Job description

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor or Cost Controller to join our team for a high-profile construction project. The primary responsibility is to manage project costs, ensuring that the project is completed within budget while meeting quality standards and deadlines.

Key Responsibilities:

Cost Estimation: Prepare initial cost estimates for the project, including materials, labor, equipment, and miscellaneous expenses. Tender Preparation: Prepare and analyze tender documents to select contractors and subcontractors. Cost Control: Monitor and control expenditures throughout the project to ensure costs remain within the initial budget. Work Evaluation: Assess and approve contractor payments for completed work. Risk Management: Identify and evaluate financial risks, proposing strategies to mitigate them. Financial Reporting: Provide regular financial reports to stakeholders on the project’s budget status.

Required Profile:

Educational Background: A Master's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field is preferred. Experience: 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in cost control and quantity surveying, ideally within the construction sector. Skills: Construction Management, Financial Planning, Scheduling, and Cost Management. Languages: English: Fluent (Mandatory) French: Fluent (Mandatory) Approach: Familiarity with the Anglo-Saxon method of cost and contract management is highly desirable. This approach emphasizes standardized, rigorous, and technologically advanced practices in construction project cost management, focusing on transparency, efficiency, and risk management.

What can you expect?

Amaris Consulting is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to promoting diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. For this purpose, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability or other characteristics.

Who are we? Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade – this is made possible by an international team of 7500 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We’re focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.

At Amaris, we strive to provide our candidates with the best possible recruitment experience. We like to get to know our candidates, challenge them, and be able to give them proper feedback as quickly as possible. Here's what our recruitment process looks like:   

Brief Call: Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you! The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you! 

Interviews (the average number of interviews is 3 - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position). During the interviews, you will meet people from our team: your line manager of course, but also other people related to your future role. We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you. Of course, you will also get to know Amaris: our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities!

Case study: Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem-solving scenario, etc.   

As you know, every person is different and so is every role in a company.  That is why we have to adapt accordingly, and the process may differ slightly at times. However, please know that we always put ourselves in the candidate's shoes to ensure they have the best possible experience. 
We look forward to meeting you!