Description:
If you’re looking to advance your career in data analytics, expertise, and technology for the rapidly growing global CRE market, there’s no better place than Altus Group. At Altus, our work is purposeful. Every day, our employees drive impact, innovate, and shape the global commercial real estate (CRE) and PropTech industry.
Our people-centric culture empowers you to deliver in a high trust, high performance culture, surrounded by an inclusive team that’s collaborating to modernize our industry. We invest in our people with training and growth opportunities designed to propel you further in your career while providing a flexible and progressive workplace that reflects our values and teams.
Altus is looking for a senior individual with quantity surveying and cost management expertise to join the leadership team in the Vancouver Office. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Development Advisory team who collaborates with Owners, Contractors, and Lenders on a diverse range of private and public construction projects throughout British Columbia and the West Coast of the U.S.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide a full range of quantity surveying and cost management advisory services
- Lead the design and production of client deliverables for projects and developments
- Collaborate with loan monitoring and pre-construction cost estimating/planning Directors to deliver services to clients
- Create budget, cost plans, estimates and cost control processes to manage projects profitably
- Prepare, write, develop, and issue Client cost and monitoring reports. Analyze bids, conduct trade and contractor cost analysis
- Advise clients on the requirements for successful project deliverables and outcomes and effectively resolve any client disputes with transparency
- Effectively engage and coach a team, as well as upskill a team of cost professionals to achieve outstanding performance
- Advise clients on risk, project change, claims and value management
- Make significant contributions to business development, strategy, innovation, and service expansion to help the team to grow profitably
- Manage Client relationships for renewal, referrals, and cross-selling business opportunities
Key Qualifications
- You have significant experience in cost management/quantity surveying consulting for commercial and public developments with a strong technical knowledge. You have already managed a team of high-performing professionals and you’re driven by achieving great outcomes for the Client.
- You may have a degree or diploma in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Architecture, or a construction related field.
- You may have professional accreditation such as PQS, CIQS, RICS, PMI, membership
- You build and foster relationships with internal and Client stakeholders across all levels of construction projects
- You’re an outstanding communicator who can presents information in a way that is structured and makes sense.
- You implement effective project solutions and manage expectations whilst retaining the Client's trust and confidence.