Associate Quantity Surveyor

The Associate Quantity Surveyor will support project leaders in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for Currie & Brown clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider.

• Undertake construction cashflow analysis and project cost reporting and analysis, including significant interface with estimating, procurement, scheduling, document control and finance/accounting departments when appropriate;
• Assist with implementing cost control, schedule and progress control reporting;
• Monitor cost performance to discover and understand variances from the budget;
• Produce and compile accurate/unbiased cost forecasts at a detailed and summary level;
• Identify and ensure early warning of adverse cost trends so that corrective actions can be taken;
• Forecast the final cost of the project based on the analysis of the actual incurred cost against the agreed budget;
• Participate in business development of new projects for cost consulting;
• Support client account management, monthly invoicing and purchase order management;
• Assist with project cost estimates from conceptual through various stages of project development using experience, historical data and parametric ratios;
• Establish new and maintain existing cost and estimating tools, methods and databases used to produce project estimates;
• Participate in industry benchmarking of project metrics;

• Understand various procurement strategies,
• participating in the Bidding & Negotiation project stage;
• reviewing GC trade bid packages for completeness of scope, cost accuracy & schedule impacts;
• Participate in GMP negotiations.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or a directly related field,
• Eight (8) years of experience as a Quantity Surveyor or a related position.
• Alternate Acceptable
  
  Education:
  
  High school diploma/GED.
• An applicant may qualify by presenting an evaluation stating that they have knowledge equivalent to a person with a bachelor’s degree in construction management or quantity surveying. Experience must have included:
  Experience accurately estimating costs for materials, labor, and equipment using Unit Cost, historical data, indices, supplier quotes and analysis;
• Experience using software tools to generate detailed cost estimates and reports including percentage of total coast and creating detailed cost breakdown structures (CBS);
• Experience managing project budgets and ensuring financial efficiency through various methods and metrics, including:
  Variance Analysis, Cost Performance Index (CPI), Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Budget Utilization Rate, Forecasting, Return on Investment (ROI), Break-Even Analysis, Cash Flow Analysis, and Financial Ratios;
• Experience preparing, reviewing, and managing contracts through various key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics, including Contract Cycle Time, Compliance Rate, Contract Value Realization, Dispute Resolution Time, Contract Renewal Rate, Supplier Performance, Cost Variance, Contractual Obligations Fulfillment, Audit Findings, and Contract Closeout Time;
• Experience overseeing project timelines, resources, and deliverables through various metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs), including Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Cost Performance Index (CPI), Earned Value Management (EVM), Resource Utilization, Milestone Achievement, Risk Management Metrics, Quality Metrics, Customer Satisfaction, Budget Variance and Project Completion Rate.
• Additional work location information:
  Various unanticipated locations. Remote work available depending on client's site.

Job Site: 104 Carnegie Center, Suite 208, Princeton, NJ 08540 and various unanticipated locations. Remote work available depending on client site, including 5088 W. Innovation Cir., Phoenix, AZ 85083

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