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