Quantity Surveyor with a Passion for Risk

Company Description

Are you interested in working on some of the world’s most exciting projects, with some of the world’s leading businesses?

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 114 offices and 47 countries worldwide.

At Turner & Townsend, we offer a wide variety of benefits to our staff to help them inside or outside of the work. We offer true work life balance, working from home arrangements, team events and much more.

We are further strengthening our project controls team with the appointment of an experienced **Quantity Surveyor (Risk)** to support a large team in a busy and fast-paced project delivery office working on a large infrastructure project that is currently in the delivery phase.

You will primarily focus on management and coordination of the risk management function ensuring that all elements of risk to the project are identified, analysed, reported and solutions/mitigations developed and implemented.

**Job Description**:
The **Quantity Surveyor (Risk)** primary focus is on the management and coordination of the risk management function, ensuring that all elements of risk to the project are identified, analysed, reported and solutions/mitigations developed and implemented.

The Quantity Surveyor (Risk) reports directly to the Project Controls Manager and will be responsible for:

- Management and coordination of risk management to ensure effective project delivery to and to the highest industry standards, on time and within allocated budgets.
- Undertaking both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment to support informed and evidence based decision-making within the project.
- Perform QRA for cost and prolongation risk related to time activities.
- Building and promoting a risk-aware culture across the project which includes increase levels of awareness, understanding and commitment to risk management issues, facilitating risk workshops as required.
- Ensuring a program of individual and small group risk reviews and reports are completed to facilitate an accurate understanding of actual and potential risk exposures across the project and assisting in providing solutions and mitigations, including any required controls and actions.
- Completing risk reporting associated with monitoring project contingency and potential scope modifications made during the project.
- Updating the risk register to facilitate the management of the project risk profile.
- Coordinating and reviewing project status reporting and assisting with arrangements for key governance meetings.
- Supporting the project controls and contract management functions as required.

**Qualifications**:

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
- 8+ experience working in complex, large scale multidisciplinary projects in transport and/or infrastructure related organisations.
- High level of attention to detail.
- Able to anticipate and follow-through fully on tasks.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills.
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to providing excellent service.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

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