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Quantity Surveyor resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what quantity surveyors actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most quantity surveyors should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Quantity Surveyor with a solid grounding in cost estimation, tender analysis and contract administration across construction projects. Comfortable moving between site inspections and detailed budget reporting, with a track record of keeping project costs on track and stakeholders informed. Works confidently with BIM platforms and contract management systems alongside traditional measurement and pricing methods.
Key skills
- Cost estimation and bills of quantities
- Tender analysis and procurement strategy
- Contract administration and variation management
- Budgeting and cost forecasting
- Financial analysis and modelling
- AutoCAD
- Microsoft Excel (advanced)
- Building Information Modelling (BIM) platforms
- CoST professional surveying software
- Contract management systems
- Stakeholder management
Experience: example bullet points
- Prepared detailed cost estimates and bills of quantities from architectural and engineering drawings, supporting accurate budget setting at project outset
- Analysed competing tender submissions and recommended procurement strategies, helping clients select value-for-money contractors
- Managed contract variations and negotiated cost adjustments with contractors and consultants, keeping projects within approved budgets
- Conducted site inspections and measured completed work for payment certification, ensuring claims matched work actually delivered
- Produced monthly cost forecasting and budget reports for project stakeholders, flagging variances early enough to allow corrective action
Education
Bachelor degree in quantity surveying, construction management or a related built environment discipline is the typical entry path, with membership of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) common; some practitioners progress via a diploma plus industry experience or add postgraduate study for specialisation.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Quantity Surveyor
- Bills of quantities
- Cost planning
- Tender analysis
- Contract administration
- AIQS membership
- Progress claims
- Payment certification
- BIM
- AutoCAD
- NABERS
- National Construction Code (NCC)
- Variation management
- Cost forecasting
- Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.