Quantity Surveyor Job Description

By Angela G. M

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy

A Quantity Surveyor (QS) works in the construction field, analyzing and assessing (surveying) the costs related to building construction and design. This is a mid-high level position, that requires a fair amount of education to obtain. The capacities that Quantity Surveyors operate in vary from employer to employer, and country to country. They can have very specialized or very general fields of expertise.

There are many duties that a Quantity Surveyor can have as part of their job. They usually work out in the field, and perform the following functions:

• cost/benefit analysis
• planning management
• cost planning
• change control
• cost estimation
• dispute resolutions
• control construction costs

They generally work as part of a team, which consists of a contractor, the client, the architect and the engineer. Quantity Surveyors have a reputation for fairness and dispute resolutions. They know how much it costs for labor and materials. It is their job to understand the big picture of a construction project, and how any changes will affect the cost of the project.