Senior Quantity Surveyor – Estimator

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Philippines.

📋 Description

• Examine architectural drawings, specifications, schedules, and tender documentation.

• Conduct comprehensive quantity take-offs for both residential and commercial construction projects.

• Create estimates for labor, materials, subcontractors, and preliminary costs.

• Formulate scopes of work, pricing schedules, quotes, and tender submissions.

• Identify ambiguous tender details and submit requests for clarification.

• Estimate project timelines, construction phases, and sequencing requirements.

• Coordinate pricing from suppliers and subcontractors while maintaining quotation records.

• Support procurement activities, including pricing, availability, lead times, and product compliance.

• Prepare, price, and document project variations while keeping variation registers updated.

• Monitor actual costs against estimates, budgets, and approved variations.

• Conduct back costing and identify cost overruns, margin risks, and variances.

• Update cost reports, forecasts, and final-cost documentation.

• Communicate with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, site personnel, and internal team members.

• Assist in project planning, timelines, procurement milestones, and pending actions.

• Provide general construction and project administration, including maintaining records, spreadsheets, registers, schedules, document control, and correspondence.

• Utilize and maintain estimating, project management, job costing, scheduling, and document management systems.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in the New Zealand construction industry.

• Practical knowledge of New Zealand construction methods, terminology, documentation, and pricing.

• Experience in both residential and commercial construction projects.

• Demonstrated expertise in quantity surveying, estimating, or construction cost management.

• Capability to carry out precise quantity take-offs from architectural and construction drawings.

• Experience in preparing detailed quotations and complete tender submissions.

• Ability to develop practical project schedules alongside quotations.

• Experience in obtaining and comparing pricing from suppliers and subcontractors.

• Strong grasp of variations, project cost tracking, and back costing.

• Ability to manage multiple tenders, projects, and variations concurrently.

• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

• Practical experience with CostX or similar estimating software.

• Strong command of professional English with the ability to communicate clearly with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal staff.

• High level of numerical accuracy, commercial awareness, and attention to detail.

• Capacity to work independently, meet deadlines, and follow tasks through to completion.

• Willingness to undertake general administrative tasks when the core workload is lighter.

• Availability to work 30–40 hours per week during New Zealand business hours.

• A qualification in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Building, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.

• Equivalent practical experience in the New Zealand construction sector may be considered.

• Highly desirable: experience estimating high-end architectural residential projects; commercial construction, retail or hospitality fit-outs; managing projects from tender through completion; familiarity with New Zealand building products, suppliers, and subcontractor markets; experience with procurement schedules, project forecasting, and final accounts; basic project management or construction coordination; prior remote work for a New Zealand construction firm.

🏝️ Benefits

• Holidays to be discussed; open to negotiation.

• Negotiable salary for the right candidate.