Quantity Surveyor/Cost Estimator (to start ASAP)

Planate invites applications for the Quantity Surveyor/Cost Estimator (to start ASAP) full-time role in Cabanatuan City, Central Luzon, Philippines. This position supports major construction efforts with the primary worksite located in Subic Bay Freeport Zone.

About This Position

As the Quantity Surveyor/Cost Estimator (to start ASAP) at Planate in Cabanatuan City, Central Luzon, Philippines, you will lead cost planning, estimating, and oversight across every stage of construction work. Core duties center on producing exact quantity extractions and detailed cost reviews while partnering daily with project managers, engineers, schedulers, and contractors to keep records current, track site advancement, and contribute to schedule creation and assessment. Experience with Bluebeam is highly valued for digital quantity work, annotations, and document checks. The full-time role operates from the Subic Bay Freeport Zone worksite and is ready for an immediate starter who can deliver precise commercial control on vertical or horizontal projects.

Your Responsibilities

• Create precise quantity extractions, comprehensive cost projections, and bills of quantities drawn from drawings, specifications, and accepted industry methods.
• Examine contractor proposals, judge pricing levels, and contribute recommendations on suppliers and subcontractors for procurement.
• Track project spending, log variations or scope adjustments, and produce cost summaries together with progress valuations.
• Participate in value-engineering reviews and initiatives that identify savings.
• Help validate baseline and update construction timelines for accuracy and completeness.
• Observe field progress and communicate differences between planned milestones and actual results.
• Coordinate with the project scheduler so that quantities and costs remain consistent with schedule status.
• Apply Bluebeam for digital markups, take-offs, design examinations, and document control.
• Compile cost reports, change-order assessments, and progress records.
• Align technical and commercial views with engineering, procurement, and site teams.
• Support project closeout through final quantity verification, as-built cost checks, and turnover paperwork.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience as a Quantity Surveyor, Cost Estimator, or similar role on construction projects involving buildings or infrastructure.
• Competence reading engineering drawings, contracts, specifications, and schedules.
• Understanding of construction scheduling principles (familiarity with Primavera P6 or MS Project is an advantage).
• Preferred experience with Bluebeam and Plan Swift for take-offs, markups, and document comparison.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and cost-evaluation abilities.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for reports and stakeholder briefings.
• Consistent attention to detail, numerical accuracy, and disciplined documentation habits.

Why Join Planate

Planate is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia and Orlando, Florida, with technical support centers across Southeast Asia and East Africa. The company supplies program management and facilities engineering worldwide and functions as a compact provider of planning, design, infrastructure management, technical consulting, engineering, and construction management services that assist US Department of Defense missions for the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps as well as other US federal agencies globally. Becoming part of the Planate team places you inside an international organization known as a premier trusted partner delivering planning, design, engineering, asset-management, and professional-service solutions at any location and time. The culture prioritizes looking after people both personally and professionally at every level of the organization. Planate careers welcome you into a worldwide workforce that works as an integrated partner advancing every client mission.

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