MEP Senior Cost Consultant in Edinburgh, Scotland

Currie & Brown is one of the leading international physical asset management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients worldwide with our expertise and experience in multiple sectors and services. We are differentiated by our people, innovation and reputation with a genuine global office network. Our people, from the first-day apprentice to senior management make our business what it is today. Everybody in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced they are, plays their own unique part in our success and have fun along the way.

Currie & Brown is seeking talented professionals to join our Scotland team. The successful candidate will be part of the delivery of cost consultancy services for one of our MEP team's key clients, reporting to and being supported by the account director on unique projects within high-profile occupied buildings. The role will involve significant direct client exposure and time on the client site. The delivery of crisp, confident building advice will be a key deliverable. In addition, there will be opportunities to become involved in the wider project portfolio.

Our continuing success at winning new clients, expanding services to existing clients and an ambitious growth agenda creates career opportunities for people with the drive to help shape our future and be involved in stimulating and rewarding projects. Our MEP team wins and delivers an exceptionally high volume of work for clients. The roles in scope span the full spectrum of cost consultancy and contract administration services. Our people gain direct client-facing experience not typically available to MEP cost management professionals in traditional roles.

Your core duties will involve:

• Leading the preparation of cost plans and estimates and supporting presentation documents from inception and feasibility stages onwards
• Presenting the above, explaining and agreeing approaches to issues around project risks and uncertainties
• Leading procurement activities and contract formation
• Managing the entire post-contract delivery process
• Undertaking general project strategy shaping and client handling
• Preparing cost plans and estimates
• Undertaking procurement of projects from start to finish including preparation of tender documentation
• Managing work packages post-contract including change control and valuation, progress valuations, cost reports and final accounts
• Providing crisp and focused cost advice and reporting
• Conducting tender analysis for the purpose of contractor appointments and data capture for benchmarking and future cost plans
• Assuming a leading role in setting objectives and priorities, working as a proactive team player
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects and liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
• Representing and acting as an ambassador for the company in a professional and confidence-inspiring manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationships

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you:

• BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) would be ideal
• Technical delivery experience gained within a global construction consultancy
• Pre and post-contract experience including cost planning and procurement
• Good technical writing, strong client-facing and communication skills
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, self-starting, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• A team player with a 'can-do' attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful, and flexible
• Ability to take on a leadership role as part of personal development planning
• NEC experience beneficial

Why choose Currie & Brown? Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people's futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage - providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis. We are an international industry leader - Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for some of the world’s top clients.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. We are a truly independent business where our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions that drive real impact. As part of Sidara, we collaborate directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry, offering exciting opportunities to innovate and grow.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.