M&E Quantity Surveyor - Data Centres

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.

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

Currie & Brown is looking for an MEP quantity surveyor for our Germany offices. The successful candidate will take a lead role in the delivery of project management services for one of our MEP team’s key Data Centre clients, reporting to and being supported by the account director on these unique projects. The role will involve a large element of direct client exposure and time spent in their offices and around their site. The delivery of crisp, confidence building advice will be a key deliverable. In addition to this, there will be opportunities to become involved in the wider portfolio of projects that the team delivers, many of which are for its own clients.

Your core duties will involve:

• Preparing cost plans and estimates
• Undertaking the procurement of projects from start to finish including the preparation of tender documentation
• Managing work packages post-contract including change control and valuation, progress valuations, cost reports and final accounts
• Providing crisp and focused cost advice and reporting to our clients
• Conducting tender analysis for the purpose of contractor appointments and data capture for benchmarking and future cost plans
• Assuming a leading role in setting objectives and priorities, working as a proactive team player
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects and liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
• Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner
• Representing the company in a professional and confidence-inspiring manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationships

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you:

• Tertiary qualifications in Quantity Surveying or a similar technical degree
• A minimum of five years’ technical Data Centre project delivery experience
• Pre- and post-contract experience including cost planning and procurement
• Good technical writing, strong client-facing and communication skills
• Ability to take on a leadership role as part of personal development planning
• NEC experience beneficial
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, self-starting, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful, and flexible

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We are an international industry leader – Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for some of the world’s top clients.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.  

We are a truly independent business where our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions that drive real impact. As part of Sidara, we collaborate directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry, offering exciting opportunities to innovate and grow.