Location
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 across more than 30 countries, we are dedicated to improving quality of life by solving complex challenges together. We are currently seeking a talented Cost Management Lead to join our Major Projects team, supporting some of the UK's most significant capital investment programmes across infrastructure, transportation, and buildings.
This role offers the opportunity to work across projects from early business case development through design, construction, and handover, providing industry-leading cost management and project controls expertise that drives better outcomes for our clients. You will lead cost management and cost engineering activities on major infrastructure and transportation projects, act as a trusted advisor to clients, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver best-practice project controls solutions. You will also support the development and implementation of innovative digital cost management solutions, promote continuous improvement and standardisation, and contribute to the growth of Arcadis' global Project & Programme Controls community.

Experience
- Proven experience in cost management, cost engineering, or project controls within infrastructure, transportation, and/or buildings sectors.
- Strong understanding of cost management processes, governance, and control systems on complex projects.
- Experience using industry cost management tools such as Deltek Cobra, Congruent, Oracle, or similar platforms.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and client-facing communication skills.
- Understanding of how cost management integrates with planning, risk, scope management, and wider project controls disciplines.
- Experience working across multiple stages of the project lifecycle.

About you
You are a proactive and trusted advisor who thrives in a collaborative environment. You have strong communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with clients and multidisciplinary teams. You are committed to continuous improvement, innovation, and delivering high-quality outcomes that support sustainable solutions.

Qualifications
- Degree or diploma in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline.
- Professional qualifications or memberships such as APM, RICS, ICEC, MSP, or similar are desirable.