large and mega projects
Functional Excellence
Standardise, simplify and speed-up project estimation processes and eliminate duplication/bureaucracy.
Develop and apply project estimation best practices and promote sharing of best practices/knowledge between centres
Drive and execute functional excellence initiatives
Contribute to project estimation functional/cross-functional alignment with other project and functional disciplines
Contribute to effective reporting to ensure safety and operational excellence.
Provide high level expert technical assurance to projectteams/individuals. Increase awareness of technology advancements/innovations to ensure access to appropriate outputs to meet business deliverables
Identify, report and manage critical functional risks through appropriate mitigation plans and actions
Governance: Ensure function adheres to governance, policies, standards, statutory and legal compliance. Entrench a culture of discipline
Act as the "intelligent buyer" of outside competencies, skills and technology to fulfil required deliverables if and when required
Functional Management
Financial management: Support cost management and forecasts
Advising on different forms of contract and procurement routes
Track and drive targets/goals and hold project estimation team members responsible for achieving results. Remove obstacles that interfere with
reaching objectives and manage performance problems.
Continuous improvement and functional change: Identify, advocate for and lead project estimation improvement and change. Create a culture of
continuous improvement and change agility in function
Engagement/communication: Communicate and engage project estimation employees (including insourced resources). Engage with operations and
cross-functionally with peers
Develop and build strategic partnerships with suppliers in order to ensure effective and efficient execution of all types of projects.
Providing risk management from inception to completion
Acting in the role of Employer’s Agent
Enacting all necessary responsibilities for the Client
Knowledge Management and Continuous Improvement
Knowledge sharing across business units and projects
Project estimation community of practice (with all insourced resources)
Knowledge sharing, investigation on Group related issues and guidance and coordination of actions to reduce estimation risks.
Ensure lessons learned are fed back into project reviews and methods are improved as part of project assurance and optimisation workshops
Safe and Healthy Work Environment
Adhere to all health/safety practices and promote good housekeeping on an ongoing basis
Address all unsafe practices and potential hazardous situations and rectify/report to superior.
Comply with Safety Health Environment and Community (SHEC)/technical requirements.
Comply with safety pre-cautionary measures
Technical Support
Preparing bills of quantities
Preparing bills of re-measurement for final account
Evaluating tenders
Advising on selection of tenderers
Advising on cost progress of
Preparing schedules of rates works
Analysing contract prices relative to cost recording methods
Preparing and agreeing final accounts and contract charges
Reporting on, evaluating and negotiating contractual issues
Check and validate project cost estimates (logical method for the calculating and forecasting of capex for capital projects)
Assessing and presenting contractual claims
