Senior Cost Consultant

Currie & Brown; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international consultancy in Manchester is seeking a Senior Cost Consultant to support project leaders in delivering high standards of service. The role involves providing cost advice, managing projects, and fostering client relationships. Ideal candidates will hold a BSc in quantity surveying, MRICS membership, and have experience in commercial sectors. The firm emphasizes long-term growth and a supportive environment for its employees.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits packages

Career progression opportunities

Support for international mobility

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare and commercial fit out desirable.
• Experience in private commercial sector: offices, residential, hospitality.
• Pre and post-contract experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate cost advice to clients.
• Deliver projects and professional assignments.
• Undertake commercial management services with limited supervision.
• Represent the company professionally and build strong client relationships.

Skills

BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent

Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)

Expert level Excel user

Proficient in CostX or other Cost Planning software

Sustainability and Data Skills

Contract administration skills

Good technical writing and communication skills

Well-organised with a 'can-do' attitude

Education

BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent

Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)

Tools

Excel

CostX

Job description

About The Role

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 has fun along the way.

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

Currie & Brown is currently looking for a senior cost consultant to join our Manchester 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.

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)
• Healthcare and commercial fit out experience desirable
• Private commercial sector experience – ideally experience gained from some of the following: offices, residential, hospitality, major projects, fit‑out and refurb
• Expert level Excel user
• Proficient CostX or other Cost Planning software
• Sustainability and Data Skills (i.e. carbon assessment and Power BI)
• Contract administration skills
• Pre and post‑contract experience
• Good technical writing, 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

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 a 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 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.