Senior Commercial Manager

Arcadis; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in the UK is seeking a Senior Cost Consultant to lead commercial and cost management across rail programmes, including HS2 and other major projects. You will drive cost planning, cost reporting and value delivery, shaping client outcomes through strategic advice and robust governance.

You will mentor teams and engage with senior stakeholders to ensure profitable, on‑time delivery. Role requires chartered QS status, degree in QS or related field, and extensive rail sector experience.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or related field.
• Chartered status or working towards a recognised professional qualification.
• Extensive experience delivering cost and commercial management on rail or major infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of commercial and cost management across the full project lifecycle.
• Provide strategic cost advice to clients and project teams.
• Develop and manage project costings, budgets and forecasts.
• Monitor and improve cost controls, governance, and reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Cost management

Rail infrastructure

Client management

HS2 experience

Budgeting

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Chartered status

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

Join Arcadis and help shape the future of the UK's rail infrastructure.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cost Consultant to support the successful delivery of major rail programmes, including HS2 and other nationally significant infrastructure projects. This is an opportunity to work with leading clients, influence project outcomes and play a key role in delivering complex schemes that create a lasting impact.

As a Senior Cost Consultant, you will lead the delivery of commercial and cost management services across the full project lifecycle. You'll work closely with clients and project teams, providing strategic advice, driving project performance and ensuring successful outcomes in terms of cost, quality and value.

Role accountabilities

• Leading, coaching, and developing team members to enhance cost management service delivery in the rail sector.
• Creating project costings and budgets for rail projects, managing finances to achieve profit and budgetary targets.
• Leading and managing cost management assignments, ensuring delivery standards meet client expectations.
• Demonstrating understanding of client objectives within the rail sector, specifically regarding cost management.
• Monitoring team performance and ensuring compliance with organizational policies related to cost control.
• Assuring compliance with contracts concerning project delivery parameters and cost management.
• Analysing complex cost data and providing recommendations for project decision-making.
• Supporting the development of current cost and commercial management systems tailored to rail projects.
• Driving innovation in cost management to improve services and increase team contribution.
• Building valued relationships with senior clients and stakeholders for client satisfaction and business opportunities in the rail sector.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline.
• Chartered status or working towards a recognised professional qualification.
• Extensive experience delivering cost and commercial management services on major rail or infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of the full project lifecycle, from business case through to project completion.
• Experience working within complex stakeholder environments, ideally including HS2 and other major rail programmes.
• Proven leadership, communication and client management skills.
• CSCS card holder or able to obtain one.

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.