12-Month Work Placement - Quantity Surveyor

Arcadis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis invites ambitious students to join our GROW placement programme in the UK, offering hands-on experience across our design, engineering and consultancy work. You’ll work on real projects, liaising with clients and colleagues while developing technical and professional skills over 10–12 weeks or a 12-month placement.

You’ll be part of a diverse team of consultants, contributing to cost consulting and multidisciplinary learning opportunities that shape your career path and impact on

Qualifications

• Working towards a degree in a relevant RICS accredited degree / subject.
• You will develop professional skills and contribute to real projects.

Responsibilities

• Support cost estimation and cost management across project lifecycles.
• Assist with project planning, procurement and budgeting.
• Liaise with clients and project teams to deliver on deliverables.
• Build cost insights and contribute to reporting for stakeholders.

Skills

Resilience

Creativity

Analytical Thinking

Team Player

Education

Degree in a RICS accredited field

Job description

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. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Our paid Placement programme is designed to give you a hands‑on insight into the work we do as a company and help to develop skills and knowledge within your chosen field. Supported by signposted training, the programme is based on Arcadis’ core values, giving you both technical training and support to help you develop both personally and professionally whilst with us. You will be exposed to real projects and clients and given a range of experiences to immerse yourself into over the course of your 10–12-week internship or 12-month placement.

As a consultant joining GROW, you’ll be working within a diverse team of consultants, cultivating a deep understanding of our sectors, building long‑term relationships with clients and colleagues, and finding ways to improve ways in which we work. You’ll be responsible for your own deliverables, liaising with clients and given every opportunity to build your skillsets.

Role accountabilities:

Quantity Surveying

Our Quantity Surveyors, or Cost Consultants work across all our sectors supporting cost, commercial and transformational consultancy projects. At its core, Cost Consultancy involves advising on and managing the cost of construction and property projects, supporting from the beginning of a project lifecycle to influence and drive decision making. You will help support clients with cost estimation, project planning, procurement, making sustainable project choices and cost management; your role will be key in providing advice on project finances and contractual relationships. You will monitor budgets and costs throughout the project lifecycle; utilising data, providing cost insights, keeping the client and project team informed.

• Accepted Degrees: Working towards a BSc or MSc in a RICS accredited degree, such as Quantity Surveying, Property, Real estate or similar.

Qualifications & Experience:

• You will be working towards a degree in a relevant RICS accredited degree / subject
• You will demonstrate typical Arcadian skills including Resilience, Creativity, Analytical Thinking and being a Team Player
• You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to use your technical knowledge to influence and consult stakeholders.
• Willing to travel and stay away from homewhen required (where possible we embrace virtual working)

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s 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.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll 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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