At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Due to our client constructing three 200-bed District Hospitals under a $300 million contract for the Ministry of Health, Zambia we are actively recruiting for Quantity Surveyors / Senor Quantity Surveyors.

Working with a very friendly and highly skilled team your key tasks are expected to include the following:

• Preparation and review of first principles construction cost estimates to ensure demonstrable value for money
• Benchmarking of the cost estimate and indirect costs against comparable projects within Turner & Townsend's extensive cost database
• Assess and separate all abnormal costs that 'skew' the value for money equation
• Verify the scope of works against the items and quantities in the cost estimate, identifying and quantifying any gaps. This includes verifying that constructability issues are included in the estimate, and the estimate is aligned to relevant work breakdown structures
• Understand the project drivers for cost and schedule, and determine whether the appropriate estimating and planning effort and accuracy has been applied
• Review project drivers most likely to influence the cost and schedule outcome of the project
• Verify the unit rates for labour, plant equipment and materials to capture whether appropriate pricing has been applied, taking into account local market conditions, geographical locations, cost of local labour and the proposed procurement strategy
• Verify estimated labour norms and productivity in relation to the scope of works
• Assess the location, nature of the site access and working conditions with regards to productivity.
• Determine whether appropriate allowances have been adopted, particularly at the early phases of the project
• Verify appropriate cost escalation adopted by applying Turner & Townsend’s industry forecasts against the project schedule
• Assess whether contingency allowances are proportional to the risk remaining on the project and identify mitigation or enhancement strategies to enable the project to proceed
• Review final out-turn cost against the initial cost plan and benchmark
• Identify lessons learned for improving value for money on future projects

• Bachelors Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent qualification
• 3 - 6 years cost estimation, including the first principles estimation and benchmarking of energy projects

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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