Senior Cost Consultant (Town Centres)
Company: Arcadis N.V.
Location: Birmingham
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing
people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of
life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your
world and the world around you, that could be through client work,
upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting
involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value
different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our
planet and dare to shape the future. One of our core values is
'people first', and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we
invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full
potential. You'll have the opportunity to own your career and work
on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges
that make a difference to people's lives. You're encouraged to have
a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and
professionally, building a flexible career that works for you. Role
description: We are looking to recruit an experienced Quantity
Surveyor / Cost Consultant to work across Local Government projects
but with a focus on high street and town centre projects.
Responsibility for delivering a scope of work in line with all pre
& post contract stages of works, including use of cost models,
investment appraisals, cost reporting and benchmarking data. The
candidate will have significant technical knowledge and experience
of working with (but not limited to) Local Government clients and
on mixed-use Commercial Development projects as well as being able
to run projects with limited supervision. You will 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. In addition you will
provide advice to colleagues on risk management, compliance and
associated behaviours, to ensure adherence to Arcadis' risk and
compliance processes and present any project risks or issues to
senior managers to ensure the project is not adversely impacted.
The successful candidate will 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. Using your own knowledge and experience combined
with research of industry best practice to analyse existing
processes and policies you will share knowledge and provide
insightful recommendations to assist service improvement and
innovation. Has regular engagement with senior client team members
and key stakeholders. Will be accountable for and reports progress
on all aspects of their projects. Role accountabilities:
- Key member of the project delivery team, achieving objectives,
delivering to performance targets and ensuring that cost team have
the necessary skills to deliver the project objectives
- Manage our relationship with the client to ensure satisfaction,
meeting client objectives, managing pipeline and delivering account
growth.
- Assure compliance with contracts in terms of programme delivery
parameters and scope of service
- Analyse and review complex information from a range of data
sources in order to identify how different options may impact
project delivery and advise clients and internal stakeholders on
potential implications
- Develop cost management Framework processes and policies and
help assist the implementation of system improvements for own
programmes, ensuring developments are in line with strategic
business objectives
- Manage relationships with key internal stakeholders in order to
identify opportunities for improved efficiencies and collaboration
between projects to ensure commercial viability and customer
satisfaction Qualifications & Experience: Our ideal candidate will
bring:
- Experience of regeneration, mixed use and/or town centre
projects (having worked for or closely with local authorities or
commercial developers)
- Strong cost and commercial background, ideally holding MRICS
Chartered status.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well
within a team to an aligned set of objectives
- Ability to pragmatically review, assess and comment on
development appraisals
- A good understanding of the key development stages (design,
planning, construction, sales, post PC) and the interdependencies
of these stages
- Relevant experience of client management and winning additional
work through service delivery excellence. Why Become an Arcadian?
Our work with clients has a direct impact on people's lives and on
the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer,
more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients
as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a
sustainable planet. We continue to think of new ways to make
positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data
driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA.
Working together with clients and using techniques like design
thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients' most pressing
challenges and work together to solve them. As a global business,
we have committed to support five of the UN's Sustainable
Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a
better and more sustainable future for all. But it's not just the
work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and
our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a
positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we
operate. To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure
non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce
our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net
zero carbon as a global company by 2030. 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. Transform Your
World
Keywords: Arcadis N.V., Birmingham , Senior Cost Consultant (Town Centres), Professions , Birmingham, Alabama
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