Cost Consultant

Currie & Brown Group Limited; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown Group Limited in France is seeking a Cost Consultant - Quantity Surveyor to manage costs for data centre and high-tech projects, from planning through to completion. You will estimate costs, prepare bills of quantities, negotiate contracts, monitor spend, and report to clients, with strong French and English communication, and experience in MEP pricing and life-cycle costing.

The role requires a Bachelor's in related field, 3+ years' delivery experience, and a proactive,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction economics, or a related field.
• Both French and English advanced level is required
• A minimum of three years' technical delivery experience (Data Centre experience or similar high tech sector).
• Experience in MEP pricing, suppliers contacts in DC, administrative understanding for permitting process
• Pre- and post-contract experience
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, cost databases, and specialist quantity surveying software
• Knowledge of building and construction methods, legal issues, and H&S standards.
• Good client-facing and communication skills.
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute.
• A team player with a 'can-do' attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible.

Responsibilities

• Estimating costs for construction projects including materials, equipment and labour.
• Preparing bills of quantities for contractors to price during the tender process.
• Negotiating and managing contracts between clients and contractors.
• Advising on contractual and procurement issues, helping determine the best contracts and procurement procedures for projects to protect your client's interests while also being fair to contractors.
• Monitoring costs during construction to ensure the project remains within budget.
• Approval of contractors pay application.
• Advising on tax depreciation schedules and life cycle costing of buildings.
• Resolving disputes between contractors and clients regarding costs.
• Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to our clients.
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Communication

Negotiation

Team player

Proactive

Commercial acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction economics, or related field

Tools

Spreadsheets

Cost databases

Quantity surveying software

Job description

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.

The role – what is it we would like you to do?

The cost consultant manages all costs relating to data center, logistics, high tech sector project . Its primary role is to estimate and monitor costs from the initial planning stage through to completion of a project. As quantity surveyor it analyses costs of labour, materials, and time to prepare cost estimates and ensure projects are completed within budget.

As a Cost Consultant - Quantity Surveyor your core duties will involve:

• Estimating costs for construction projects including materials, equipment and labour.
• Preparing bills of quantities for contractors to price during the tender process.
• Negotiating and managing contracts between clients and contractors.
• Advise on contractual and procurement issues, helping determine the best contracts and procurement procedures for projects to protect your client's interests while also being fair to contractors.
• Monitoring costs during construction to ensure the project remains within budget.
• Approval of contractors pay application.
• Advising on tax depreciation schedules and life cycle costing of buildings.
• Resolving disputes between contractors and clients regarding costs.
• Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to our clients.
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects. Liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control.
• Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner.
• Providing support to the project lead or senior cost manager in cost management of projects
• Representing the Company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationships.

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction economics, or a related field.
• Both French and English advanced level is required
• A minimum of three years' technical delivery experience (Data Centre experience or similar high tech sector).
• Experience in MEP pricing, suppliers contacts in DC, administrative understanding for permitting process
• Pre- and post-contract experience
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, cost databases, and specialist quantity surveying software
• Knowledge of building and construction methods, legal issues, and H&S standards.
• Good client-facing and communication skills.
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute.
• A team player with a 'can-do' attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible.

About Us

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.