Senior / Quantity Surveyor - Private Sector

Turner & Townsend; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is recruiting a Senior/Quantity Surveyor in Hong Kong to lead cost management for major construction projects in the private sector. You will ensure cost control and quality objectives while delivering value to clients and stakeholders.

The role requires strong quantity surveying expertise, 5+ years in cost management, and proficiency with Cost-X or equivalent software. A Chartered status is preferable, with opportunity for growth within a global practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Construction, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in cost management or construction projects.
• Strong understanding of quantity surveying, tools, and methodologies.
• Proficiency in Cost-X or equivalent cost estimation software.
• Chartership in MHKIS is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Manage core functions of cost management services for construction projects.
• Ensure cost control and quality objectives are met.
• Provide final cost plans to clients.
• Produce monthly post-contract cost reports.
• Collaborate with client and consultants across project stages.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cost Management/Quantity Surveying/Construction

Master's degree

MHKIS Chartered preferable

Tools

Cost-X

Estimating software

Job description

Senior / Quantity Surveyor - Private Sector

• Full-time

Who is Turner & Townsend?

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Please visit our website:www.turnerandtownsend.com

Role Overview

As a Senior/ Quantity Surveyor, you are expected to manage the core functions of cost management services for construction projects, ensuring cost control and quality objectives are met. You are expected to ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service and foster a collaborative and high-performing project environment.

Key Responsibilities

Project support and coordination

• Possesses in-depth knowledge of pre-contract and post-contract cost management services.


• Experienced in estimating, rate analysis, and cost planning, with the ability to develop and present final cost plans to clients.


• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.


• Tendering and procurement, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents.


• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and support in change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to reporting manager.

Governance & Reporting

• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and supporting the presentation to the client.


• Provide inputs to Value Engineering exercises, where applicable.


• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.


• Identifying ways in which cost management procedures, templates and products can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.


• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database.


• Collaborate to deliver our best work – Work as an effective member of the cost management team, including where appropriate, taking effective responsibility for Quantity Surveyor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Construction, Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree is a plus.


• Minimum 5 years’ experience in cost management or construction projects (e.g. quantity surveyor, cost manager, construction manager, procurement, project manager, vendor, consultant etc.).


• Strong understanding of quantity surveying, tools, and methodologies.


• Proficiency in Cost-X or equivalent cost estimation software.


• Proficient communication and interpersonal skills.


• Chartership in MHKIS is preferrable


• Candidate with more experience will be considered for the position of Senior Quantity Surveyor

KPIs

Your performance KPIs will be evaluated as part of every employee’s performance review process, including the following:

• Achieve ≥ 85% satisfaction score from clients and internal stakeholders in post-project reviews.


• Achieve 100% compliance with internal governance processes and external regulatory standards (e.g., safety, environmental).

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Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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