Quantity Surveyor / Cost Engineer

HR Primo Management Services; Sultan Kudarat; On-site; PHP 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

HR Primo Management Services in the Philippines seeks a qualified professional to manage estimation, BOQ preparation, cost monitoring, and progress billing across construction projects. You will collaborate with project, procurement, accounting, and finance teams to ensure financial control and profitability from bidding to completion.

The role requires meticulous cost tracking, accurate take-offs, and effective communication of risks and variances to stakeholders while maintaining comprehensive

Qualifications

• Experience in estimation, quantity surveying and cost control.
• Ability to prepare BOQs and cost estimates.
• Proven tracking of budgets and cost variances.
• Experience coordinating with procurement, accounting and finance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for project estimation, quantity surveying, cost monitoring, progress billing, and variation-order management across construction projects.
• Ensure quantities, budgets, billings, and project costs are monitored from bidding through project completion.
• Work with project, procurement, accounting, and finance teams to maintain financial control and profitability.
• Prepare detailed quantity take-offs for labor, materials, equipment, and other project requirements.
• Develop field and project budgets based on approved plans and technical specifications.
• Identify cost variances and potential overruns; communicate risks to stakeholders.
• Review and validate contractor billings against actual site progress and contract rates.
• Maintain organized cost, quantity and budget records for audits and reference.

Skills

Estimation

Quantity surveying

Cost monitoring

Progress billing

Cost control

Job description

Responsible for project estimation, quantity surveying, cost monitoring, progress billing, and variation-order management across construction projects. The position ensures that quantities, budgets, billings, and project costs are accurately monitored from bidding and planning through project completion. The role works closely with the project, procurement, accounting, and finance teams to maintain financial control, identify potential cost overruns, and protect project profitability.

Main Responsibilities

Estimation and BOQ Preparation

• Conduct site inspections to evaluate project scope, existing conditions, and implementation requirements
• Review construction plans, specifications, and related project documents
• Prepare detailed quantity take-offs for labor, materials, equipment, and other project requirements
• Prepare accurate cost estimates and Bills of Quantities
• Develop field and project budgets based on approved plans and technical specifications
• Validate measurements, quantities, unit costs, and supporting calculations
• Update estimates and BOQs when designs, specifications, quantities, or project scope change
• Maintain updated estimation records and cost references

Cost Monitoring and Control

• Monitor actual quantities, material consumption, and project expenses against approved budgets
• Track committed, incurred, and projected project costs
• Identify cost variances, potential overruns, and unusual usage
• Prepare cost-control reports and communicate financial risks to the appropriate project stakeholders
• Coordinate with Procurement regarding material prices, supplier quotations, purchasing requirements, and delivery costs
• Coordinate with Accounting and Finance to align project records, billings, and cost reports
• Recommend practical cost-control measures without compromising project quality and requirements
• Maintain organized and updated cost, quantity, and budget records

Progress Billing and Variation Orders

• Review and verify contractor progress billings against actual site accomplishments
• Validate completed work, quantities, supporting documents, and approved contract rates
• Identify discrepancies between billed and actual accomplishments
• Prepare or process variation orders involving changes in scope, design, specifications, or quantities
• Ensure variation orders have complete computations, justification, documentation, and approval
• Monitor the financial impact of approved and pending variations
• Support the preparation of accurate and timely project financial reports
• Maintain complete billing and variation-order records for audit and reference

Project and Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work closely with project engineers, site personnel, procurement, accounting, and finance teams
• Provide cost and quantity information for project planning and management decisions
• Participate in project reviews involving budgets, accomplishments, cost variances, and financial risks
• Establish practical templates, tracking tools, and cost-control procedures when existing systems are incomplete
• Support improvements in estimation, billing, documentation, and project-cost reporting