Associate Cost Consultant

TN United Kingdom; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Cost Consultant to join their dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to work on prestigious projects for top-tier clients, ensuring high-quality service and successful outcomes. You will be pivotal in providing accurate cost advice, managing projects, and fostering strong client relationships. The company values long-term commitments and supports career progression, offering a structured career path with international mobility opportunities. Join a compassionate and inclusive environment where your contributions will be recognized and rewarded.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Career progression opportunities

International mobility options

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent is essential.
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate cost advice and reporting to clients.
• Deliver projects and professional assignments with effective communication.

Skills

Cost Planning

Communication Skills

Data Analysis

Technical Writing

Teamwork

Sustainability Skills

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying

Membership of MRICS

Tools

CostX

Power BI

Job description

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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?

Currie & Brown is currently looking for a cost consultant and a senior cost consultant. The successful candidate will support project leaders in delivering high-quality service, achieving successful outcomes for clients, sharing knowledge across projects, fostering innovation, and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider across various projects such as large commercial new builds for blue-chip clients, private residential developments, towers, and national government frameworks.

Your core duties will involve:

• Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to clients
• Delivering projects, commissions, and professional assignments
• Leading in setting objectives and priorities, working proactively as part of a team
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all project information is accessible; liaising with managers for financial control
• Undertaking commercial management services with limited supervision
• Ensuring all work outputs are accurate and timely
• Supporting team leaders in project cost management
• Representing the company professionally, meeting, negotiating, and building strong client relationships

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
• Experience in the private commercial sector, ideally in offices, residential, hospitality, major projects, fit-out, and refurbishment
• Proficiency in CostX or other cost planning software
• Skills in sustainability and data analysis, such as carbon assessment and Power BI
• Pre- and post-contract experience
• Strong technical writing, client-facing, and communication skills
• Well-organized, diligent, proactive, assertive, disciplined, and commercially aware
• A team player with a positive attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful, and flexible

About You

About Us

Why choose Currie & Brown?

We prioritize long-term commitments and value our people’s futures. We are compassionate and inclusive, supporting international work, career progression, and sector diversification. Our goal is to provide a structured career path, including international mobility opportunities, whether on a permanent basis or via secondments.

As an industry leader, working with us offers the chance to be involved in prestigious projects for top-tier clients worldwide. We are digitally-driven and committed to excellence.

We believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, actively encouraging applications from all backgrounds to foster innovation and success.

Backed by our parent company, Dar Group, we are an independent business empowering our team to make agile decisions and collaborate with leading industry brands.

Our comprehensive benefits packages are tailored across global regions, providing additional rewards for employees at all levels.