Currie & Brown is currently looking for an associate cost consultant to join our Edinburgh office. The successful candidate will support project leaders in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing, and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider working across a range of projects such as large commercial new builds for blue chip clients, private residential, towers and national government frameworks etc.
Currie & Brown’s quantity surveying team is one of the largest in Scotland and is currently working on a wide variety of notable projects which the successful candidate could get involved in. These include:
A multi-phased redevelopment of Aberdeen’s city centre and beachfront
A £450 million exemplar major net zero acute hospital
A multimillion-pound commercial and residential development in Edinburgh’s city centre
A major £40 million expansion of Leith’s harbour
A £26 million incubator research facility for a university and local authority client
A new high-quality £30 million teaching facility for a Russell Group university
A £55 million exemplar net zero carbon commercial development at Haymarket Your core duties will involve:
Leading the preparation of cost plans and estimates and supporting presentation documents from inception and feasibility stages onwards
Presenting the above, explaining and agreeing approaches to issues around project risks and uncertainties
Leading procurement activities and contract formation
Managing the entire post-contract delivery process
Undertaking general project strategy shaping and client handling
Preparing cost plans and estimates
Undertaking procurement of projects from start to finish including preparation of tender documentation
Managing work packages post-contract including change control and valuation, progress valuations, cost reports and final accounts
Providing crisp and focused cost advice and reporting
Conducting tender analysis for the purpose of contractor appointments and data capture for benchmarking and future cost plans
Assuming a leading role in setting objectives and priorities, working as a proactive team player
Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects and liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
Representing and acting as an ambassador for the company in a professional and confidence-inspiring manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationshipsWhat skills and attributes are we looking for from you:
BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent
Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) would be ideal
Technical delivery experience gained within a global construction consultancy
Pre and post-contract experience including cost planning and procurement