Quantity Surveyor

Currie & Brown is currently looking for a quantity surveyor for our Brisbane office. The successful candidate will, as part of our team, lead projects to achieve a high standard of service delivery, with 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.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
• Lead preparation of cost plans including measurement and pricing, taking ownership of and presenting cost plans.
• Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages (including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, recommendation and contract preparation) are performed effectively
• Ensuring that cost plans , reports and valuations are accurately prepared including checking work by others.
• Producing accurate monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Estimating and agreeing post contract variations and monthly valuations.
• Undertaking value engineering
• Negotiating and concluding final accounts
• Taking a lead role in interfacing with the client and other consultants at all project stages
• Providing support to assistant cost managers and ensuring that they deliver on the above accountabilities
• Supervising and mentoring junior members of the team

Qualifications

• BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent
• Membership of one of the following institutions: RICS, API, Property Council, UDIA or similar
• Pre- and post-contract experience
• CostX experience essential
• Experience in both private and public works preferred.
• Experience in working with JCT forms of contract
• Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills (both internal and external)
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible