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Project Cost Manager - Life Sciences UK

Arcadis

Cambridge

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GBP 40,000 - 70,000

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Job summary

Arcadis seeks a Project Cost Manager for their Life Sciences team in Cambridge, England. You'll deliver essential cost management services across high-profile projects, contributing to innovative technological and research facilities. Candidates should be MRICS Chartered Quantity Surveyors or nearing certification, passionate about driving exceptional results in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

MRICS Chartered Quantity Surveyor (or near attainment).
Experience on complex construction projects in Life Sciences sector.
Ability to drive innovation in service.

Responsibilities

Provide Quantity Surveying and Cost Management services.
Work on cost estimates, benchmarking, procurement process.
Manage contractor proposals and contract management.

Skills

Cost Management

Stakeholder Management

Budgeting

Estimating

Planning

Education

MRICS Chartered Quantity Surveyor

Tools

CostX

5D BIM

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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 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:

We’re excited to be growing our Life Science & Research Science Cost Management team. We are looking for an experienced Project Cost Consultant to join us delivering high-profile research, technological and life science facilities for market leading national and global clients.

As part of our Cost Management team, you’ll be involved in a wide range of projects from global and high profile to small and impactful, ensuring they’re delivered on time and to budget. Your expertise in cost management, planning, estimating, budgeting and managing costs will drive growth and smarter working.

We work with our clients around the world to create, support, and enhance smart, safe and sustainable places where people live, work, learn and thrive. Places impact on the quality of people’s lives. Whether new homes, shops, workplaces, schools and hospitals, manufacturing, research and development facilities, or data and distribution centres. People and communities thrive when the spaces in which they live, work, move and play are designed and managed in a way that best meets their needs.

Role accountabilities:

In this role, you’ll provide professional Quantity Surveying and Cost Management services to high-profile clients working on science facilities across the UK & Europe with a focus on London, Oxford and Cambridge.

You'll have the opportunity to work on projects from inception through to completion. Day-to-day activities range from working on cost estimates/feasibilities, benchmarking and the procurement process to reviewing and agreeing contractor proposals and contract management.

You’ll be supported to develop your career within a collaborative team environment, and you’ll have the opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team who are passionate about delivery an excellent service and positive outcomes for our clients.

Qualifications & Experience:

First and foremost, you share our passion for improving the quality of life. You pride yourself for the part you play in transforming the world around you and understand the importance of teamwork. You are a technically capable with sound commercial knowledge and come to us with:

MRICS Chartered Quantity Surveyor (or near attainment)
A good understanding of key drivers of cost and value
Passionate about driving innovation in service and delivering exceptional results
Experience working on complex construction projects, ideally within the Research, Technology and Life Science, sector
Experience leading lower value projects
Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build good client relationships
Ability to work on own initiative
Some experience with Digital Cost Management and CostX, 5D BIM and Benchmarking tools

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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