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(Senior) Quantity Surveyor / (Senior) Cost Consultant

Arcadis
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Description

Location
London, Greater London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. With over 34,000 people in more than 30 countries, we are dedicated to improving quality of life by solving the world’s most complex challenges together.

As a (Senior) Quantity Surveyor or Cost Consultant, you will play a vital role in delivering major transportation infrastructure projects that improve connectivity and create lasting benefits for communities. You will work alongside multidisciplinary teams, providing commercial and cost expertise that helps shape the infrastructure of the future.

Your responsibilities will include providing quantity surveying, cost management, and commercial support across major transportation infrastructure projects; developing and managing cost estimates, cost plans, budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting; supporting change control, risk management, cost assurance, and commercial decision-making; collaborating with project managers, engineers, designers, contractors, and clients; supporting procurement, contract administration, and commercial governance activities; monitoring project performance and identifying opportunities to improve value and delivery outcomes; and contributing to continuous improvement across project teams.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to complex, career-defining projects that create a lasting legacy in infrastructure.

Requirements

Experience
- Experience or relevant academic background in quantity surveying, cost management, commercial management, or a related discipline.
- Experience within transportation, infrastructure, or the wider built environment is welcomed.
- Understanding of cost planning, estimating, forecasting, commercial management, or project controls.
- Experience with NEC contracts or other commonly used construction contracts is beneficial.
- Ability to analyse information and contribute practical commercial insight.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams.

About you
- Motivated to contribute to complex infrastructure projects that create long-term value for clients and communities.
- Collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Willingness to work in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment.
- Due to the nature of some projects and client requirements, successful candidates may be required to obtain and maintain Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance.

Qualifications
- Professional accreditation, chartership, or progress towards professional recognition is welcomed but not essential for all career levels.
- Applications are welcome from professionals at all stages of their careers, including Assistant Quantity Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Cost Consultants, Senior Cost Consultants, Commercial Managers, and Cost Management Leaders.

Expiry date: 11/12/2026
(Senior) Quantity Surveyor / (Senior) Cost Consultant
Company:
Arcadis
Job Type:
Full-time
Location:
London, Greater London