Quantity Surveyor

John Holland Pty Ltd; Cassowary Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration with salary continuance

18 weeks paid parental leave

Career progression opportunities

Learning and development programs

Flexible working arrangements

Multicultural leave exchange

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to transforming lives through innovative infrastructure projects. As a Quantity Surveyor, you will play a pivotal role in the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at revolutionizing energy storage. Your expertise will be crucial in managing costs, analyzing budgets, and ensuring project profitability. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a project that not only impacts the local community but also sets a new standard in the clean energy sector. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization provides a supportive environment that fosters your career growth and personal development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role in the construction industry.
• Tertiary qualification in Quantity Surveying is essential.

Responsibilities

• Track and control project costs throughout the lifecycle.
• Prepare Bills of Quantities and manage change effectively.

Skills

Cost Control

Budget Management

Quantity Take-off

Change Management

Variance Analysis

Education

Tertiary or Trade Qualification in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Planning-Budgeting-Forecasting Model

Job description

At John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. We've always known at its heart infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work.

That's our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of a team that thrives on rising to the challenge of transforming lives for good.

About the Project

John Holland in partnership with McConnell Dowell (Joint Venture) are delivering the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project in Far North Queensland. This is an innovative project that involves the world-first conversion of a disused gold mine into a pumped storage hydroelectric power generation facility in far-north Queensland (270km NW of Townsville).
The project will see the conversion of two existing mine pits into reservoirs, involving the construction of significant underground infrastructure including a large powerhouse cavern and waterway shafts and tunnels to allow the transfer of water between upper and lower reservoirs to generate power during peak periods and return water back to the upper reservoir during off peak periods.
This project received funding from ARENA as part of ARENA's Advancing Renewables Program and is a gamechanger for the clean energy industry worldwide as it is an entirely new approach to large-scale energy storage.

We are currently recruiting for a talented Quantity Surveyor to deliver this iconic project. Based out of the Brisbane office you will be required to visit site on a monthly basis.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Tracking, monitoring, and controlling costs during the project life cycle
• Interpret specification and standards and assess their impact on project costs
• Using Planning-Budgeting-Forecasting cost control model to increase profitability by identifying the variances between these cost elements
• Analyse actual cost against planned cost and forecast final cost versus budget
• Creation of tender event schedules for procurement programs
• Budget/ Tender reconciliation, change management and variance analysis
• Quantification and costing of construction work
• Quantity Take-off and preparing Bills of Quantities
• Interface with Project managers and Engineers to best manage risks and opportunities

To be successful in this key role, you must have:

• Tertiary or Trade Qualification in Quantity Surveying
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role
• Experience on infrastructure projects within the construction industry

As part of the team, you help us deliver on our promise to transform lives

Your success is reflected in ours, so we're committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as different perspectives and ideas will deliver our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

What's in it for you when you join John Holland?

We're about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From industry-leading leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

• Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.
• Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.
• Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you'll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.
• Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.
• Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.
• Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it's flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts, flexi-work, we're committed to helping our people work flexibly.