Senior Cost Consultant

Arcadis; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in the UK seeks a Senior Cost Consultant to lead cost management across major projects and programmes. Based in the Places Commercial Management team, you will work across London, Cardiff, Bristol with regular site‑based engagement (2–3 days per week) and collaborate with contractors and client teams to deliver accurate commercial outcomes.

You will manage several workstreams or significant elements of programmes, applying strong technical capability and effective stakeholder management

Qualifications

• Actively support internal team on technically complex projects/programmes.
• Experience coaching and mentoring junior colleagues and emerging leadership skills.
• Experience working with external stakeholders to build client relationships.
• Experience managing business relationships at senior-management level.
• Capable of leading a project from inception to completion.

Responsibilities

• Coach team members to share knowledge and improve service delivery.
• Work within established financial systems to produce reports and forecasts and track budgets.
• Deliver small to medium cost projects or significant components within deadlines.
• Provide advice on risk management, compliance and related behaviours.
• Present project risks or issues to senior managers to protect delivery.
• Analyse data to identify themes and inform cost/ commercial decisions.
• Share knowledge to drive process improvements and innovation.

Skills

Coaching

Stakeholder management

Cost management

Project leadership

Job description

We are excited to be growing our UK Places cost management capability. Places is one of Arcadis’ core Global Business Areas, focused on creating, improving, and sustaining the built environment where people live, work, learn, and connect.

Our Places GBA typically works across buildings, property, regeneration and development, cities and urban environments, mixed-use and commercial schemes, education, healthcare, public sector estates and planning, design, and project delivery

You will manage the delivery of cost management in small/medium developments or significant components of larger cost management assignments. You will also be responsible for delivering scope of work in line with various controls and will have significant technical knowledge and experience in the cost/commercial management field.

Role description:

The Senior Cost Consultant will take a leading role in delivering cost management services across major projects and programmes in the UK. ( London, Cardiff, Bristol) Working within the Places Commercial Management team, the role involves regular site‑based engagement (typically 2–3 days per week), close collaboration with contractors and client teams, and responsibility for ensuring consistent, accurate and high‑quality commercial outcomes.

You will be responsible for the management of several workstreams or significant elements of larger programmes, applying strong technical capability, sound professional judgement and effective stakeholder management to support successful project delivery.

Role accountabilities:

• Assist in the coaching and development of other team members in order to share knowledge, increase team skill level and improve the standard of service delivery
• Work within established financial systems and budgets to produce reports and forecasts and track budgets, overseeing costing and variances in order to manage and control cost variables
• Deliver a number of small to medium cost projects and assignments or significant components of larger assignments, ensuring appropriate use of resources and budgets to deliver the required scope of work within set deadlines
• Provide advice to colleagues on risk management, compliance and associated behaviours, to ensure adherence to Arcadis’ risk and compliance processes
• Present any project risks or issues to senior managers to ensure the project is not adversely impacted
• Analyse and review a range of data and documents to collate key themes and trends, using this analysis in conjunction with own knowledge to provide advice and make recommendations to support cost and commercial management decision‑making
• Use own knowledge and experience combined with research of industry best practice to analyse existing processes and policies
• Share knowledge and provide insightful recommendations to assist service improvement and innovation

Qualifications & Experience:

• Possess the skills and experience to actively support the internal team on technically complex projects/programme of works typically ranging in size and scope.
• Experience of coaching and mentoring more junior colleagues and emerging leadership skills
• Experience of working closely with external stakeholders to build client relationships
• Experience in managing business relationships at senior‑management level
• Capable of leading and taking a project through from inception to completion

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.