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Quantity surveyor CV example

A quantity surveyor's CV is read for the size and type of schemes you have run, the commercial work you did on them, and where you are on the way to chartership.

Give each project's value, say what you priced, valued and agreed, name the contracts and software, and state your RICS stage. This example is a contractor's surveyor six years in.

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Ryan Kelleher
Quantity Surveyor
Birmingham · 07700 900236 · [email protected] · linkedin.com/in/ryan-kelleher-example

Profile

Quantity surveyor with six years at a main contractor on education and housing schemes worth £4 million to £18 million. Prices tenders, runs monthly valuations and change control, and agrees final accounts with subcontractors and clients. Working towards chartered status through the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

Experience

Quantity Surveyor, Brindley & Shaw Construction, Birmingham 2022–present

Ran the commercial side of a £14 million secondary school extension: subcontract tenders, monthly valuations and the cost report to the client's cost consultant.

Priced 38 variations and agreed 35 with the client's quantity surveyor before the final account, with none taken to adjudication.

Took off quantities for six tenders from drawings in CostX and built the priced bills with the estimating team.

Report cost and value on each project every month, flagging risks to the commercial manager.

Walk the site with the site manager before each valuation, so subcontractors' applications match the work done.

Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Brindley & Shaw Construction, Birmingham 2020–2022

Measured work on site, prepared subcontractor payment notices and kept the variations register on two housing schemes.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying, First, through the Construction Quantity Surveyor degree apprenticeship 2024

RICS Assessment of Professional Competence: candidate, final assessment planned for 2027

A levels: Mathematics (A), Geography (B), Business (B) 2020

Skills

CostX take-off and NRM2 measurement

JCT and NEC4 contracts

Excel cost reports and cash flow forecasts

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Fictional example for a quantity surveyor. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What contractors and consultancies look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Work out quantities and costs of materials, time and labour for tendersTake-off for six tenders in CostX and the priced bills
Negotiate contracts and work schedulesSubcontract tenders on a £14 million school extension
Advise on legal matters, including commercial risks and disputes35 of 38 variations agreed, none taken to adjudication; risks flagged each month
Monitor costs through each stage of a construction projectA monthly cost and value report on each project
Report on finances and prepare accounts for paymentValuations, payment notices and the final account

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a quantity surveyor.

Average pay: £26,000 a year for a starter and £70,000 for an experienced quantity surveyor, working 37 to 40 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 14 October 2026).

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Quantity surveyor on .

Skills to list for this job

The skills the National Careers Service lists for a quantity surveyor, in CV wording. Put down only the ones you can show, each with where you used it.

  • Maths
  • Building and construction knowledge
  • Thorough, with close attention to detail
  • Analytical thinking
  • Engineering science and technology
  • Judgement and decision-making
  • Using initiative
  • Clear spoken communication
  • Confident with computers and everyday software
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From the National Careers Service profile, checked 17 October 2026.

A profile if you are starting out

This CV's profile is written for someone with experience. Here is the same job at the other level: copy it, or open it in the editor with this CV and write over it.

Trainee quantity surveyor on a Level 6 degree apprenticeship with a main contractor, measuring works, checking subcontractor applications and helping with monthly valuations. Uses CostX and Excel. Working towards the RICS APC.
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Inside this example
  • Profile: 47 words here
  • Experience: 127 words here
  • Qualifications: 33 words here
  • Skills: 18 words here

How to write yours

01

Give each scheme's value and type

“A £14 million secondary school extension” tells a commercial manager the scale you can handle and the sector you know.

02

Count what you agreed

Variations priced and agreed, final accounts closed and disputes avoided are a surveyor's results. Give the numbers.

03

Name the contracts and software

JCT or NEC, CostX or another take-off tool, NRM: these are the words a recruiter searches for.

04

State your chartership stage

Candidate, the year you plan to sit the final assessment, or chartered with the year: put it in the profile and under qualifications.

Rules and checks for a quantity surveyor's CV

How do I become a chartered quantity surveyor?

You can become a chartered surveyor through the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) (National Careers Service). If you are working towards it, say so and give the year you expect to sit it.

How do people become quantity surveyors?

A quantity surveying degree or an RICS-accredited postgraduate conversion course, a Level 6 degree apprenticeship such as Construction Quantity Surveyor, or a start as a surveying technician or assistant (National Careers Service). Give your route and the year.

Should I mention health and safety and site cards?

The job includes making sure health and safety and building regulations are followed (National Careers Service). If you hold a site card, name it.

Professional and one page: the serif headings suit a commercial role, and each scheme fits in one entry with its value up front. Add a second page only for a list of further projects.

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