Quantity Surveyor

Currie & Brown Group Limited; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown is seeking an Assistant Cost Consultant for our Glasgow office to develop a career in cost management and APC preparation with support from an experienced team.

You will assist project leaders across large commercial and residential schemes, helping deliver high-quality cost advice and documentation while developing your APC credentials within a dynamic, multi-project environment.

Qualifications

• BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent.
• Private commercial sector experience in offices, residential, hospitality, major projects, fit out or refurb is preferred.
• Proficient CostX or other Cost Planning software.

Responsibilities

• Provide cost advice and support to clients across a range of projects.
• Assist with the delivery of projects, commissions and professional assignments.
• Support the preparation of cost plans, estimates, reports and project documentation.
• Work collaboratively with project leaders and colleagues to achieve successful outcomes.
• Develop an understanding of commercial management, cost control and financial reporting.
• Maintain effective communication with clients, colleagues and project stakeholders.
• Ensure all work is completed accurately and within agreed timescales.
• Build strong client relationships and represent Currie & Brown professionally.
• Take an active role in personal and professional development, with the opportunity to work towards your APC.

Skills

Cost management

Client communication

Team collaboration

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying

Tools

CostX

Job description

Currie & Brown is currently looking for an Assistant Cost Consultant to join our Glasgow office. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their career, broaden their project experience and work towards achieving their APC with the support of an experienced team.

The successful candidate will support project leaders in delivering a high standard of service to our clients, contributing to successful project outcomes and developing their cost management skills across a varied portfolio of projects. These include large commercial new builds for blue-chip clients, private residential developments, towers and national government frameworks.

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 prominent city centre and beachfront


• Programme of school projects across Scotland

Yourcoredutieswillinvolve:

• Providingcostadviceandsupporttoclientsacrossarangeofprojects


• Assistingwiththedeliveryofprojects,commissionsandprofessionalassignments


• Supportingthepreparationofcostplans,estimates,reportsandprojectdocumentation


• Workingcollaborativelywithprojectleadersandcolleaguestoachievesuccessfulprojectoutcomes


• Developinganunderstandingofcommercialmanagement,costcontrolandfinancialreporting


• Maintainingeffectivecommunicationwithclients,colleaguesandprojectstakeholders


• Ensuringallworkiscompletedaccuratelyandwithinagreedtimescales


• BuildingstrongclientrelationshipsandrepresentingCurrie&Browninaprofessionalmanner


• Takinganactiveroleinpersonalandprofessionaldevelopment,withtheopportunitytoworktowardsyour APC

Your core duties will involve:

• Providing cost advice and support to clients across a range of projects


• Assisting with the delivery of projects, commissions and professional assignments


• Supporting the preparation of cost plans, estimates, reports and project documentation


• Working collaboratively with project leaders and colleagues to achieve successful project outcomes


• Developing an understanding of commercial management, cost control and financial reporting


• Maintaining effective communication with clients, colleagues and project stakeholders


• Ensuring all work is completed accurately and within agreed timescales


• Building strong client relationships and representing Currie & Brown in a professional manner


• Taking an active role in personal and professional development, with the opportunity to work towards your APC

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you

• BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent


• 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

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.