Senior Quantity Surveyor

Sccsinternational; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

23 days annual leave (+2)

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead cost control for multidisciplinary railway projects. You will manage a team of Intermediate Quantity Surveyors, prepare feasibility and final design cost estimates, and ensure payments align with contracts.

The role requires 10 years of experience with transport infrastructure, a degree in engineering or cost management, and strong knowledge of contract documents and measurement standards.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in cost management or quantity surveying roles.
• Minimum 3+ years in transport infrastructure focusing on multidisciplinary railway projects.
• Knowledge of contract documents, drawings and specifications.
• Experience in a consultancy environment or with a client/contractor.
• Familiarity with cost estimation techniques and BoQ development.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation of feasibility, preliminary design and final design cost estimates for multidisciplinary railway projects.
• Assess on- and off-site materials, monthly payment certificates and final accounts, and monitor costs with contractual entitlement in mind.
• Undertake or review measurement of designs and on-site works.
• Develop the schedule of rates or Bill of Quantities.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Budget forecasting

Contract management

Project costing

Railway/Transport infra

Education

Engineering/Cost management degree

Job description

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

Job Description

The SQS is responsible for cost control on behalf of the Contracting Entity, managing a team of Intermediate Quantity Surveyors in ensuring effective cost estimation and control of spend, and ensuring payments are compliant with the contracting reimbursement principles (schedules of rates, bills of quantity, materials on and off site payments, etc.), as well as monitoring the anticipated final project costs. In doing so, the SQS will provide cost management and cost advice to the Claims, Contract Management and Project Management team, and ensure that the Contracting Entity achieves the project’s budgetary goals and objectives.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Lead preparation of feasibility, preliminary design and final design cost estimates, for multidisciplinary railway projects.
• Assess on and off site materials, monthly payment certificates and package final accounts, as well as monitoring the anticipate final project costs and making recommendations for monthly payments or final accounts due ensuring Contractual Entitlement.
• Undertake or review measurement of designs and on-site works completed.
• Develop the schedule of rates or Bill of Quantities.

Experience:

• Must have a clear understanding of, and ability to work with, construction contract
• commercial documents, drawings and specifications.
• Strong experience of delivering technically complex and high value infrastructure projects
• Experience of working in a comparable consultancy environment, or with a client or
• contractor organisation
• Knowledge of cost management principles, methods, techniques and tools, including the
• standard method of measurement
• Knowledge of policy and procedure implementation

Qualifications

• 10 years’ experience, at least 3+ years within the transport infrastructure industry with a focus on multidisciplinary railway projects.
• C Eng / BEng / BA / BSc cost management, quantity surveying, estimating management or in a related discipline.

Additional Information

What we offer you:

• Full time
• Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
• 23days Annual leave (+ 2 company days)
• Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
• Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
• Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

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.