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 & Browns 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 Aberdeens city centre and beachfront
* A £450 million exemplar major net zero acute hospital
* A multimillion-pound commercial and residential development in Edinburghs city centre
* A major £40 million expansion of Leiths 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 relationships
What 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
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