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About the Role
Support the commercial delivery of complex laboratory, research, and specialist science environments on new build, refurbishment, and fit-out projects for leading national and international clients. This role involves managing projects throughout their lifecycle, from cost planning and procurement to construction, cost control, and final account agreement.
Responsibilities
- Lead the commercial management of assigned projects, overseeing cost plans, forecasting, cash flow analysis, and reporting.
- Prepare detailed cost estimates, feasibility studies, and benchmarking analyses for life sciences, laboratory, and specialist technical facilities.
- Manage tender processes, evaluate contractor submissions, and support commercial negotiations.
- Administer valuations, payment applications, variations, and change control processes.
- Maintain project risk registers and commercial reporting, providing proactive advice.
- Produce clear and accurate commercial reports, cost forecasts, and financial updates.
- Collaborate with design and delivery teams to identify value engineering opportunities and mitigate commercial risks.
- Promote the use of digital cost management tools, including CostX and 5D BIM.
- Support and mentor junior team members, sharing best practice and contributing to continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Degree-qualified Quantity Surveyor with Chartered status (MRICS) preferred, or actively working towards professional qualification.
- Proven Quantity Surveying or Cost Management experience within laboratory, research, life sciences, or highly serviced (MEP-intensive) environments.
- Strong experience in cost planning, estimating, procurement, contract administration, and financial reporting.
- Demonstrable commercial acumen, including managing project variations, cost risks, and budget performance.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Willingness to travel and provide support across Oxford, Cambridge, London, and other locations as required.
Skills
- Cost Management
- Commercial Delivery
- Cost Planning
- Procurement
- Construction
- Cost Control
- Final Account Agreement
- Estimating
- Feasibility Studies
- Benchmarking
- Tender Processes
- Contractor Evaluation
- Commercial Negotiation
- Valuations
- Payment Applications
- Variations Management
- Change Control
- Risk Management
- Financial Reporting
- Value Engineering
- Digital Cost Management Tools
- CostX
- 5D BIM
- Stakeholder Management
Location
- Oxford
- Cambridge
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Degree-qualified Quantity Surveyor
- Chartered status (MRICS) preferred
- Actively working towards professional qualification
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 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.
- We believe everyone's contribution matters.
- 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.
- Create a lasting legacy.
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.
- 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.