We are expanding our estimating function and are looking for a technically strong Quantity Surveyor or Estimator to join our Nairobi team. You will work directly with our Senior Estimator in Ireland, who has over fifteen years' experience across residential, renewable energy, and offsite construction.
You will produce the measured, quantified foundation of every tender submitted: take-offs, bills of quantities, bills of materials, comparison schedules, and tender documentation. The Senior Estimator then rates it, prices for risk, and signs it off. You will own your workstreams and be working on Irish and UK projects across residential housing schemes, solar PV, battery storage installations, and modular/offsite construction.
Key Responsibilities
Preparing detailed quantity take-offs from architectural, structural, civil, and electrical drawings.
Producing and maintaining bills of quantities to NRM or SMM-based measurement conventions.
Assembling bills of materials for solar PV and electrical packages, working from specifications and equipment datasheets.
Building subcontractor and supplier comparison schedules, levelling quotations onto a common scope.
Maintaining and updating internal cost and rate libraries.
Compiling tender documentation packs and supporting submission deadlines.
Carrying out quantity checks and value engineering exercises on shortlisted options.
Flagging drawing discrepancies, scope gaps, and specification conflicts early.
Qualifications & Requirements
Degree in Quantity Surveying, Building Economics, Construction Management, or a closely related discipline.
4 to 8 years' post-qualification experience in estimating or quantity surveying with a contractor or cost consultancy.
Demonstrable ability to produce a complete, defensible bill of quantities from drawings without supervision.
Confident reading and interpreting technical drawings and specifications across disciplines.
Excellent written English and clear, structured documentation habits.
Required Technical Skills & Software
Advanced Excel: Structured cost models, lookup and reference functions, pivot tables, data validation, and audit discipline.
Digital Take-Off Software: CostX, Bluebeam Revu, Cubicost, PlanSwift, or equivalent.
CAD Literacy: AutoCAD or similar, sufficient to navigate, measure from, and interrogate drawing sets.
Advantageous: Power Query, Power BI, model-based measurement from Revit/Navisworks, SQL/Python for cost data, AI-assisted review tools.
Highly Desirable
Experience on European projects, or with European clients, standards, or supply chains.
Familiarity with UK or Irish measurement conventions and contract forms.
BORAQS registration, or eligibility to register.
Experience pricing electrical, M&E, or renewable energy packages.
Experience with modular, precast, or offsite construction.
Work Environment
Nairobi is 2-3 hours ahead of Ireland, allowing a full overlapping working day with the Irish team.
Must be self-directed, comfortable working from a written brief, batching questions, and managing workload against fixed tender deadlines.
