Surveyor - Cost Management Surveyor

AECO; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM's Sydney-based Program, Cost Consultancy team invites applications for a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager. You will provide quantity surveying and cost management on NSW and Australian infrastructure projects, aiding design-phase cost planning and life-cycle costing.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, mentor juniors, and deliver high-quality advisory services to clients, leveraging CostX and MS Office in a dynamic hybrid work environment across Sydney.

Qualifications

• Senior QS with consulting experience and knowledge of Australian standards.
• Experience in cost planning, estimating, procurement, and cost management.
• Willingness to learn and work in a dynamic, deadline-driven team.
• AIQS or equivalent qualification is desirable.
• Proven ability to manage project costs and advise clients with MS Office and CostX.

Responsibilities

• Provide quantity surveying and cost management on major NSW and Australian projects.
• Develop cost planning and estimating during the design phase and forecast cash flow.
• Collaborate with QS and multidisciplinary engineers on a range of projects.
• Mentor junior staff and provide technical guidance to the team.

Skills

Senior QS exposure

Client-facing advisory

Cost planning & estimating

Life-cycle costing

MS Office

Education

AIQS or equivalent

Tools

CostX

MS Suite

Job description

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 has an opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager to join our successful team based in Sydney.

We are interested in hearing from candidates with experience across a broad range of sectors includingBuilding Services, MEP Infrastructure, Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centres, Healthcare, Energy Infrastructure and complex engineering projects, reflecting the current composition and growth trajectory of our project portfolio.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Be responsible for providing quantity surveying and cost management services on some of NSW's and Australia's largest and most iconic vertical and horizontal infrastructure projects.
• Assist with the development of cost planning and estimating (design phase), measurement of quantities based on design drawings, cash flow forecasting, construction phase cost management, capital cost advice and life-cycle costing.
• Collaborate with AECOM's quantity surveyors and multi-disciplinary engineers both locally and nationally on a wide range of projects depending on your experience.
• Use your extensive experience to provide high-quality technical advice to clients and assist in the professional development of junior members within the team by providing mentoring and technical guidance.

Qualifications

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don't tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role.

What we are looking for from you

• Exposure as a Senior QS, ideally in a consulting environment, with knowledge of Australian standards within the Health, Community, Commercial, Civil Infrastructure, Industrial and Major Projects sectors
• Demonstrated experience in cost planning, estimating, procurement, construction phase cost management and client-facing advisory services
• A strong sense of commitment, a willingness to learn and a desire to work in a dynamic, deadline-driven team environment
• Relevant tertiary education alongside AIQS, RICS or recognised equivalent
• Proven and demonstrated skills in managing project costs, budgets and commercial outcomes, ideally in a client-facing role
• Working knowledge of the full MS Suite alongside medium to high level knowledge of CostX.

Join us and let's get started.

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Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the 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.

You will 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.

AECOM provides 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. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

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