Senior Quantity Surveyor

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.

The role – what is it we would like you to do?

Currie & Brown is looking for a senior chartered quantity surveyor for our Brisbane office to work on a wide variety of public and private sector projects. The successful candidate will support project leaders in generating a high standard of day-to-day 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. Currie & Brown is committed to career development and expects the successful candidate to rapidly progress to senior level and beyond, managing all aspects of their own commissions.

Responsibilities for the successful candidate will include:

• Prepare and manage Preliminary Cost Advice / Project Feasibility Study / Cost Planning / Budget Establishment including but not limited to:
  • Assist in establishing a client's requirements and undertake feasibility studies.
  • Assist, prepare and manage the required design proposal and client's requirement and reflect into the cost advice for the entire project including civil, structure, architecture, interior, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and other specialist works.
• Prepare and manage the Pre-Contract Stage including but not limited to:
  • Advise on a procurement strategy including identifying commercial risks and help develop suitable responses including involvement in value engineering exercises.
  • Prepare tender documents including obtaining tender information, prepare bills of quantities including measurement, managing tender queries.
  • Pre-qualification of tenderers, source and identify suitable tenderers, evaluation and recommendation of tenderers to participate in tender as per tender programme.
  • Obtaining and following up on quotations from main contractors, subcontractors & suppliers for Pre-Tender Estimate / Cost Study / Cost Advice purposes.
  • Prepare and analyze submitted quotations from contractors, subcontractors & suppliers including understanding and identifying the cost.
  • Assist, prepare and manage in coordination of procurement exercises, which include calling of tender, tender report including tender comparison / tender analysis, attend tender interviews, negotiate and finalize award.
  • Review and check tender submissions for accuracy, level of pricing, advise on errors and qualifications and, if necessary, negotiate the offers.
  • Review and rationalization of unit rates and quantity.
  • Assist, prepare and compile contract documents including involvement / advice on use and/or amendments of a standard form of contract or contribute to the drafting of particular requirements in association with the client's legal adviser.
• Prepare and manage the Post-Contract Stage including but not limited to:
  • Prepare interim payment certificates including carrying out site valuation and assessment of contractor payment applications.
  • Manage and monitor project costs in line with the approved budget including regularly issuing financial reports to the Client that show current project costs including incorporating all authorized / estimated change orders which shall indicate anticipated project final costs.
  • Manage the assessment of variations and the financial aspects of the project change control process including negotiating with contractors and recommending adjustments to the contract sum which reflect in project financial reports.
  • Coordinating with the project team in relation to project issues, especially cost and contract matters.
  • Attending site valuations, joint site measurements, site meetings and/or client/consultant meetings.
  • Assisting where possible on a range of legal and contractual issues.
  • Manage the settlement of final accounts.
• Other but not limited to:
  • Take a leading role in setting team objectives and priorities, working as a proactive team player.

Requirements:

• Degree in quantity surveying, civil, structure, architectural, mechanical or electrical engineering or equivalent.
• A minimum of 5 years' technical delivery experience gained within a global construction consultancy, with exposure to multiple projects; experience on the contractor and/or developer side will also be considered.
• Well-developed technical knowledge and skills, for example preparing tender documents, estimates and cost plans, measurement from drawings, construction technology, contract and law etc.
• Understand and familiar with professional practice and contract administration processes.
• Passionate about quantity surveying and furthering your career with a leading construction consultancy.
• Excellent client-facing and communication skills.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines, work under pressure, work independently with minimal supervision.
• Good IT skills (Skill and experience user of construction software seen as an advantage, e.g., BIM, Cost X or equivalent).
• Clear and analytical approach to problem-solving and strong decision-making ability.

Currie & Brown is one of the world's leading physical assets management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients in respect of the management and utilization of their physical assets, and is differentiated by innovation, expertise and experience.

With principal offices in Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York and Shanghai, we operate throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, India and the Middle East.