Senior Cost Consultant- Local Authority

Poutrix; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consultancy leader is seeking a Senior Cost Consultant in the United Kingdom to manage cost management services for infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and experience in coaching junior staff, along with strong data analysis and client relationship skills. This role provides an opportunity to drive impactful projects and contribute to a sustainable future.

Qualifications

• Experience coaching and mentoring junior colleagues.
• Proven track record in managing business relationships.
• Expertise in delivering infrastructure framework projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of cost management services for projects.
• Coach and mentor team members to improve performance.
• Analyze data to provide recommendations for cost management.

Skills

Coaching and mentoring

Financial management

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline

Relevant professional qualification or 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 36,000 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 world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description:
As a Senior Cost Consultant, you will manage the delivery of cost management services for infrastructure framework projects. You will leverage your technical knowledge and experience to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and effectively, in line with established controls and standards. In this role, you will coach and mentor junior team members, collaborate with external stakeholders, and provide expert advice on risk management and compliance processes to ensure successful project delivery.

Role Accountabilities:

• Coach and mentor team members to share knowledge, increase skill levels, and improve service delivery standards.
• Work within established financial systems and budgets to produce reports and forecasts, track budgets, and oversee costing and variances to manage cost variables effectively.
• Deliver infrastructure framework projects, ensuring resources and budgets are utilized effectively to meet deadlines.
• Provide advice to colleagues on risk management and compliance processes to ensure adherence to best practices.
• Present project risks and issues to senior managers to mitigate adverse impacts.
• Analyze and review data and documents, identifying trends and themes to provide actionable recommendations for cost and commercial management decision-making.
• Use industry best practices and technical expertise to improve processes and policies, making insightful recommendations for service improvement and innovation.
• Collaborate across teams to support project delivery, applying technical knowledge to meet cost expectations and ensure successful outcomes.
• Provide technical advice to senior management on cost and commercial management issues, offering solutions and sharing knowledge to deliver results.
• Manage relationships with clients and external stakeholders to ensure client satisfaction and identify new business opportunities.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Relevant professional qualification or chartered status.
• CSCS card holder.
• Proven experience coaching and mentoring junior colleagues and emerging leadership skills.
• Experience working closely with external stakeholders to build strong client relationships.
• Experience managing business relationships at middle-management level.
• Expertise in taking infrastructure framework projects from inception to completion, ensuring successful delivery.

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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