Senior Cost Consultant

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role description:
We are recruiting for Senior Cost Consultants (Senior Commercial Managers) to join our Rail Consultancy business in London. You’ll be working on projects such as HS2, Network Rail, East West Rail & TFL just to name a few

As a Senior Cost Consultant at Arcadis you will lead and manage the pre and post contract Commercial teams responsible for managing the tendering and post contract delivery of multiple and mixed portfolios of infrastructure projects.

We are really flexible on location, with a mixture of client site, office & home working (what ever works for you really)

Role accountabilities:

- Responsible for all pre, and post contract commercial activities and managing Commercial teams on assigned project portfolio
- Ensure that Commercial teams are delivering value for money and that fair and effective Commercial Management processes are implemented and maintained throughout the entire project
- Liaise with the Procurement teams on the relevant procurement activities required for delivery in accordance with Procurement timelines
- Monitor project budget, pro-actively manage the changes on the project, including project risk registers and contingency with the project’s Delivery teams. This will include accurate periodic reporting and presenting of cost data and Cost of Work Done (COWD), accounting for any variances against budget in all commercial reports within the assigned project portfolio
- Liaise with the Estimating team to provide accurate and current project cost data, evaluating high value changes as required
- Undertake regular commercial reviews of both internal costs and external supplier costs and implement appropriate measures to manage any issues and mitigate risks

Qualifications & Experience:

- Experience of managing Commercial Management teams on large construction and/or infrastructure projects
- Knowledge and experience of working with, or for, publicly funded bodies and projects
- Experience of working under construction contract terms and conditions, preferably NEC and ICC, with knowledge of Target Cost/Fixed Price contracts
- Commercial Management experience through the planning, development and tendering stages of major infrastructure and/or construction projects, working closely with Procurement teams throughout the tender process to deliver successful contract award and set up of robust post contract administration processes
- Experience of implementing and maintaining an effective contract administration process and reporting system that is aligned to programme/project requirements
- Experience in contract, commercial and risk management techniques, change management processes and the resolution of contract disputes. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

If you feel now is the right time for you to consider a move & you’d like to work on some of the UK’s most prestigious projects, it’s time to update your CV & click “apply”

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client p