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Construction estimator CV: example and template

This example is for construction estimators at contractors, design offices, clients and investment management firms, and for civil engineers and technicians who want to specialise in estimating.

The employer wants to know which estimates you prepare, for which buildings, in which software and how your prices perform in tenders. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: construction estimator

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Agnieszka Szewczyk

Construction estimator

Katowice +48 123 456 789 agnieszka.szewczyk@example.com

Professional profile

Construction estimator with 9 years of experience at a contractor and a design office. I prepare bills of quantities and client, tender and final account estimates for public buildings, halls and residential buildings. I work in Norma PRO, analyse documentation and subcontractor prices, and in 2025 I priced 35 tenders.

Work experience

Estimator, tendering department

03.2020 - present

General contractor, Katowice

  • Tender estimates for 35 tenders in 2025, 9 of them won.
  • Analysing design documentation, bills of quantities and specifications.
  • Requests for quotes to subcontractors and comparing offers.
  • Variation and final account estimates during construction.
  • Working with site managers on settlements with the client.

Estimator

06.2016 - 02.2020

Design office, Gliwice

  • Bills of quantities for designs.
  • Client estimates for local authorities.
  • Material schedules.

Education

Engineer's degree, civil engineering

2012 - 2016

Silesian University of Technology

Skills

  • Bills of quantities and measurement
  • Client and tender estimates
  • Norma PRO and KNR catalogues
  • Analysing design documentation
  • Public procurement
  • Excel and offer comparisons

Courses

  • Estimating with Norma PRO course, 2016
  • Public procurement law training, 2023

Languages

  • English: B1

Additional information

  • Reading designs across disciplines: structure, services, roads

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How to write a construction estimator CV

Professional summary

Write which estimates you prepare, for which buildings and in which software. Add the number of tenders or estimates and their results, because an estimator is judged by the accuracy of their prices. Mention public procurement if you work in it.

Civil engineering graduate after a placement in a construction planning department. I prepared bills of quantities and simple estimates in Norma PRO and read structural designs. I am looking for work as a junior estimator.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe types of estimates and buildings, the number of estimates, tenders and work with subcontractors. Show results, for example tenders won or the difference between the estimate and costs. Add settlements with the client.

Weaker: Estimates.

Better: Tender estimates for 35 tenders in 2025, 9 of them won.

Weaker: Documentation.

Better: Analysing design documentation, bills of quantities and specifications.

Weaker: Subcontractors.

Better: Requests for quotes to subcontractors and comparing offers.

Skills worth listing

List types of estimates, software, cost catalogues, reading designs and regulations. In your soft skills show accuracy, analytical thinking and work under tender deadline pressure.

Professional skills

  • Bills of quantities
  • Estimates
  • Estimating software
  • Documentation
  • Public procurement
  • Price analysis

Personal skills

  • Accuracy
  • Analytical thinking
  • Work under deadline pressure
  • Organisation
  • Cooperation

Courses

List estimating and software courses and training in public procurement and BIM if you use it. Building licences are not required, but a construction background helps a lot.

Estimator CV with no experience

Describe studies or technical school, placements and projects where you measured quantities. Take an estimating software course.

Start as an assistant in a tendering or construction planning department. Write that you read designs in several disciplines.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A general contractor looks for tender estimates and tenders, a client for client estimates and cost control, and a design office for bills of quantities. Move to the top what the job ad is about. If you work on public procurement, also add your knowledge of tender conditions and offer evaluation criteria, because they decide how to set a price that wins without losing money on delivery.

The most common mistakes on an estimator CV

Questions and answers

What should a construction estimator put on a CV?

Types of estimates, buildings, software, the number of estimates and tenders, results, reading documentation and courses.

Does an estimator need building licences?

No, but a construction background and knowledge of technology are very helpful.

Which software does an estimator know?

Most often estimating software, for example Norma PRO, and Excel.

How do you show an estimator's results?

Give the number of tenders, wins and how accurate the price was compared with the actual cost.

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