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 Melbourne office is beyond busy and due to significant growth and ongoing delivery success with our clients,we’re on the lookout for qualified and experienced Senior Quantity Surveyors, ideally with major Rail project experience.
This role will perform various quantity surveying functions including estimating, cost management and 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 client-facing, and those with experience managing stakeholder-dense clients will do well, and likewise, weare looking for someone who wants to be a leader in the industry, delivering large and complex projects while also helping mentor the future generation.
Critical for this role is experience with first principal measurements of rail, trackside, occupations and live rail environments.
This role is responsible for:
- Taking a lead role in liaising with clients, architects and main contractors
- Identifying and facilitating new business opportunities
- Master-plan and feasibility budgets
- Cost checking of developing design
- Tender evaluations and analysis
- 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, Civil Engineering or Construction Management
- Full Australian working rights and currently located in Australia
- RICS / AIQS accredited candidates will be highly regarded
- Proficient in the use of Cost X
- Ability to produce both top down and bottom up cost plans
- A thorough understanding of the total project life cycle, fromconception, through to completion and post-project review
- Highly motivatedwith a passion for delivering excellence to clients
- Excellent communication skills and ability to manage a team and control multiple projects/client commissions
Additional Information
At WT,in addition to your competitive salaryweoffer many perks including:
- Bi-annual bonus scheme- unlike other companies we offer discretionary performance bonuses TWICE a year
- 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
- When you're working from the office, you'll bein an award-winningoffice fit-out whichsupportsflexibleand activity based working in a prime location with amazing views
If you're keen to and advance and broaden your career within the QS industry working on one of the largest Rail projects in Victoria's history, then this could be a great opportunity for you. Apply now to join an international cost consultancy at the forefront of VIC's majorInfrastructure and Construction projects.
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