Project Controls Lead; Cost Control

Position: Project Controls Lead (Cost Control)
Job :

Location:

London, Greater London, United Kingdom | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Department:
Program & Project Controls Business Unit: AUK UKWork Type:
Hybrid Date Posted:
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 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:

At Arcadis, we're delivering some of the UK's most significant capital investment programmes across infrastructure, transportation and buildings. As our portfolio continues to grow, we're looking for an experienced Project Controls Lead to join our Major Projects team and strengthen the controls capability supporting complex, high-value programmes.

This is a hands-on project controls role for someone with a strong understanding of Earned Value Management (EVM) and how cost, schedule and risk come together to provide a clear picture of project performance.

You'll work with clients and project teams to establish effective controls, analyse performance, identify trends and provide the insight needed to support confident decision-making.

You'll bring a solid grounding in schedule and risk management, alongside cost control, and ideally experience implementing or improving project controls systems, processes and reporting. You'll have the opportunity to support programmes throughout their lifecycle, helping clients build robust, consistent and effective controls environments.

Role accountabilities:

Leading cost management and cost engineering activities on major infrastructure and transportation projects.

Acting as a trusted advisor to clients, delivering best-practice project controls solutions.

Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across project management, programme controls, cost and commercial, digital intelligence, advisory, design and engineering.

Supporting the development and implementation of innovative digital cost management solutions.

Promoting continuous improvement, standardisation and best practice across project controls functions.

Contributing to the growth of Arcadis' global Project & Programme Controls community.

Qualifications &

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, Contruent, 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.

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

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.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll 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…