Quantity Surveyor

In this role, you will be responsible for negotiating and managing all direct construction costs with trade contractors on multi-million-dollar construction projects. Advising clients and manage services in capital planning, project delivery strategy and execution planning, capital cost and operations cost estimating, value engineering services, planning and scheduling controls, contract pricing formats, procurement management, bid evaluation and documentation, contract administration, comprehensive cost management, and risk assessment.

Specific job duties include the following:

• Develop and maintain budget and track project costs throughout the life of projects
• Cost estimating through various design stages using past experience, historical data and parametric ratios
• Change management, estimate impacts of changes and contingency drawdown
• Monthly cost reporting and budget reconciliation
• Develop risk register and track impacts
• Cash flow forecasting and monitoring
• Undertake payment recommendations and review contractor / consultant invoices; Develop cost bucketing (WBS) and cost breakdowns
• Support client account management
• Communicate details effectively to internal and external stakeholders including presentation
• Establish new and maintain existing project controls tools

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related field
• 3 years of experience in a related position.

Work Experience must have included:

• Providing advice on complex construction activity sequencing, understanding when to escalate matters to superiors;
• Producing and compiling accurate and unbiased cost forecasts at a detailed & summary level
• Supporting client account management with monthly invoicing, purchase order management and reviewing contractual terms
• Supporting change order and claims review, including review and recommendation of entitlements in accordance with the contractual terms & conditions;
• Experience with cost forecasting and cost control, managing contingencies and reporting to stakeholders
• Experience monitoring cost performance to discover and understand variances from the budget.
• Domestic travel required monthly to client sites for verification of construction in place on assigned projects.

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritize for the long term and honor 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 every day 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 Sidara.

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.