Assistant Cost Consultant

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Join our team as a Cost Consultant collaborating with Project and Senior-level professionals to deliver high-quality projects. Youll liaise with external contractors and consultants take ownership of specific cost management tasks and ensure delivery standards align with objectives. This role requires independent work leveraging your technical expertise and practical experience in the field.

Role accountabilities:

• Perform cost control tasks by reviewing financial data for anomalies to ensure accurate up-to-date information for management.
• Contribute to professional cost management assignments and oversee junior colleagues work to meet project milestones.
• Adhere to risk and compliance principles addressing unsafe situations or risks to prevent project disruptions.
• Analyze data and produce documentation (e.g. schedules cost reports) to support senior decision-making.
• Evaluate and improve cost and commercial management processes sharing knowledge and advice.
• Apply technical expertise to complex tasks prioritizing workload and aligning with established policies.
• Provide specialist cost management advice to internal and external stakeholders ensuring high-quality service.
• Assist senior staff in resolving stakeholder issues by identifying and suggesting solutions for client satisfaction.
• Support the internal team and manage junior staff on projects valued between 5m and 150m.

Qualifications & Experience:

Must Have:

• Experience in delivering analysis and insights
• Technical knowledge in specialised field including construction processes and/or cost and commercial management.
• Advanced proficiency with desktop applications (e.g. MS Word Excel and PowerPoint)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of own area of specialism and a developing understanding of wider organisational and programme environment
• Capable of supporting senior colleagues on a project through from inception to completion
• Ability to obtain BPSS clearance

Advantageous:

• Experience in NEC Contract Suites
• In depth knowledge of the Defence & Security sector
• Ability to obtain SC clearance
• Ability to obtain DV clearance

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones 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.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role 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.

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.

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