Quantity Surveyor

Company Description

Salary Range: $82,000 - $100,000 + Super

WT is an international consultancy practice with over 2,000 employees in the UK, Europe, China, South East Asia, North America, India, Australia and NZ, providing specialist cost, sustainability, facilities management and technical advisory consultancy services to the property, construction, infrastructure and resources sectors.
- This position is also available in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle, Geelong and Perth._

**Job Description**:
We’re on the lookout for qualified and experienced Quantity Surveyor to work within WT. Supporting key retail, commercial and residential construction projects, this role will perform various quantity surveying functions including estimating, planning and cost management, cost monitoring, and accurate and timely financial reporting whilst exercising sound financial acumen with a key focus on proactively maximising value for our clients.

This role is responsible for:

- Liaising with clients, architects and main contractors
- Identifying and facilitating new business opportunities
- Master-plan and feasibility budgets
- Cost checking of developing design
- Value engineering
- Tender evaluations and analysis
- Contract negotiations
- Cash flow projects
- Procurement
- Cost reporting
- Evaluation of variations
- Valuations
- Final account reporting
- Claims preparation, presentation, negotiation and settlement of claims
- Investment analysis
- Formulating and implementing benchmarking processes to improve the consistency, accuracy and time to prepare cost models and plans

**Qualifications**:

- Relevant tertiary qualification in any of the following areas: Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering or Construction Management
- Full Australian working rights and currently located in Australia
- Proficient in the use of Cost X
- Excellent command of written and spoken English with excellent report writing skills
- Highly motivated with a passion for delivering excellence to clients

Additional Information

At WT, we offer many perks including:

- Bi-annual bonus scheme
- unlike other companies we offer discretionary performance bonuses TWICE a year
- Paid professional memberships
- support in gaining and with your membership costs for RICS and AIQS
- Wellbeing days
- time to focus on your wellbeing and the community
- When working from the office, you'll be in an award-winning office fit-out which supports flexible and activity based working in a prime location with amazing views