Cost Consultant – Cost and Commercial Assurance (CCA) at Arcadis

, , United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Dec, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Cost Management, Contract Management, Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, NEC3 Contracts, NEC4 Contracts, Problem-Solving, Negotiation, Financial Reporting, Risk Management, Client Relationship Management, Data Analysis, Budgeting, Cost Estimation, Infrastructure Projects, Rail Sector

Industry

Professional Services

Description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together. Role Description: As a Cost Consultant, you will help manage costs and contracts for major infrastructure projects, especially in rail and mobility. You will focus on both quantity surveying and commercial management tasks, using your experience with NEC3/4 contracts (especially Options C and E) to keep projects on track with cost, time, and quality. Building strong relationships with clients and project teams is important for this role. Role Accountabilities: Support the delivery of commercial and quantity surveying services for clients, from early cost planning to final account. Prepare accurate cost estimates, budgets, and financial reports to help keep projects within targets. Understand client goals in the rail and mobility sectors and provide advice to add value and manage risks. Monitor team performance and make sure all work follows company and contract rules. Manage and administer NEC3/4 contracts, especially Options C and E, including changes, early warnings, and compensation events. Review and analyze project data to help clients make good decisions. Suggest and support improvements to quantity surveying and commercial management processes. Build good relationships with clients, contractors, and stakeholders to help deliver better outcomes and find opportunities for savings. Qualifications & Experience: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in quantity surveying, construction management, or a related field. Professional qualification or working towards chartership (such as MRICS, RICS, or similar) is preferred. Experience working on infrastructure projects, especially in rail or mobility. Practical knowledge and experience with NEC3 and NEC4 contracts, especially Options C and E. Experience in both pre-contract and post-contract quantity surveying and commercial management. Strong skills in problem-solving, negotiation, finance, and numeracy. Why Arcadis? We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy. Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success. LI-MT

Responsibilities

As a Cost Consultant, you will manage costs and contracts for major infrastructure projects, focusing on quantity surveying and commercial management tasks. You will prepare cost estimates, budgets, and financial reports while building strong relationships with clients and project teams.