Quantity surveyor cover letter example
A quantity surveyor's cover letter gives a commercial manager three facts quickly: the size and type of schemes you have run, a commercial result with numbers, and where you are on the way to chartership. Finish with why this firm's work suits you.
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Ryan Kelleher
Birmingham · [email protected] · 07700 900236
12 October 2026
Mrs Joanne Prior
Commercial Manager
Arden Vale Construction
Unit 7, Pinewood Business Park
Solihull B90 4PL
Dear Mrs Prior
Application for Quantity Surveyor
I am applying for the Quantity Surveyor role at Arden Vale Construction. I have six years at Brindley & Shaw Construction, a main contractor, on education and housing schemes worth £4 million to £18 million, and I am an RICS APC candidate aiming to sit the final assessment in 2027.
On a £14 million secondary school extension I ran the commercial side from subcontract tenders to the cost report. I priced 38 variations and agreed 35 with the client's quantity surveyor before the final account, with none taken to adjudication. I take off quantities in CostX to NRM2 and work under JCT and NEC4 contracts.
Your pipeline of school and health work is where my experience lies, and I would like the chance to take a project through from tender to final account under one commercial manager.
My CV is attached. I can start after one month's notice and would be glad to meet. Thank you for considering my application.
Yours sincerely
Ryan Kelleher
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I am applying for the Quantity Surveyor role at Arden Vale Construction. I have six years at Brindley & Shaw Construction, a main contractor, on education and housing schemes worth £4 million to £18 million, and I am an RICS APC candidate aiming to sit the final assessment in 2027.
The job, your scale and sector, and your chartership stage.
On a £14 million secondary school extension I ran the commercial side from subcontract tenders to the cost report. I priced 38 variations and agreed 35 with the client's quantity surveyor before the final account, with none taken to adjudication. I take off quantities in CostX to NRM2 and work under JCT and NEC4 contracts.
One scheme, a commercial result with numbers, and your tools and contracts.
Your pipeline of school and health work is where my experience lies, and I would like the chance to take a project through from tender to final account under one commercial manager.
Why this firm, from its work.
My CV is attached. I can start after one month's notice and would be glad to meet. Thank you for considering my application.
Notice and next step.