Senior Cost Consultant

6 months ago

Guildford, United Kingdom Arcadis Full time

As an Arcadian, you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 36, 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 continue to solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We are seeking to recruit a driven Senior Quantity Surveyor with highways and civil engineering exposure to support the Development Led Infrastructure team. The role will offer the opportunity to progress your career as your experience grows within our business.

Our team is involved in some of the UKs most complex and stimulating projects that are diverse and technically demanding. We have an enviable reputation in the delivery of such schemes working with the UKs largest residential developers and housebuilders. To ensure successful delivery of our projects, we would envisage frequent visits to the site. Therefore we would ask that applicants are based in the UK, and happy to travel in the East/South East area.

Role accountabilities:

To provide competent and professional quantity surveying expertise supporting Capital Programme Investment Delivery across several key projects.

The ideal candidate should have proven working knowledge and a background in infrastructure (highways, drainage, earthworks etc.). The candidate will be expected to undertake duties through the project lifecycle including feasibility, estimating, procurement and post contract delivery.

Liaise with all external and internal stakeholders to enable the projects to progress without delay Lead the preparation and verification of pricing models from first principals, and obtain cost data from industry recognised publications e.g. SPONS & BCIS to price schemes Lead the preparation of activity schedules, bills of quantities in accordance with methods of measurement, presentation of tender and contract documentation, attend interviews, carry out full tender analysis and comparisons through to preparing the recommendation report Deliver professional and competent advice and support to ensure that the projects are managed in accordance with the contract and meet the required reporting deadlines Manage a programme of current workload in order that all commissions receive the relevant allocation of resource to manage them efficiently commercially. Assess contractor applications, along with any changes, make recommendations, raise payment certificates, and prepare general correspondence on behalf of the project managers Liaise with the project managers to review and update the risk registers. Identify principal risks and opportunities, raise, address and resolve any problems and maintain a schedule of potential financial implications  Manage and report change control procedures within each specific contract and ensure that they are adhered to

Qualifications & Experience:

Degree qualified in quantity surveying or other relevant business discipline. Professional qualification and/or membership of the RICS or other relevant Chartered Institute would be an additional advantage (or working towards) Expertise in administering high value, multi-disciplinary construction project work packages / contracts utilising forms of contract such as the NEC / ICC suites Demonstrable track record in managing complex, high value and varied contracts Comfortable communicating with all levels of Senior Management and Stakeholders Expert analytical skills to make informed, balanced business decisions and reporting findings back to Clients and Internal Stakeholders. 

Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. Its 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 do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, youll 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.

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.

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