Senior Quantity Surveyor - Data Centre
1. Full-time
Company Description
We are award-winning international quantity surveyors, cost management, sustainability, asset and building consultants, PPP advisors and facilities managers.
Our expertise covers the building, construction and infrastructure sectors, as well as the management of facilities and the provision of complex advisory services.
At WT, our Clients’ vision is our goal. We understand that there is no such thing as a standard project and we tailor solutions to meet each client’s needs and objectives.
Not just in Australia and the United Kingdom. You’ll find us across the Globe and when you work with WT, you work with the collective thinking of over 2000 of the profession’s best people.
That makes us one of the world’s leading international cost and consultancy firms. But we’re not only large, we’re also fiercely independent. We own and control all of our individual offices wherever we operate. This is the world of WT: a world of seamless and efficient consultancy services delivered through partnering with clients.
Job Description
The WT Sydney office continues to grow with high-profile new engagements landing with multi-national technology clients leading to a new, Senior Quantity Surveyor role in the Data Centre team.
With major projects underway and more in the pipeline, we’re on the lookout for an experienced SQS that has ideally managed Data Centre projects or other similar mission-critical and complex sites.
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:
2. Liaising with clients, architects and main contractors
3. Identifying and facilitating new business opportunities
4. Master-plan and feasibility budgets
5. Cost checking of developing design
6. Value engineering
7. Tender evaluations and analysis
8. Contract negotiations
9. Cash flow projects
10. Procurement
11. Cost reporting
12. Final account reporting
13. Claims preparation, presentation, negotiation and settlement of claims
14. Investment analysis
15. Formulating and implementing benchmarking processes to improve the consistency, accuracy and time to prepare cost models and plans
Qualifications
16. Relevant tertiary qualification in any of the following areas: Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering or Construction
17. Extensive experience in cost estimating and planning software/ Cost X
18. Demonstrated track record of winning and managing major projects
19. Experience managing mission-critical projects or similar projects of complex design
Additional Information
At WT, in addition to your competitive salary we offer many perks including:
20. Bi-annual bonus scheme- unlike other companies we offer discretionary performance bonuses TWICE a year
21. Paid professional memberships- support in gaining and supporting your membership costs for RICS and AIQS
22. Wellbeing days- time to focus on your wellbeing and the community
23. WT’s balanced way of working- to optimise work according to where and how employees work best and enhance employee experience and wellbeing, whilst boosting organisational outcomes and setting a foundation for future growth
24. When you're working from the office, you'll be in an award-winning office fit-out which supports flexible and activity based working in a prime location with amazing views
If you're keen to and 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 NSW's major construction across all sectors: commercial, retail, residential, mixed use, infrastructure and health within our Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Newcastle, Penrith offices.
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