Cost Consultant

Associate Quantity Surveyor - Infrastructure

- Associate Quantity Surveyor - Infrastructure

About The Role

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 use of their physical assets. We are differentiated by our people, innovation, expertise and experience.

Our people, all the way 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 we have fun along the way.

Due to recent appointments with HS2, Network Rail, and EDF plus supporting major projects in the Middle East from our UK offices, Currie & Brown are seeking ambitious and highly motivated Quantity Surveyors/Cost verification consultants and project cost audit analysts with UK infrastructure/rail experience to join our team. These roles are at all levels and will suit newly MRICS qualified QS's through to Associates/Associate Directors.

We are looking for people that have;

- Experience in providing pre-contract and post-contract commercial services on £100m+ UK infrastructure, utilities or other complex construction projects.
- Knowledge and experience of administering or auditing NEC4 / NR / FIDIC contracts.
- Experience working as part of a project delivery team, either within a client organisation or consultancy.
- Professional report writing skills, analysing information and effectively structuring evaluations and recommendations.
- Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the ability to lead commissions to provide high standards of service delivery in challenging and fast-moving environments, while achieving successful outcomes for our clients. With an eye on future development, we are looking for driven and ambitious candidates who bring a proactive approach to learning and development through capturing and sharing knowledge across projects. Experience of mentoring and advising junior staff as well as supporting bids for new work is an essential part of the role.
- Culture is really important to us, so we are looking for individuals that share our values, ambition and professionalism to provide excellence in our services, whilst supporting the development of the wider team and taking an active role in contributing to our future growth and success.

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you:

- Professional institution membership (RICS, ICE, etc), or evidence of working towards a recognised professional qualification
- Commercial Management and/or Quantity Surveying experience gained on UK civil engineering / construction projects
- Ideally you will be working as part of a cost verification team for rail or transport infrastructure projects with experience in cost audit and control.
- Good technical writing, client-facing and effective communication skills
- Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
- Able to become Security Cleared

We offer competitive salaries and benefits to attract key staff that are looking for long term roles with a progressive business. Our competitive benefits package includes pension, private healthcare, flexible working, 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy additional days, £400 a year towards gym/healthy living membership and much more.

But benefits are not just financial - our team culture is progressive, professional and supportive, working together to develop opportunities and deliver client requirements, whilst supporting the training and development of others. Come and join an organisation when you are valued as an individual and supported to achieve your goals.

About Us

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour 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 are an international industry leader – Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for some of the world’s top clients.

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.

We are a truly independent business where our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions that drive real impact. As part of Sidara, we collaborate directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry, offering exciting opportunities to innovate and grow.

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