Senior Cost Consultant

Currie & Brown; Dublin; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international consultancy, Currie & Brown, is seeking a cost consultant for their Dublin MEP team. This role involves providing expert cost management and support on a range of projects, working collaboratively in a dynamic environment. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and demonstrable skills in both public and private sectors, with a can-do attitude.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits packages

Opportunities for international mobility

Career progression support

Qualifications

• Candidates should have a BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• Membership of RICS (MRICS) is essential.
• Proficient in CostX or similar Cost Planning software.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate cost advice and reporting to clients.
• Deliver projects and commissions, ensuring high standards.
• Maintain effective communication for successful project completion.

Skills

Cost Management

Communication

Technical Writing

Public Sector Experience

Private Sector Experience

Teamwork

Sustainability Skills

Data Skills

Commercial Awareness

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying

Membership of RICS (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 for our Dublin MEP team with either MEP or CSA experience. 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 MEP and Data Centre projects.

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)
• Public Sector or Private commercial sector experience – ideally experience gained from healthcare, offices, residential, hospitality, major projects, fit-out, and refurbishments
• Proficient in CostX or other Cost Planning software
• Sustainability and Data Skills, e.g., carbon assessment and Power BI
• Pre and post-contract experience
• Good technical writing, client-facing, and communication skills
• Well-organized, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined, and commercially astute
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful, and flexible

About You

About Us

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritize the long term and honor our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in our approach and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Whether you desire to work internationally, seek career progression, or wish to operate in a new sector, we support our people at every stage – providing advice, support, and opportunities to achieve. Many of our team members have established and built successful careers here over the years.

We don’t just offer a job; we offer a career with a clear route to progression and a track record of facilitating international mobility, whether through permanent moves or secondments.

As an industry leader, working for us provides the chance to be part of a renowned brand focused on excellence and digital innovation. You will have the opportunity to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for top-tier clients.

We believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds, as diverse perspectives foster innovation and success.

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 with some of the world’s brightest partner brands, offering exciting opportunities to innovate and grow.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages tailored to our global regions, providing additional rewards to employees at all levels.