Associate Cost Consultant

Currie & Brown; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown is seeking an associate cost consultant for their Glasgow office. The successful candidate will provide cost advice and support project leaders in delivering high standards of service. Responsibilities include maintaining effective communication and managing costs for notable projects in Scotland. The ideal candidate will have a BSc in quantity surveying, MRICS membership, and experience in the private commercial sector. This is a great opportunity to join a leading quantity surveying team on exciting developments.

Qualifications

• BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent required.
• MRICS membership preferred.
• Private commercial sector experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to clients.
• Delivering projects, commissions, and professional assignments.
• Maintaining effective communication and financial control.
• Representing the company professionally in client interactions.

Skills

Private commercial sector experience

Proficient in CostX or other Cost Planning software

Sustainability and Data Skills

Strong communication skills

Education

BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent

Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)

Job description

Currie & Brown is currently looking for an associate cost consultant to join our Glasgow office. The successful candidate will support project leaders in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing, and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider working across a range of projects such as large commercial new builds for blue chip clients, private residential, towers and national government frameworks etc.

Currie & Brown’s quantity surveying team is one of the largest in Scotland and is currently working on a wide variety of notable projects which the successful candidate could get involved in.

• A multi-phased redevelopment of Aberdeen’s city centre and beachfront
• Multimillion-pound commercial and residential development in Edinburgh’s city centre
• Major £40 million expansion of Leith’s harbour
• £26 million incubator research facility for a university and local authority client
• New high-quality £30 million teaching facility for a Russell Group university

Your core duties will involve:

• Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to our clients
• Delivering projects, commissions and professional assignments
• Assuming a leading role in setting objectives and priorities, working as a proactive team player
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects; liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
• Undertaking commercial management services with limited supervision
• Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner
• Providing support to the team leader/service leaders 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

• BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
• Private commercial sector experience – ideally experience gained from some of the following: offices, residential, hospitality, major projects, fit out and refurb
• Proficient CostX or other Cost Planning software
• Sustainability and Data Skills i.e. carbon assessment and Power BI