Role Overview
Currie & Brown is looking for an associate cost consultant to join our Glasgow office. The role 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.
The quantity surveying team is one of the largest in Scotland and is working on a wide variety of notable projects. The successful candidate could be involved in:
* A multi‑phased redevelopment of Aberdeen’s city centre and beachfront
* Multimillion‑pound commercial and residential development in Edinburgh’s city centre
* Major £40 million expansion of Leith’s harbour
* £26 million incubator research facility for a university and local authority client
* New high‑quality £30 million teaching facility for a Russell Group university
Responsibilities
Your core duties will involve:
* Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to our clients
* Delivering projects, commissions and professional assignments
* 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; liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
* Undertaking commercial management services with limited supervision
* Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner
* Providing support to the team leader/service leaders in cost management of projects
* Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationships
Qualifications and Skills
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)
* Private commercial sector experience – ideally experience gained from offices, residential, hospitality, major projects, fit‑out and refurbishment
* Proficient in CostX or other cost planning software
* Sustainability and data skills, e.g. carbon assessment and Power BI
* Pre‑ and post‑contract experience
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