Junior Operations Manager / Estimator / QS - Silverton, Pretoria - R30 000 – R35 000 ctc per month

SUMMARY:
This position combines estimating, project costing, quantity surveying, and operational coordination to ensure projects are accurately quoted and executed within budget and timelines.

POSITION INFO:

Junior Operations Manager / Estimator / QS - Silverton, Pretoria - R30 000 – R35 000 ctc per month

Join a bespoke manufacturing operational team to assist with project costing, estimating, quantity surveying, and production coordination.

About Our Client

The company specializes in furniture manufacturing, bespoke joinery, and shopfitting. They produce custom projects that combine design, technical precision, and specialized manufacturing.

The Role: Junior Operations Manager / Estimator / QS

This position combines estimating, project costing, quantity surveying, and operational coordination to ensure projects are accurately quoted and executed within budget and timelines. The role assists with operational planning, material quantity calculations, project cost monitoring, and coordination between factory, design, and management teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Possess 2 to 4 years of relevant experience in estimating, quantity surveying, project coordination, or manufacturing operations.

• Prepare cost estimates, customer quotations, and detailed Bills of Quantities and Bills of Materials for joinery and shopfitting projects.

• Interpret technical, architectural drawings, cutting lists, and perform material quantity take-offs.

• Calculate material, labor, manufacturing, and installation costs while maintaining material pricing databases.

• Assist with daily operational planning, production scheduling, resource allocation, and progress tracking against project deadlines.

• Monitor project budgets, track actual material usage and labor costs, and report variances or overruns to management.

• Coordinate directly with factory management, designers, procurement, and CNC teams to ensure operational clarity and efficiency.

• Price project variations, track job cards, and prepare profitability and weekly operational reports.

About You

• 2 to 4 years of experience in estimating, quantity surveying, project coordination, or manufacturing operations.

• Experience in joinery, furniture manufacturing, cabinetry, or shopfitting preferred.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, cost estimating, quantity take-offs, project costing, and reading technical drawings.

• Advantageous technical skills in production planning, CNC manufacturing processes, CAD/AutoCAD/SketchUp, ERP/MRP systems, Microsoft Project/Smartsheet, and procurement.

• Advantageous qualification in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Project Management, or Wood Technology.

• Strong numerical, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills with high attention to detail.

• Commercial mindset focused on cost control, profitability, accuracy, and meeting strict project deadlines.

• Practical, hands-on approach with willingness to work in both an office and factory floor environment.