Digital Cost Consultant — Senior Practitioner

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:

Deliver digital cost management services working on complex projects and programmes and with major infrastructure clients. Combine traditional QS expertise with modern digital practices including 5D BIM and process automation. Integrate cost/commercial data into PMO processes to enable evidence-based decisions. Opportunities include embedded project roles or short-term consultancy work delivering process improvement initiative QS.

Role accountabilities:

• Cost Management: Prepare and control budgets cost plans estimates cashflows and change control.
• Tendering & Procurement: Manage tendering bid evaluations negotiations and contract administration.
• Measurement & Valuation (5D BIM): Deliver model-based quantification and valuation; collaborate with design teams for accurate take-offs.
• PMO Integration: Embed cost/commercial data into PMO dashboards and stage-gate packs; maintain KPIs and reporting cadences.
• Data & Reporting: Build BI dashboards (Power BI) use advanced Excel; reconcile data across finance procurement and design systems.
• Digital Process Improvement: Map and optimise workflows; deploy low-code apps (Power Apps/Automate) for automation.
• Collaboration & Leadership: Work with PMO project managers and finance; mentor junior team members.
• Sustainability: Support costcarbon analysis and whole-life cost trade-offs.

Qualifications & Experience:

Essential

• Degree in Quantity Surveying Commercial/Construction Management or related field.
• 35 years cost management experience in construction/infrastructure sectors.
• NEC4 experience.
• Strong communication problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Curious and solutions-focused with strong ownership adaptability and commitment to collaboration and data ethics.

Desirable

• Formal training and qualifications in NEC4
• MRICS (preferred) or working towards.
• Digital proficiency: 5D BIM Power BI Advanced Excel; Power Apps/Automate.
• Experience with cost and commercial software and PMO integration / collaboration tools (e.g. Cemar Asite Contruent/PRISM SharePoint).
• Knowledge or experience in scripting/automation for data analysis and information modelling (e.g. Python DAX/M R SQL or VBA).

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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