Senior Cost Controls / Change Authority Expert

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.

Role description:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to join our team in overseeing the construction of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for a globally recognized company. In this role, you will be at the forefront of one of the organization’s most ambitious projects, responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team to ensure the successful execution of the project from inception to completion. You will coordinate with stakeholders, manage timelines and budgets, and drive the team to deliver exceptional results while upholding the highest standards of safety, quality, and efficiency. This is an opportunity to work on a high-profile project that will shape the future of the company’s operations, requiring excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills to inspire your team and ensure the facility is built to meet the company’s vision and goals.

Role accountabilities:

• Prepare estimating procedures and overall estimating review and justification.  
• Lead Project Controls team in decision making.
• Create project costings and budgets from clear objectives, managing finances across a project to ensure 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.
• Monitor and review the performance and behavior of all team members, including educating and influencing others, and take action to ensure compliance with organizational policies and codes of conduct across the entire project team.
• Assure compliance with contracts in terms of project delivery parameters and scope of service.
• Analyze 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 practices 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 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 to support successful project delivery across a range of projects.
• Build valued relationships with senior clients and stakeholders to ensure client satisfaction, develop the cost management service and create new business opportunities.

Key Skills & Attributes:

• Expert-level technical knowledge of specialized field, including construction processes and cost and commercial management.
• Strong business development and selling skills on project/client teams.
• Excellent professional skills.
• Demonstrate innovative problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders and third parties.
• Excellent writing skills for complex reports and presentations.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying)
• Relevant professional certification (i.e., Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering [AACE] or similar)
• 10 or more years’ relevant experience
• Relevant professional experience in a similar working environment, including delivering medium/large projects across an entire project life cycle.
• Experience managing people and demonstration of leadership skills, including the ability to motivate others.
• Experience building and managing client relationships at senior-management level, including the ability to act as a trusted advisor.

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 maximize the impact we can make together.

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