Company Description

We’re committed to the professional development of our people.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

Our global Buildings and Places business line brings together a versatile and collaborative team of Quantity Surveyors, Cost Managers and Estimators within the broader business of urban planning, building design and engineering professionals. Collectively, we are all working to create liveable, sustainable, and equitable cities.

Our extensive expertise cover urbanism and planning, architecture, building and systems engineering, and cost, project, and construction management.

Together with our clients, we are working to evolve and elevate the built environment across sectors including, social infrastructure, transit, technology and logistics, and commercial and corporate real estate, whilst focusing on solutions that promote long term health and wellbeing for all.

Job Description

AECOM’s Cost Management team has an opportunity for an ambitious Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager to join our successful team based in Maroochydore, on the Sunshine Coast. The role will predominantly be working on Civil Infrastructure projects, with the opportunity to assist with buildings projects down the line. This role would suit an estimator / quantity surveyor with civil infrastructure experience who is looking to continue to grow their career working on a variety of projects.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Take responsibility for quantity surveying and cost management services on a range of civil infrastructure projects across Queensland.

• Conduct take-offs, develop reports, interact with clients and manage projects independently.

• Support cost planning and estimating during the design phase, including quantity measurement from design drawings, cash flow forecasting, construction phase cost management, capital cost analysis, and life-cycle costing.

• Collaborate with AECOM’s quantity surveyors and multi-disciplinary engineers both locally and nationally on diverse projects.

• Leverage your expertise to provide high-quality technical advice to clients and support senior team members with various tasks.

Qualifications

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

What are we looking for from you?

• Ideally, 4 + years post-graduate experience as a Quantity Surveyor, Cost Manager, or Estimator, with knowledge of Australian standards. Prior experience in the civil infrastructure sector is highly regarded, whilst candidates with experience in the buildings sector will also be considered.

• A strong commitment to learning, adaptability, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, deadline-driven team environment.

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Quantity Surveying or Engineering, with AIQS/RICS accreditation (or the ability to obtain it).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, along with intermediate to advanced knowledge of CostX, Pronamics Expert Estimation or similar industry-standard estimation and cost planning software (e.g., Buildsoft, Candy).

Join us and let’s get started.

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Additional Information

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10124703

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Survey & Estimation

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd