Cost consultant

About The Role 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 ndash; what is it we would like you to do? Currie Brown is looking for a chartered senior cost consultant for our Dublin office to work on a wide variety of public and private sector projects. The successful candidate will support project leaders in generating a high standard of day-to-day 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. Currie Brown is committed to career development and expects the successful candidate to rapidly progress to senior level and beyond, managing all aspects of their own commissions. Based out of the Dublin office, this position offers a blended mix of office and home-based working. Your core duties will involve Conducting cost appraisal studies Applying value management techniques at the outset of a project Supporting and managing estimating and cost planning activities, to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plans and overall development budgets Managing and quality checking Bill of Quantities and associated tender documentation production Supporting and managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages (including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation) are performed effectively Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively Producing accurate monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client Undertaking value engineering and lifecycle costing Negotiating and concluding final accounts Taking a lead role in interfacing with the clients rsquo; construction teams and other consultants at all project stages Supervising and mentoring junior and trainee members of the team Assisting in the marketing and development of Currie Brown in the Irish marketWhat skills and attributes are we looking for from you BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent Chartered Membership of the Society of Chartered Surveyors in Ireland Pre and post-contract experience in the Republic of Ireland, preferably in the healthcare or residential sector Experience in working with GCCC and RIAI forms of contract Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills (both internal and external) Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute Ability to run projects with minimal supervision and attend project meetings independently A team player with a lsquo;can-do rsquo; attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible, with ability to work on own initiative About The Company Why choose Currie Brown? Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people rsquo;s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage ndash; providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long. We don rsquo;t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to career progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis. We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. With the backing of our parent company, we are a truly independent business. Our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions, as well as work directly with some of the world rsquo;s brightest partner brands in our industry through the Dar Group. We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives