Associate

Cushman & Wakefield; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking an Associate in Chennai with a background in Electrical engineering to execute property valuations, market analysis, and cost estimation for interiors and retail projects. You will coordinate with consultants, manage assignments, and ensure deliverables meet quality standards.

The role focuses on civil, electro-mechanical, and architectural works, with site visits and BOQ preparation. Strong communication and detail orientation are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical engineering.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in project management profile / Bill certification.
• Expert level analytical and quantitative skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Technical awareness of civil, electro-mechanical, and architectural works and finishing.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• High attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct property valuations using Market, Income Capitalization, DCF, and Cost approaches.
• Perform market research, analyze comparable transactions, rental benchmarks, and market trends.
• Knowledge of MEP services for interior fitout/finishing works.
• Create BOQ-level cost estimates for Civil, MEP, finishing, and related costs.
• Carry out physical site visits to source information and monitor progress.
• Prepare BOQ quantity estimates and rate analysis of labour and material.
• Carry out bill certification for works at site.
• Review safety and quality practices at site and report non-compliances.
• Review measurement sheets and vendor/Junior Engineer reports.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Site experience

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Job description

Job Title

Associate

Job Description Summary

Associate– Real Estate Asset Advisory (Valuations & Advisory) - Chennai

Job Description Summary

This role requires candidate to be involved in execution of assignments, coordination with other consultants (if any), account management during duration of the assignment, ensuring the deliverable quality and process management

Job Description

About the Role:

• Conduct property valuations using recognized methodologies including Market Approach, Income Capitalization Approach, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), and Cost Approach.
• Perform market research, collect and analyze comparable transactions, rental benchmarks, occupancy trends, and market intelligence.
• Thorough Knowledge on MEP services of Interior Fitout projects/Finishing works
• Detailed understanding of BOQ involved in Interiors/Retail projects
• Creating detailed project cost estimates e.g. construction activities Civil, MEP, finishing, supporting infrastructure, external development, consultant fees and other costs allied to construction activities.
• Carry out physical site visits to source primary information, monitor project progress and summarize the findings and examinations
• Prepare BOQ level estimation of quantity and rate analysis of labour and material
• Carry out bill certification for works executed at site
• Review safety and quality management practices at site and report non compliances
• Review measurement sheets, reports of Junior Engineer and cross functional teams through system
• Validate design brief and specifations submitted by Electrical, HVAC, FF, AV and BMS vendors

About You:

Degree in Electrical engineering

Minimum 4 years’ experience in project management profile / Bill certification

• Requires expert level analytical and quantitative skills
• Strong project management skills
• Technical awareness of civil, electro-mechanical, and architectural works and finishing
• Ability to respond effectively to sensitive issues
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• High attention to detail and the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;
• Career development and a promote from within culture;
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.

We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

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That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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