Senior Quantity Surveyor – Estimator

🔥 4 hours ago

🇵🇭 Philippines – Remote

💵 ₱75k / month

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

✨ Quantity Surveyor

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Pear Tree.

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1 - 10 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Pear Tree is a Melbourne‑born offshore recruitment and hiring services company that connects Australian, US, and UK businesses directly with skilled offshore professionals (primarily from the Philippines) without agency markups. They provide end-to-end hiring support — sourcing, screening, skills assessments, video interviews, reference checks — and offer payroll, Employer‑of‑Record, and compliance assistance plus a six‑month replacement guarantee. Pear Tree recruits across IT, sales & marketing, finance, creative, admin and operations roles, emphasizing cost savings, direct pay to talent, and secure onboarding workflows.

📋 Description

• Review architectural drawings, specifications, schedules and tender documentation • Complete detailed quantity take-offs for residential and commercial construction projects • Prepare labour, material, subcontractor and preliminary cost estimates • Develop scopes of work, pricing schedules, quotations and tender submissions • Identify unclear tender information and raise requests for clarification • Estimate project durations, construction stages and sequencing requirements • Coordinate supplier and subcontractor pricing and maintain quotation records • Assist with procurement, including pricing, availability, lead times and product compliance • Prepare, price and document project variations and maintain variation registers • Track actual costs against estimates, budgets and approved variations • Complete back costing and identify cost overruns, margin risks and variances • Update cost reports, forecasts and final-cost reporting • Liaise with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, site staff and internal team members • Assist with project planning, timelines, procurement milestones and outstanding actions • Provide general construction and project administration, including records, spreadsheets, registers, schedules, document control and correspondence • Use and maintain estimating, project-management, job-costing, scheduling and document-management systems

🎯 Requirements

• Proven previous experience working within the New Zealand construction industry • Practical understanding of New Zealand construction methods, terminology, documentation and pricing • Experience across both residential and commercial construction projects • Demonstrated experience in quantity surveying, estimating or construction cost management • Ability to complete accurate quantity take-offs from architectural and construction drawings • Experience preparing detailed quotations and full tender submissions • Ability to produce practical project schedules alongside quotations • Experience obtaining and comparing supplier and subcontractor pricing • Strong understanding of variations, project cost tracking and back costing • Ability to manage multiple tenders, projects and variations simultaneously • Excellent Microsoft Excel skills • Practical experience with CostX or comparable estimating software • Strong professional English and the ability to communicate clearly with clients, subcontractors, suppliers and internal staff • Strong numerical accuracy, commercial awareness and attention to detail • Ability to work independently, meet deadlines and follow tasks through to completion • Willingness to complete general administrative work 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 discipline is preferred • Equivalent practical New Zealand construction experience may be considered • Highly desirable: experience estimating high-end architectural residential projects; commercial construction, retail or hospitality fit-outs; projects from tender through completion; New Zealand building products, suppliers and subcontractor markets; procurement schedules, project forecasting and final accounts; basic project management or construction coordination; previous remote work for a New Zealand construction business

🏖️ Benefits

• Holidays to be discussed; open to negotiation • Negotiable salary for the right candidate