Senior Cost Consultant - Construction Consultancy in Milton

Currie & Brown is currently looking for an associate cost consultant to join 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 preferred service provider working across a range of projects such as large commercial new builds for blue chip clients, private residential, towers and national government frameworks.

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:

• 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 £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

The role includes:

• Presenting project risks and uncertainties
• Leading procurement activities and contract formation
• Undertaking general project strategy shaping and client handling
• Managing work packages post-contract including change control and valuation, progress valuations, cost reports and final accounts
• Conducting tender analysis for contractor appointments and data capture for benchmarking and future cost plans
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects

Requirements:

• BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent
• Pre and post-contract experience including cost planning and procurement

We prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We offer a career with a 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, providing the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence. 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 believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. 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.