Quantity Surveyor

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

**Job Description**:
AECOM’s progressive Cost Management team has a new opportunity in Sydney for a proven Associate Director to lead projects and teams across a variety of our major projects in Buildings and Social Infrastructure, as well as supporting projects within our busy Transport and Civil Infrastructure group.

This is a new position to support our growing team of Cost Managers in Sydney and will allow you to lead and operate across multi-disciplinary teams and a world-wide knowledge base of specialist engineering and construction professionals.

The Role

As part of our high performing Cost Management group, you will be responsible for providing cost management / quantity surveying services on some of Sydney’s most complex horizontal and vertical infrastructure projects, giving you a senior opportunity to further develop your career and client exposure to a range of market sectors.

As part of this role tasks will include, but are not limited to:
+ Cost planning and estimating during design phase.

+ Leading and guiding a team of Quantity Surveyors.

+ Managing cost, budget and timelines of multiple projects in parallel.

+ Assisting with feasibility studies, capital cost advice;
+ Client relationship building and management

This role is ideal for a highly proven professional who is looking lead and guide cost management teams across diverse projects in challenging environment. This is a fantastic and influential opportunity to operate across a variety of horizontal and vertical project sectors, including; Healthcare, Education, Civil Infrastructure, Industrial, Defence, Energy and Commercial. The AECOM Cost Management team benefits from integrated cost / design opportunities and global reach enabling our team to provide a higher standard of consulting.

**Qualifications**:
As a 'Quantity Surveyor - Associate Director', you will be engaged, and excited by project delivery and the successful integration of varied specialist and multi-disciplinary stakeholders.

+ Relevant tertiary qualification in Construction Management or Quantity Surveying or other related;
+ Demonstrated skills in managing multiple project costs and budgets;
+ Consultative approach, with proven experience working in a consultancy highly advantageous;
+ Strong knowledge and working practice of Australian Quantity Surveying/Cost Management standards, frameworks and processes;
+ Strong oral and written communication skills;
+ Strong sense of commitment, a willingness to learn and a desire to work in a dynamic deadline driven team environment;
+ Excellent ability to understand and develop project scope in varied construction and engineering project environments

+ Strong Sydney market knowledge and local relations

Additional Information

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly tr