Quantity Surveyor

Does this sound like **YOU**?
- You want to work remotely from home for a U.S. company
- You love love love working with numbers and estimates
- You enjoy working with an awesome team of like-minded professionals
- You love the challenges of construction and real estate development

If so, then keep reading

We are Lot Squared Development, and we develop high-profile luxury homes and boutique condominiums in Washington, DC.

As **Quantity Surveyor**, you would part of our estimating team. Because we are a design-build company that purchases deals we self-source, the estimating team serves a dual purpose.
- First, because we source our own deals, the team provides order-of-magnitude cost estimates to leadership to make business decisions.
- Second, because we act as the general contractor for our own projects, the team provides project budget oversight, assists procurement in drafting scopes-of-work for contracts, and performs construction administration.

The position is full-time and 100% remote. Regular hours for this position are 9am to 6pm EST Monday through Friday with occasional nights and weekends.

**Responsibilities**
- Analyze and estimate project construction costs to help leadership perform due diligence and solve business problems.
- Perform material takeoffs and cost estimates.
- Draft scopes of work and payment schedules for bid packages, purchase orders, and subcontracts.
- Compile project budgets; update budgets with actual spend; perform budget variance analysis, KPI analyses, and project forecasting; report findings to project team.
- Conduct value engineering exercises on projects as required to reduce cost or cut waste.
- Perform research on historical pricing and unit pricing; assist company in maintaining the unit cost database as necessary.
- Keep up with news and trends pertaining to US residential construction.
- Perform administrative duties relevant to the position as required.

**Requirements**:

- Strong English verbal and written skills.
- Able to break down amorphous problems.
- Able to communicate technical concepts in a simple way to stakeholders and vendors.
- At least three years as a construction estimator or a construction cost analyst.
- Experience with Planswift strongly preferred; experience with construction estimating software required.
- Strong working knowledge of construction procurement practices, especially procurement for residential, multifamily, or renovations.
- Strong working knowledge of construction practices; experience with projects in multiple markets a plus; knowledge of US residential practices preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of MS Excel.

**NOTE**: Please submit all resumes in **English**

Pay: ₹60,000.00 - ₹80,000.00 per month

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote