Senior Cost Consultant - Defence Security

Full 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 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:

We are excited to be growing our UK defence cost management capability.

You will manage the delivery of cost management in small/medium commercial/retail/residential/infrastructure developments or significant components of larger cost management assignments
Be responsible for delivering their scope of work in line with various controls, and will have significant technical knowledge and experience in their field
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 and manage more junior staff on technically complex projects/programme of works typically ranging between £5m and £150m
Required:

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 middle-management level
Capable of taking a project through from inception to completion
Ability to obtain BPSS clearance
Advantageous:

Experience in NEC Contract Suites
In depth knowledge of the Defence Security sector
Ability to obtain SC clearance
Ability to obtain DV clearance Read more