Cost Consultant - Quantity Surveyor

The role – what is it we would like you to do?

The cost consultant / quantity surveyor manages all costs relating to hospitality, data center, logistics, residential sector project. Its primary role is to estimate and monitor costs from the initial planning stage through to completion of a project including preparation of budget, cost plans, BOQs, tender evaluation, valuation of contractor’s payment ensuring projects are completed within budget.

This role requires experience in cost consulting in electro-mechanical (MEP) pricing for building, data center, logistics project.

This is a full-time position, location in Treviso, Italy.

As a Cost Consultant - Quantity Surveyor your core duties will involve:

• Market analysis including inflation, risks and others.
• Budget preparation and capex review during feasibility stage.
• Cost estimation during design phase including analysis of costs of labour and materials.
• Preparing bills of quantities for contractors to price during the tender process.
• Negotiating and managing contracts between clients and contractors.
• Advise on contractual and procurement strategy
• Lead tender stage including managing tender process, tender analysis, and recommendation of most suitable contractor for the projects.
• Monitoring costs during construction stage to ensure the project remains within budget.
• Approval of contractors payment application.
• Advising on tax depreciation schedules and life cycle costing of buildings.
• Resolving disputes between contractors and clients regarding costs.
• Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to our clients.
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects.
• Liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control.
• Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner.
• Providing support to the project lead, project manager or senior cost manager.
• Representing the Company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationships.

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity surveying, Construction Economics, Architecture, Engineering, or a related field.
• Both Italian and English advanced level is required
• A minimum of three to five years’ technical delivery experience as economist/QS/cost consultant, with experience in pricing electro-mechanical works.
• Experience in MEP pricing, suppliers contacts, administrative understanding for permitting process in buildings, Data Center or similar high-tech sector.
• Pre- and post-contract experience
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, cost databases, and specialist quantity surveying software
• Knowledge of building and construction methods, legal issues, and H&S standards.
• Good client-facing and communication skills.
• Well‑organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well‑disciplined and commercially astute.
• A team player with a ‘can‑do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible.

About Us

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.