quantity surveyortocontract engineer
A quantity surveyor already meets 24% of what the contract engineer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
70.6/ 100
1 Share of the contract engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the quantity surveyor profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A contract engineer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a quantity surveyor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- contract law
- manage budgets
- manage contracts
- project management
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A contract engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a quantity surveyor background worth leading with.
- already held carry out tendering management skills
- already held construction industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held contract law business, administration and law
- already held cost management business, administration and law
- already held project management business, administration and law
- already held manage contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the contract engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held interpret technical requirements required
- required, not held assess financial viability required
- required, not held perform scientific research required
- optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held perform contract compliance audits optional
- required, not held engineering processes required
- required, not held engineering principles required
- required, not held technical drawings required
- required, not held manage engineering project required
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held define technical requirements optional
- optional, not held identify suppliers optional
- optional, not held manage sub-contract labour optional
- optional, not held manage tender processes optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- required, not held build business relationships required
- optional, not held compare contractors' bids optional
- optional, not held consult with technical staff optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
- optional, not held meet contract specifications optional
- required, not held ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations required
- required, not held use technical drawing software required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a contract engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 engineering processes knowledge · sector specific
- 02 ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations skill · sector specific
- 03 interpret technical requirements skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held contract law knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held carry out tendering skill
- already held construction industry knowledge
- already held cost management knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held compare contractors' bids optional
- optional, not held consult with technical staff optional
- optional, not held define technical requirements optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- optional, not held identify suppliers optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
- optional, not held manage sub-contract labour optional
- optional, not held manage tender processes optional
- optional, not held meet contract specifications optional
- optional, not held perform contract compliance audits optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
34 held skills the contract engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Monte Carlo simulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise architects skill
- not needed by the target role advise on construction materials skill
- not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
- not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
- not needed by the target role building codes knowledge
- not needed by the target role building construction principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role calculate needs for construction supplies skill
- not needed by the target role check construction compliance skill
- not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role civil law knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with construction crews skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate construction activities skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with construction project deadline skill
- not needed by the target role estimate profitability skill
- not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
- not needed by the target role follow the statutory obligations skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer objectives skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
- not needed by the target role monitor construction site skill
- not needed by the target role monitor contractor performance skill
- not needed by the target role monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects skill
- not needed by the target role order construction supplies skill
- not needed by the target role oversee construction project skill
- not needed by the target role perform cost accounting activities skill
- not needed by the target role prepare construction documents skill
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role quantity surveying knowledge
- not needed by the target role real estate market knowledge
- not needed by the target role urban planning law knowledge
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held engineering processes required
- required, not held engineering principles required
- required, not held technical drawings required
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
Other moves recorded from quantity surveyor
- construction general contractor 57% covered · moderate
- construction manager 43% covered · substantial
- property developer 33% covered · substantial
- installation engineer 25% covered · substantial
- construction general supervisor 24% covered · career change
- cost analyst 24% covered · substantial
- civil engineering technician 22% covered · career change
- construction engineer 20% covered · career change
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.