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HKA is a leading global consultancy in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, expert witness and litigation support. We anticipate, investigate and resolve complex challenges by harnessing world-leading multi-disciplinary expertise and experience. As trusted independent consultants, experts and advisors, we deliver solutions amid uncertainty, dispute and overrun, and provide the insights that make the best possible outcomes a reality for public and private sector clients worldwide.   Our experts have testified across the globe on many of the largest quantum, delay, engineering and commercial damages matters.   At HKA you can expect: A genuinely integrated culture contributing to a multi-disciplinary approach to project, commercial, and contractual challenges. A platform to utilise and further develop your commercial expertise, applying your quantity surveying experience within a consultancy-led environment, with additional exposure to advisory and disputes work. The opportunity to play a critical role in project success through cost management, procurement strategy, commercial governance, and financial performance monitoring, supporting both project delivery teams and wider business objectives. A role that recognises your technical and commercial expertise, supports continuous development, and offers the opportunity to broaden your experience within HKA’s wider advisory and disputes offering. The Opportunity: You will be embedded within a large, collaborative HKA team, supporting a major energy project in South Africa through the provision of commercial management, quantity surveying, procurement support, and cost control services. Working closely with project delivery professionals, engineering teams, contractors, advisory specialists, and HKA's claims and disputes experts, you will help ensure that robust commercial processes, cost controls, and procurement strategies are in place to support successful project delivery, effective risk management, and wider commercial objectives. Roles and responsibilities: Reviewing and managing project budgets, forecasts, and cost reports, identifying risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement Preparing and reviewing estimates, cost plans, and commercial evaluations to support project decision-making Managing the commercial administration of contracts, including variations, change management, and payment assessments Supporting procurement activities, including tender preparation, bid evaluation, contract awards, and supplier engagement Providing commercial oversight of major electrical and mechanical works packages throughout the project lifecycle Delivering cost analysis, financial reporting, and performance monitoring to support project controls and commercial governance Identifying and mitigating commercial risks while supporting the achievement of project objectives Producing clear, structured commercial reporting and recommendations tailored to a range of stakeholders Collaborating closely with project controls, advisory, and disputes teams, ensuring commercial outputs align with broader project and business objectives Supporting the evaluation and assessment of commercial issues, variations, and change events, working closely with HKA's claims and disputes teams where required Assisting in the preparation of commercial records and documentation to support claim avoidance, claim resolution, and dispute-related activities Providing commercial insight and cost analysis to support the assessment of entitlement, quantum, and project-related commercial matters Skills and Experience: We’re looking for a commercially focused professional QS who brings: A degree in Quantity Surveying, with an added plus for Construction Management, Commercial Management, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience) Proven experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor, Commercial Manager, or similar commercial le