Senior Quantity Surveyor - Infrastructure

At WT, we empower our clients to grow, inspiring confidence through our independent cost management and advisory services. Operating for 75 years, our expertise spans the building, construction, and infrastructure sectors.

WT in Christchurch and Queenstown continue to secure a number of high-profile infrastructure projects, and in line with this strategic growth of our project pipeline, we are looking for an established Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our talented infrastructure team and work across a wide variety of projects.

Leading and supporting across multiple sectors, this role will perform various 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. 

Key Responsibilities

• Liaising with clients, architects, and main contractors
• Identifying and facilitating new business opportunities
• Estimating and Cost Planning
• Value engineering
• Tender evaluations and analysis
• Contract negotiations
• Cash flow projects
• Procurement
• Cost reporting
• Evaluation of variations
• Payment Recommendations
• 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

• Proven experience in managing complex projects
• 7+ years project experience 
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Quantity Surveying
• Extensive experience in cost estimating and planning software/ Cost X
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills

Additional Information

• Annual bonus scheme
• Southern Cross medical insurance
• Paid professional memberships- support in gaining and supporting your membership costs for RICS or NZIQS
• WT’s balanced way of working

If you're keen to advance and broaden your career within the consulting & advisory industry, then this could be a fantastic opportunity for you.

Apply now to join an independently owned, international cost consultancy at the forefront of New Zealand's major construction and infrastructure projects.