Senior Quantity Surveyor

Company Description

At WT, we empower our clients to grow, inspiring confidence through our independent cost management and advisory services. Operating for 75 years, our expertise spans the building, construction, and infrastructure sectors.

We support our clients with an award-winning team of specialists in portfolio and program advisory, quantity surveying and cost management, commercial and financial advisory, carbon and sustainability, and asset and facilities management.

With a global footprint covering Australia, New Zealand, Asia, India, Middle East, North America, Africa, the UK and Europe, our clients can tap into the collective thinking of over 2,000 of the best people in the industry, operating from over 70 offices.

Job Description

WT in Canberra continues to grow with high-profile new engagements landing across a broad range of sectors and with major projects underway, we’re on the lookout for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the growing team.

Working on projects across the ACT, this role will perform various traditional quantity surveying functions including estimating, planning and cost management, cost monitoring, and accurate and timely financial reporting whilst exercising sound financial acumen with a key focus on proactively maximising value for our clients.

This role is responsible for:

• Liaising with clients, architects and main contractors
• Identifying and facilitating new business opportunities
• Master-plan and feasibility budgets
• Cost checking of developing design
• Value engineering
• Tender evaluations and analysis
• Contract negotiations
• Cash flow projects
• Procurement
• Cost reporting
• Evaluation of variations
• Valuations
• Final account reporting
• Claims preparation, presentation, negotiation and settlement of claims
• Investment analysis
• Formulating and implementing benchmarking processes to improve the consistency, accuracy and time to prepare cost models and plans

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in any of the following areas: Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related field
• Extensive experience in cost estimating and planning software/ Cost X
• Experience managing a broad range of build projects
• RICS / AIQS accredited candidates will be highly regarded
• A thorough understanding of the total project life cycle, from conception, through to completion and post-project review
• Ideally 5+ years industry experience as a QS, with experience on projects in Aged Care, Health, Social Housing, Workspace fitout and Sports & Rec.

Additional information

At WT, in addition to your competitive salary we offer many perks including:

• Bi-annual bonus scheme (discretionary)
• Paid professional memberships- support in gaining and supporting your membership costs for RICS and AIQS
• Wellbeing days- time to focus on your wellbeing and the community
• WT’s balanced way of working

If you're keen to advance and broaden your career within the construction industry, then this could be a great opportunity for you. Apply now to join an international cost consultancy at the forefront of ACT's major construction across all sectors: commercial, retail, residential, mixed use, infrastructure and health.