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Quantity Surveyor/Estimator pricing tenders for a New Zealand construction enterprise delivering residential builds, renovations, extensions, and civil/landscaping work. Managing take-offs, BOQs, margins, and commercial controls remotely from the Philippines.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end tender process, preparing comprehensive cost estimates and proposals across residential, landscaping, concrete, and renovation projects.
- Perform detailed material, labor, plant, and subcontractor take-offs from architectural plans, engineering drawings, and scope documents.
- Identify project risks, scope gaps, exclusions, and potential value-engineering opportunities prior to submission.
- Build detailed budget breakdowns and margin evaluations for leadership review.
- Manage approximately five live estimating opportunities per week across varying project scales.
- Develop Bills of Quantities (BOQ) and scope breakdowns for sub-trades.
- Value scope variations and evaluate post-award design changes accurately.
- Build and refine historical pricing databases to benchmark subcontractor costs and labor outputs.
- Conduct post-project cost reviews against initial estimates to drive continuous margin improvement.
- Maintain and enhance internal Excel estimating sheets and rate cards.
- Evaluate and recommend modern cloud estimating software to streamline workflow, speed up take-offs, and improve submission accuracy.
- Implement structured tender tracking systems to maintain visibility over live quotes, hit rates, and margins.
- Collaborate directly with leadership and sub-trades.
Requirements:
- Proven track record as an Estimator or Quantity Surveyor within the residential or general building sector.
- Deep knowledge of construction methodologies, trade sequencing, and New Zealand material and subcontractor pricing.
- Demonstrated ability to read, interpret, and take off complex architectural and structural drawings.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Familiarity with standard estimating/take-off software is highly desirable.
- Highly organized and capable of managing multiple tenders simultaneously with minimal supervision.
- Excellent English communication skills for collaborating directly with leadership and sub-trades.
Benefits:
- New Zealand Public Holidays observed
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