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About the Role

We are seeking personable, enthusiastic, and energetic Quantity Surveyors to join our Cost & Commercial Management team to support growth within our resilience business for a Global Client in the Water Sector. You will be a Cost Consultant working on a variety of water/utilities projects and programmes in the Reading and London area, helping to deliver transformational outcomes for clients.

Responsibilities

• Administer post-contract administration of NEC contracts, including assessment of contractual change and payments.
• Liaise with external contractors and consultants.
• Support suppliers in providing accurate and validated Project Cost and Financial Forecasts information.
• Provide commercial support, advice, and guidance through all gateways to minimize cost and scope changes throughout the project life cycle.
• Provide contract support, advice, and guidance.
• Provide pre-contract support, including estimating and procurement.
• Support the Client Project Manager in validating costs for the Project Efficiency register before submission.
• Participate in lessons learned workshops to capture value, benefits, and considerations for the future.
• Participate in Risk and value management/meetings as required for the projects.
• Audit and agree on Final Accounts.

Requirements

• Demonstrate self-management and prioritization skills with the ability to work under pressure.
• Demonstrate an ability to learn and develop.
• Good knowledge of specialized fields, including construction processes and cost and commercial management in a consultancy setting.
• NEC Contract experience.
• Possess the skills to actively support the internal team and manage more junior staff on projects typically ranging between £1m and £20m.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders and third parties.
• Experience in water and wastewater and/or regulated industries is desirable.

Skills

• Cost and commercial management
• NEC Contract administration
• Estimating
• Procurement
• Risk and value management
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Influencing stakeholders

Location

• Reading
• London

Work Type

• Hybrid working

Experience Level

• Experience managing junior staff
• Experience on projects typically ranging between £1m and £20m

Education Level

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject is ideal.
• Appropriate professional body membership, MRICS or working towards chartership is ideal.

About the Company

• 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.
• We work to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations.
• We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.
• 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.