Associate Cost Consultant

Arcadis; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consultancy firm in Bristol is looking for an experienced Associate Cost Consultant to lead cost management for residential and commercial projects. The ideal candidate will have experience managing projects valued between £1m and £100m+, strong leadership skills, and the ability to build client relationships at the senior management level. This full-time role offers opportunities to make a meaningful impact in sustainable asset management.

Qualifications

• Chartered professional with experience in delivering medium/large projects.
• Experience managing people and leading teams.
• Good communication skills to build relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage cost management assignments from inception to completion.
• Create project costings and manage project finances.
• Build valued relationships with senior clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership skills

Client relationship management

Communication skills

Commercial acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Relevant professional qualification or chartered status

Tools

CSCS card

Job description

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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, and together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact.

Role description

We have an excellent opportunity for an Associate Commercial Director, with experience in service delivery excellence and team management, to lead and grow the cost and commercial delivery of Residential and Commercial Development projects across South West England and South Wales; driving and enhancing our commercial offering, service, performance and client experience. The role requires experience of delivering and leading multi‑million‑pound projects or programmes and managing our cost management teams in the location. Working within our Places business area, the role requires an individual that shares our passion for improving the quality of life, prides themselves on the part they play in transforming the world around them and understands the importance of teamwork.

Role accountabilities

• Possess the skills and experience to actively support the internal team and manage resources on technically complex projects/programmes of work typically ranging between £1m and £100m.
• Will be responsible for leading and growing a team, utilising resources to deliver projects within cost, time and quality standards, and will have significant technical knowledge and experience in their field.
• Lead, coach and develop the skills and capabilities of team members in order to share knowledge, increase team skill level and improve the standard of service delivery.
• Create project costings and budgets from clear objectives, managing finances across a project in order to ensure the profit and budgetary targets are met and best value outcomes are achieved.
• Lead and manage individual cost management assignments from inception to completion, managing teams and resources to ensure delivery standards meet client expectations.
• Demonstrate understanding of clients key objectives with the appropriate sector.
• Monitor and review the performance and behaviour of all team members, including educating and influencing others, and take action to ensure compliance with the organisational policies and codes of conduct across the entire project.
• Assure compliance with contracts in terms of project delivery parameters and scope of service.
• Analyse and compile a range of complex data and documents, using knowledge to review and assess analysis and provide recommendations to contribute to project decision‑making.
• Use own knowledge and experience of industry best practice to support the development of current cost and commercial management systems and processes.
• Work to improve services and drive innovation to increase team contribution to project delivery.
• Manage relationships with customers in order to identify opportunities to improve the cost management offering and deliver customer satisfaction.
• Act as a key technical resource within the field of cost/commercial management, providing technical advice and solutions to internal colleagues in order to support successful project delivery across a range of projects.
• Build valued relationships with senior clients and stakeholders, in order to ensure client satisfaction, develop the cost management service and create new business opportunities.

Qualifications & experience

• Chartered professional with relevant cost and commercial management experience including delivery of medium/large projects ranging from £1m to £100m+ across an entire project life cycle.
• Experience of managing people, and leadership skills including the ability to motivate others.
• Experience in building and managing client relationships at senior‑management level, including the ability to act as a trusted advisor.
• Good communication skills, including the ability to liaise/share knowledge with peers and senior colleagues and build and maintain relationships.
• Commercial acumen and organisational understanding.
• Knowledge of the South West market particularly Exeter and Bristol.
• Knowledge of the South Wales/Cardiff market would be an added advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Relevant professional qualification or chartered status.
• CSCS card holder.

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 maximise 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.

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.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Other

Industry

Professional Services