Commercial Manager / Cost Consultant Rail

Arcadis; City of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in London is searching for a Cost Consultant to oversee commercial management for major infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, relevant professional qualifications, and experience in the infrastructure sector, particularly in rail and mobility. You will be responsible for creating project costings, monitoring performance, and ensuring client satisfaction while adhering to financial targets. This full-time role offers the opportunity to contribute to impactful solutions and promote sustainable design.

Qualifications

• Proven background in the infrastructure sector, with experience in major rail or mobility projects.
• In-depth knowledge of NEC Contracts.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in pre- and post-contract commercial management.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the delivery of commercial management assignments to meet client expectations.
• Creating accurate project costings and budgets, ensuring financial targets are achieved.
• Monitoring team performance and ensuring compliance with organisational policies.

Skills

Problem-solving

Negotiating

Financial skills

Numeracy skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Relevant professional qualification or chartered status

Job description

Cost Consultant

Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. As a Cost Consultant you will contribute to the delivery of commercial management services for major infrastructure projects, including mobility and rail initiatives. You will apply your specialised expertise to manage project standards in cost, time, and quality. Key to your role is building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring satisfaction and identifying opportunities to deliver value.

Role Accountabilities

• Supporting the delivery of commercial management assignments to meet client expectations.
• Creating accurate project costings and budgets, ensuring financial targets are achieved.
• Demonstrating understanding of client objectives within the relevant sectors, such as rail and mobility.
• Monitoring team performance and ensuring compliance with organisational policies.
• Assuring contract compliance for all project delivery parameters.
• Analyzing complex data to provide actionable recommendations for decision‑making.
• Driving innovation and supporting the improvement of current commercial management systems.
• Developing trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders to identify opportunities and deliver impactful solutions.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Relevant professional qualification or chartered status.
• Proven background in the infrastructure sector, with experience in major rail or mobility projects.
• In‑depth knowledge of NEC Contracts.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in pre‑ and post‑contract commercial management.
• Excellent problem‑solving, negotiating, financial, and numeracy skills.

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, 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.

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.

Location

London, England, United Kingdom

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Other
• Professional Services