Resume template · Updated October 2026
Quantity surveyor resume template
Short answer
Henrietta suits a quantity surveyor: a conventional business page with the summary and project record first and your degree straight after it, the order a cost manager or commercial director expects. The fictional sample is a senior QS in Brisbane with contractor and consultant experience, cost plans for health and school projects, tender evaluations, variations and final accounts, and AIQS membership with the Certified Quantity Surveyor designation.
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Why Henrietta suits a quantity surveyor resume
Henrietta prints education right after experience, so an accredited quantity surveying or construction degree is read early, and its plain black-and-grey layout matches a profession that writes cost reports for clients. The unlabelled three-column skills grid keeps estimating software and measurement skills in one compact block.
Second choice: Catalyst. Catalyst opens on the latest job and prints no summary, a fit for a commercial manager whose project list already speaks for itself.
What goes in each section, in Henrietta's order
Henrietta prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Professional Summary. Say which side you work on (consultant, contractor, client or government), the building types and project values, and your membership stage. AIQS membership prints near the end of the page, so name it here and in the headline too.
- Work Experience. Follow the cost cycle: estimates and cost plans, tender evaluation, contract administration (progress claims, variations, extensions of time), final accounts. Put a project value and type on each major bullet so the reader can judge scale.
- Education. Henrietta prints education right after the jobs. Give the full degree title and university; AIQS keeps a list of accredited qualifications, so use the exact name on your testamur.
- Skills. The grid has no labels, so lead with measurement and cost skills, follow with estimating and document software (CostX, Cubit, Bluebeam), and finish with the negotiation and reporting skills clients pay for.
- Certifications. Write your grade and designation the way AIQS uses them, for example MAIQS, CQS, with the year. A graduate on the pathway can write "Graduate member, AIQS".
The sample resume as text
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Hannah Kowalski
Senior Quantity Surveyor, Health and Education Projects (MAIQS, CQS)
Brisbane, QLD | hannah.kowalski@example.com | 0491 570 156 | linkedin.com/in/sample-hannah-kowalski
Quantity surveyor with nine years on the contractor and consultant sides of commercial, health and education building work in South East Queensland. Prepares cost plans and estimates from concept to tender, assesses progress claims and variations, and closes final accounts. Member of AIQS with the Certified Quantity Surveyor designation.
Experience
Senior Quantity Surveyor, Moreton Cost Consultants, Brisbane, QLD (03/2021 to Present)
- Prepare cost plans and pre-tender estimates for health and education clients on projects from $8M to $95M.
- Led cost management on a $62M hospital outpatient building: staged cost plans, tender evaluation of four builders and monthly progress claim assessments.
- Assessed about 140 variations on the outpatient building and settled the final account inside the approved contingency.
- Ran value management workshops with the architect and engineers that took about $3.1M out of a school project without losing teaching space.
- Mentor two graduate surveyors and review their Professional Experience Diaries each quarter.
Quantity Surveyor, Brigalow Constructions, Brisbane, QLD (01/2017 to 02/2021)
- Measured quantities and priced tenders for commercial fit-outs and mid-rise residential work, winning 9 of 31 bids.
- Managed subcontract procurement and payment claims for 22 trades on a $40M apartment project.
- Prepared monthly cost-to-complete reports for the project manager and the commercial manager.
Education
Bachelor of Construction Management, Quantity Surveying major, Brisbane River University (12/2016)
Certifications
- Member, Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (MAIQS), Certified Quantity Surveyor (CQS), Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (2023)
Skills
Cost planning, Estimating and measurement, Tender evaluation, Progress claims and variations, Final accounts, Cost-to-complete reporting, CostX, Cubit, Bluebeam Revu, Aconex, Excel, Value management workshops, Negotiating variations, Plain client reports
How to make the sample yours
Consultant or contractor side
Consultant roles want cost planning, tender evaluation and client reporting; contractor roles want tender pricing, subcontract procurement and margin control. Order your bullets for the side you are applying to.
Give project values and types
Hospital, school, apartments, fit-out or civil works, and the contract value. A quantity surveyor is judged on the size and complexity of the jobs carried.
Show the commercial outcome
Final account against budget, variations settled, savings from value management, claims defended. Keep figures approximate and leave client-confidential numbers out.
Line up with your APC
AIQS assesses members in a 60-minute interview with three assessors, built on the competencies you select and your Professional Experience Diary. Use the same competency wording in your bullets so resume and diary tell one story.
Name the contracts you administer
Standard forms or bespoke contracts, design and construct or construct only, lump sum or schedule of rates. Use the names your local market recognises.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- quantity surveying
- cost planning
- estimating
- measurement
- bill of quantities
- tender evaluation
- cost reports
- progress claims
- variations
- final accounts
- value management
- contract administration
- CostX
- subcontract procurement
- Certified Quantity Surveyor
Mistakes to avoid
- Listing projects without values, building types or your role on them.
- Writing CQS after your name before AIQS has granted the designation.
- Fee levels, tender prices or a former contractor's margins.
- A long software list, when a quantity surveyor is hired for judgment on cost and contracts.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
Frequently asked questions
How long should a quantity surveyor resume be?
Two pages suits most surveyors with five or more years. Put recent projects on page one and reduce older ones to a short list of type, value and your role.
How do I show contractor and consultant experience on one resume?
Keep each job under its employer and say which side it was in the job line or first bullet. Then pick bullets that suit the role you want: pricing and procurement for a builder, cost planning and reporting for a consultancy.
What goes on a graduate quantity surveyor resume?
Your degree, measurement and estimating software, any cadetship or vacation work, and the projects you helped measure or price. AIQS has a Graduate grade for recent graduates, which shows you are on the pathway.
Should I list every project I have worked on?
No. Choose four to six that show range in building type and value, and sum up the rest in one line.
Does the Certified Quantity Surveyor designation matter to employers?
AIQS says several clients and government agencies require it to provide quantity surveying services. If you hold it, put it in the headline as well as under certifications.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Henrietta PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 5 section headings and all 8 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
Guides and templates for this resume
Sources, checked 29 October 2026
We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.
- Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors: Become a Member (grades: Student, Graduate, Affiliate, Member, Fellow, Subscriber; Member (MAIQS) and Fellow (FAIQS) hold the CQS designation (new members from 1 January 2024); CQS is required by several clients and government agencies to provide quantity surveying services)
- Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors: Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) (APC interview: panel of three assessors, about 60 minutes, scenario questions on the competencies selected and the Professional Experience Diary, plus Code of Conduct questions)
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