Senior Mechanical Quantity Surveyor

ChandlerKBS is one of the leading consultancies providing Project and Cost Management services to the construction and real estate industry. In Europe ChandlerKBS is present with 8 offices and is active in 16 countries.

Our business is expanding nationally as well as internationally. Therefore, ChandlerKBS is seeking talented professionals who are interested in working with us and our clients on thrilling projects.

Tasks

As a Senior Electrical Mechanical Surveyor, you will support the team, assisting with responsibilities for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions.
- Provide Mechanical cost expertise on a variety of projects.
- Prepare accurate quantity surveys and estimates for the Mechanical division of the project as assigned.
- Have intermediate to advanced understanding of mechanical systems in order to recognize relative costs.
- Conducting feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
- Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan.
- Provide mechanical expertise to project management team in the construction planning meeting. Familiarize the project team with assumptions and methods contemplated by the estimate. Assist with the initial project subcontracting plan.
- Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages - including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation - are performed effectively.
- Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively.
- Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
- Value engineering and life-cycle costing.
- Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed upon.
- Interfacing with clients and other consultants at all project stages.

**Requirements**:
**Your Profile**:

- Must hold a minimum class 2.1 Honours Degree in Quantity Surveying or Cost Management.
- 5+ years' of quantity surveying or cost management experience.
- Ability to interact extremely well with many different client types.
- Experience with conceptual, schematic, DD, and CD phases of estimating.
- Experience in mechanical or process estimating desired.
- Fluent in German
- Ability to read and understand engineering drawings, purchase orders, contracts, cost coding systems, etc. is required.

**Benefits**:

- A young, motivated team within a continuously growing business.
- Interesting, ambitious, and challenging projects.
- Extraordinary development possibilities in a company operating throughout Europe.