Cost Consultant

Currie & Brown is looking for a quantity surveyor for our Edinburgh office. The successful candidate will support project leaders in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a leading commercial sector cost consultant in the region.

Currie & Brown’s quantity surveying team is one of the largest in Scotland and is currently working on a wide variety of notable projects which the successful candidate could get involved in.

These include:

• A multi-phased redevelopment of Aberdeen’s city centre and beachfront
• A £450 million exemplar major net zero acute hospital
• A multimillion-pound commercial and residential development in Edinburgh’s city centre
• A major £40 million expansion of Leith’s harbour
• A £26 million incubator research facility for a university and local authority client
• A new high-quality £30 million teaching facility for a Russell Group university
• A £55 million exemplar net zero carbon commercial development at Haymarket

Responsibilities will include:

• Preparing cost plans and estimates and contributing to the development of more complex pieces of work under supervision
• Contributing to the preparation of tender documentation
• Undertaking measurement of drawings
• Assisting in the tendering and procurement of contractors for projects
• Monitoring project costs in line with approved budget
• Assisting with the financial reporting, cost management including recommendations and variation assessments for projects in post-contract phase

Requirements:

• BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent
• RICS APC-qualifying degree
• Ambition to become a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• Good time management and prioritisation skills, delivering quality work within deadlines
• Flexible, ability to adapt to different work practices and demonstrate an appreciation of the wider implications of our clients’ projects
• Ability to work with minimal supervision

Benefits:

Competitive package of employee benefits including 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.