Pricing Leader – Tech & Telecoms (Sydney)

Michael Page Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Day 1 onboarding

Job summary

AECOM's Sydney team seeks a Principal Quantity Surveyor / Associate to lead cost management for iconic NSW and national infrastructure projects. You will develop cost plans, drive risk assessment, and deliver strategic client advice while mentoring staff and advancing business opportunities.

Hybrid work options apply and AIQS/RICS accreditation is preferred. Applicants should demonstrate extensive senior QS experience, strong leadership, and proficiency with CostX and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in cost planning, procurement, cost management and client advisory services.
• Strong collaboration and mentoring skills to grow the team.
• Advanced proficiency with CostX and MS Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Lead quantity surveying and cost management for major infrastructure projects.
• Develop cost planning, estimating, risk assessment and value engineering strategies.
• Provide high-level strategic commercial advice to clients and project teams.
• Mentor junior staff and drive business development through client relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Client advisory

Cost management

Mentoring

Education

AIQS/RICS accreditation

Tools

CostX

MS Office

Job description

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

AECOM's Program, Cost Consultancy team is seeking a Principal Quantity Surveyor / Associate to join our Sydney team.

• Lead quantity surveying and cost management services for NSW's and Australia's most iconic infrastructure projects
• Develop and manage cost planning, estimating, risk assessment, and value engineering strategies
• Provide high-level strategic advice to clients, ensuring optimal commercial outcomes and project success
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams locally and nationally, fostering knowledge sharing and integration
• Mentor and develop junior staff, ensuring technical excellence and team growth
• Drive business development by identifying opportunities, supporting bids, and building client relationships.

• Extensive experience as a Principal QS/Senior or Associate Cost Manager in a consulting environment, with expertise in Australian standards across major sectors.
• Proven leadership in cost planning, procurement, construction phase cost management, and client advisory services.
• Strong team management and mentoring skills, with a focus on collaboration and innovation.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and professional accreditation (AIQS, RICS, or equivalent).
• Advanced proficiency in CostX and the MS Suite, with a strategic mindset for business growth.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders - past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: AECOM

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity Your 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.

We will also 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 provide a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well‑being program.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Work Location Model: Hybrid

ReqID: J

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Survey & Estimation