CSA Senior Cost Consultant Data Centres (Site Based)

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

We are looking for a CSA Senior Cost Consultant to join our Cost & Commercial Management team supporting the commercial delivery of a major hyperscale data centre programme in the North East.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced commercial professional with strong post-contract cost management expertise to work on a high-profile complex capital project. The role will focus on the first phase of data centre delivery and associated campus infrastructure supporting the commercial management of key Civil Structural and Architectural (CSA) work packages from procurement through to final account.

You will work closely with the site-based commercial leadership team general contractors supply chain partners and the wider project team to help drive robust commercial outcomes across GMP procurement FIDIC contract administration change control valuations forecasting and final accounts.

• Supporting the Commercial Director in the commercial management of major CSA capital work packages from procurement to final account
• Supporting and where agreed leading GMP development negotiation and conversion to agreed package values
• Preparing and reviewing valuations payment recommendations and change control with the wider site commercial team
• Contributing to cost reports forecasts CVRs and executive dashboards
• Supporting the administration of FIDIC contracts and wider commercial governance processes
• Reviewing tender analysis and recommendation reports prepared by the lead general contractor
• Helping manage commercial risks opportunities and contingency
• Collaborating with design PMO construction procurement and commissioning teams as required
• Supporting and where agreed leading the commercial management of enabling works civils piling structures steel and architectural packages
• Supporting and where agreed leading final accounts in conjunction with the lead general contractor
• Working within established financial systems and budgets to track costs variances and forecasts
• Supporting compliance with internal risk governance and commercial assurance processes
• Analysing commercial data and project documentation to identify key themes trends and recommendations
• Providing clear commercial advice to support project decision-making
• Sharing knowledge and contributing to service improvement and innovation within the wider cost management team
• Building effective relationships with clients contractors consultants and internal stakeholders
• Supporting and mentoring more junior colleagues on technical and project delivery matters where appropriate

We are interested in hearing from people who can demonstrate:

• Experience in a cost and commercial management role on major capital projects
• Strong post-contract experience ideally including:
  • GMP procurement and commercial negotiation
  • FIDIC contract administration
  • Change management
  • Valuations and payment processes
  • Forecasting and reporting
  • Final account settlement
• Experience managing or supporting CSA-related packages
• Ability to analyse commercial information and provide practical recommendations
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience working alongside contractors consultants and clients
• Confidence working in a site-based project environment
• Experience supporting coaching or mentoring more junior team members
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• Relevant professional qualification or chartered status
• CSCS card

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its 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.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll 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.

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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.

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