Associate Cost Manager - Manufacturing North West

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.

We are excited to be growing our Industrial Manufacturing Cost Management team. We are looking for an experienced Associate Cost Consultant to join us in delivering high-profile manufacturing facilities for market-leading global clients. As part of our Cost Management team, you'll be involved in a wide range of projects from global and high-profile to small and impactful, ensuring they are delivered on time and to budget. Your expertise in planning, estimating, budgeting, and managing costs will drive growth and smarter working.

In this role, you'll help lead our delivery of professional Quantity Surveying and Cost Management services to high-profile clients, working on large industrial buildings and distribution centers across the UK & Europe. You'll have the opportunity to work on projects from inception through to completion. Day-to-day activities include working on cost estimates/feasibilities, benchmarking, the procurement process, reviewing, and agreeing contractor proposals, and contract management. You'll be supported to develop your career within a collaborative team environment, and you'll have the opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team passionate about delivering excellent service and positive outcomes for our clients.

Qualifications & Experience

• MRICS Chartered Quantity Surveyor
• Proven experience working on large, complex construction projects within the industrial manufacturing sector, or from within other heavy MEP sectors
• Ability to lead projects from inception to completion
• Strong cost estimating experience and rate/benchmark knowledge
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build good client relationships
• Experience coaching and mentoring junior colleagues
• Good leadership skills
• Experience with Digital Cost Management and CostX, 5D BIM, and Benchmarking tools

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. That’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 will do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet.

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 accountable 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 diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity, and inclusion are 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.