Strategic Cost Management Lead for Major Projects

Arcadis; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis, the world's leading design and consultancy firm, invites a Cost Management Lead to join our Major Projects team in the UK. You will lead cost management and cost engineering activities on high-value infrastructure and transportation projects, guiding clients with trusted, best-practice project controls.

You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, promote standardisation, and help implement innovative digital cost management solutions across the project lifecycle from business case

Qualifications

• Extensive cost management or project controls experience on infrastructure/transportation or buildings projects.
• Strong governance, cost control and reporting skills across complex programmes.
• Experience with industry tools like Cobra, Congruent, or Oracle for cost data.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost management and cost engineering activities on major infrastructure and transportation projects.
• Act as trusted advisor to clients delivering best-practice project controls solutions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across project management, cost, and commercial disciplines.
• Support development and implementation of digital cost management solutions.
• Promote standardisation and best practice across project controls functions.

Skills

Cost management

Stakeholder engagement

Project controls

Communication

Lifecycle experience

Education

Engineering degree

Quantity surveying degree

APM/RICS/MSP membership

Tools

Deltek Cobra

Congruent

Oracle

Job description

Arcadis, the world's leading design and consultancy firm, invites a Cost Management Lead to join our Major Projects team in the UK. You will lead cost management and cost engineering activities on high-value infrastructure and transportation projects, guiding clients with trusted, best-practice project controls.

You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, promote standardisation, and help implement innovative digital cost management solutions across the project lifecycle from business case