DSES Project Solutions

🚨 WE’RE HIRING: COST ENGINEER (DURBAN) 🚨

DSES Project Solutions is looking for a sharp, detail-driven Cost Engineer to join our team in Durban and support our petrochemical / tank maintenance projects.

📍 Location: Durban, KZN
🧰 Industry: Petrochemical / Tank Maintenance & Repair
💼 Type: Full-time
📅 Start: February 2026

✅ What you’ll be doing:
• Build and maintain project budgets and cost baselines
• Track actuals vs budget and report cost performance
• Manage commitments, accruals, variations & change control impacts
• Forecast final cost and support cash flow forecasting
• Support monthly cost reporting and dashboards
• Work closely with Planning, Procurement, Commercial & PM teams
• Identify cost risks/opportunities and recommend corrective actions
• Keep cost records audit-ready and aligned to controls

🎯 Minimum requirements:
• Diploma/Degree in Engineering / QS / Cost Management (or similar)
• 3–7 years’ experience in Cost Engineering / Project Controls
• Strong MS Excel skills (advanced is a big plus)
• Industrial / petrochemical project experience (advantage)
• NEC/FIDIC exposure (advantage)
• Good communication + thrives under pressure (without throwing the calculator 😉)

💰 What we offer:
• Competitive market-related salary (based on experience)
• Solid growth opportunities and exposure to major industrial projects
• Strong team culture

🟦 How to apply (via BlueBase):
-Apply online at BlueBase.co.za
-Create a FREE profile
-Search: “Cost Engineer” under Job Posts and submit your CV + supporting documents.

📌 Closing Date: 6 February 2026
📌 Reference: DSES-CE-DUR-2026

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Reflecting on a Year of Success! 🛢️✨

As we wrap up another year of keeping the industry moving, the team at DSES Project Solutions wants to extend a sincere thank you to our clients and partners. Whether it’s critical tank repairs or complex project solutions, we’re proud to be your trusted partner in tankage excellence.

Wishing you a safe, Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. We look forward to seeing what we can achieve together in 2026!

We’re proud and humbled to receive the Best of Bluff award!
Thank you to Southlands Sun and our wonderful community for the recognition and support — we couldn’t have done it without you. Here’s to continuing to serve our community with excellence! 🙏🌟

A huge round of applause to DSES Project Solutions for being voted the Best Engineering and Manufacturing Company in the Best of Bluff Reader's Choice Awards.

Behind every great project are even greater minds. From infrastructure to industrial innovation, the team at DSES are turning challenges into opportunities every single day.

We’re proud to announce the successful completion of the installation of a 55-metre diameter Internal Floating Roof (IFR) — another major milestone for DSES Project Solutions and our incredible team.

What makes this achievement even more meaningful is how it was done:
💪 We trained and empowered local youth and industry workers from fenceline communities, giving them hands-on experience and technical skills in tank construction and maintenance.

🌍 This initiative forms part of our ongoing commitment to skills development, community upliftment, and sustainable industry transformation within the petrochemical sector.
Our team’s precision, professionalism, and passion shine through in every project we deliver — whether it’s Internal Floating Roofs, Geodesic Dome Roofs, or complete tank refurbishment solutions.

At DSES our mission has always been "To localize, what was deemed Specialized". No longer do South African based petrochemical clients need to import skills for these and other similar products.

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