Senior Quantity Surveyor

Currie & Brown is currently looking for a quantity surveyor for our Japan office. The successful candidate will contribute to the provision of quantity surveying services to Currie & Brown's clients.

The duties of the Senior Quantity Surveyor may include, but may not be limited to, the items described below:

• to carry out similar duties in connection with contracts with Owners or with other contracts.
• To identify the contractual rights and obligations of clients towards its subcontractors and recommending how those rights can best be exercised and how those obligations can best be met
• Reviewing correspondence received from subcontractors, advising as to its contractual accuracy and offering advice as to the most effective response.
• Drafting correspondence to subcontractors including instructions, notices, certificates and the like
• Checking draft correspondence and other documents that have been prepared by others, some of which may be of a technical nature, to ensure that the meaning is clear and precise, that they are free from grammatical errors, and that they are contractually accurate.
• Identifying the contractual obligations and liabilities of subcontractors towards MHI and recommending ways of ensuring that subcontractors comply with those obligations and liabilities.
• To recommend remedies if the subcontractors do not so comply.
• Assisting in the preparation of inquiries to subcontractors and in the preparation of subcontract documents.
• Advising as to the validity of back-charges to subcontractors and assisting in the resolution of any disputes concerning back-charges, including re-appraising the contractual position and re-calculating the back-charges if appropriate.
• Advising as to the validity of liquidated damages claimed against subcontractors and assisting in the resolution of any disputes concerning back-charges, including re-appraising the contractual position and recalculating the liquidated damages if appropriate.
• Analysing and checking claims for additional time and/or money received from subcontractors in respect of alleged changes, additional work, delays, acceleration, contract ambiguities and the like and preparing replies, defence and counterclaims thereto, reports thereon and assisting in the resolution thereof.
• Assisting in the settlement of disputed final accounts, particularly with regard to the interpretation of contracts and the contractual rights of the parties.

   

  Requirements:

• Be an Associate or Fellow Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or other equivalent professional body or hold a degree in quantity surveying from an acceptable university.
• A minimum of six years practical experience after qualifying as an Associate or after obtaining a degree.
• Minimum of four years previous international experience, preferably in Japan or with Japanese companies.
• Be proficient in the use of Microsoft computer software.

About us:

Currie & Brown is one of the leading International physical asset management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients worldwide with our expertise and experience in multiple sectors and services. We are differentiated by our people, innovation and reputation with a genuine global office network.

Our people, from the first-day apprentice to senior management make our business what it is today. Everybody in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced they are, plays their own unique part in our success and have fun along the way.

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.

With the backing of our parent company, we are a truly independent business. Our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions, as well as work directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives