Cost Manager

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:

Arcadis is seeking a talented Cost Manager to join its expanding Project Controls team supporting major rail and linear infrastructure programs across Ontario. This pivotal role leads cost governance throughout both the design and construction phases driving robust forecasting earned value reporting and effective change control processes. The Cost Manager guides a small team in preparing detailed cost reports for senior management provides expert advice on budget variances and delivers reliable estimates for costs to complete. Close collaboration with scheduling engineering procurement and commercial teams is essential to ensure integrated project performance and proactively identify opportunities to optimize value and mitigate risk. This position offers the chance to contribute to the delivery of transformative infrastructure projects within a fast-paced and innovative environment.

Role accountabilities:

In this role you will establish and maintain the project cost baseline throughout both the design and construction phases ensuring rigorous management of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) project coding and integration of actual costs commitments accruals and cash flow data. You will be responsible for leading Earned Value Management (EVM) processes including conducting CPI/SPI analysis preparing variance reports and delivering monthly performance summaries. Your expertise will be critical in recommending corrective actions to maintain project objectives and financial targets.

You will prepare and deliver detailed cost reports and dashboards for senior leadership providing clear visibility into trends risks and mitigation strategies. Managing change control processes will be a key aspect of your responsibilities as you log quantify and validate change requests and claims. This will include updating forecasts maintaining comprehensive change logs and coordinating pricing and cost/schedule impact assessments to ensure all project changes are accurately captured and managed.

Collaboration is essential in this role; you will work closely with schedulers using Primavera P6 to align cost and schedule data for precise progress measurement and forecasting. Additionally you will support commercial teams by reviewing payment applications assessing subcontractor claims and contributing to negotiations and the finalization of accounts helping to safeguard project financial interests.

As a leader within the Project Controls team you will identify and resolve project control issues working collaboratively with other team members to propose effective solutions. You will also mentor junior cost controllers promoting the consistent application of project controls procedures and fostering a culture of continuous improvement across the team.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 69 years experience in cost management quantity surveying or project controls on large infrastructure projects (rail/transit preferred)
• Bachelors degree in Engineering Quantity Surveying Construction Management or related discipline
• Proficiency with Oracle ERP or similar financial systems and advanced Excel; experience with Power BI or similar tools is an asset
• Knowledge of scheduling software (Primavera P6) and ability to assess cost and schedule impacts of design or construction changes
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and accuracy
• Proven ability to work in a collaborative team environment demonstrating excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Familiarity with Earned Value Management change control and risk management frameworks
• Experience working in an alliance contract environment beneficial

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.

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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 are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.