Location
Edinburgh

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 across more than 30 countries, we are dedicated to improving quality of life by solving the world’s most complex challenges.

The energy landscape is rapidly transforming, and generating and processing sufficient energy is a significant challenge. Join our Energy team and be part of an industry-leading group working on national energy transition projects, including several onshore and offshore mega projects.

As a Commercial Manager (Senior Quantity Surveyor / Procurement Manager), you will lead the formation of effective category and commercial strategies, contract procurement, and commercial administration during project execution. Your role supports the safe delivery of value-for-money solutions aligned with our client’s programme, projects, and business objectives.

You will provide professional commercial support to programme and project teams by efficiently identifying, procuring, and administering contracts, managing costs, and controlling commercial risks and opportunities. You will manage significant client expenditure on works and services procurement and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders including Project Managers, Engineering, Marine, Estimating, Accounts teams, and the supply chain.

Key responsibilities include collaborative working, supporting programme and project business case development, leading commercial strategy development, supporting procurement and contract management processes, managing supplier and contractor relationships, administering contracts including payment applications, variations, disputes, and claims, producing high-quality tender documentation, implementing progress and cost management, managing commercial correspondence and contractual notices, leading contract reviews, identifying commercial risks and opportunities, maintaining contract files and cost records, and participating in periodic contract reviews.

Experience
Proven commercial and contract management skills in both pre- and post-contract phases with strong knowledge of best practice contract methodologies.
Extensive experience with Forms of Contract such as NEC and/or FIDIC within the construction industry and major projects/programmes (power, oil & gas, water, rail, etc.), ideally in the power sector.
Experience working within regulated sectors is advantageous.
Specific project experience delivering HV cables and equipment is welcomed.
Background in HV Power and Energy is beneficial, though relevant transferable experience will also be considered.

About you
Collaborative and able to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Proactive in identifying and mitigating commercial risks and opportunities.
Committed to delivering value for money and supporting safe project delivery.
Adaptable and able to work effectively within a dynamic energy sector environment.

Qualifications
Membership of a relevant professional body such as RICS, CIPS, CICES, IOB or equivalent is required.