Project Cost Consultant

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.

Join our Cornwall team as a Project Cost Consultant/Quantity Surveyor delivering cost and commercial management services for medium‑scale local government projects under the Built Environment Professional Services Framework with Cornwall Council. You will support the capital programme across sectors such as housing, schools, regeneration and coastal resilience, working within a multi‑disciplinary team to ensure projects meet budget, time and quality targets.

This role combines technical cost control, stakeholder engagement and mentoring, with the opportunity to influence local outcomes and enjoy hybrid working suited to Cornwall’s lifestyle.

• Lead cost planning, estimating and value engineering for medium‑sized projects through RIBA stages, owning key elements of the cost programme.
• Prepare and review Bills of Quantities, interim valuations, cost reports, change control records and tender documentation.
• Manage multiple assignments or significant components of larger projects, ensuring efficient resource use and delivery within agreed budgets and timescales.
• Provide commercial advice, risk analysis and lifecycle costing to support client decision‑making.
• Identify, elevate and help resolve project risks or issues promptly to senior managers to avoid programme impact.
• Mentor and coach junior QS staff, sharing technical knowledge to raise team capability and service quality.
• Analyse project and market data to identify trends and present clear recommendations for cost and process improvements.
• Maintain compliance with Arcadis quality assurance protocols and sector‑specific regulations and standards.
• Build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships to ensure satisfaction and support business development opportunities.

• Proven experience in cost management or Quantity Surveying, ideally delivering residential, public sector or local government projects.
• Experience working within multi‑disciplinary teams and on frameworks preferred.
• Competent user of measurement software (e.g., CostX) and common commercial/project management tools.
• Demonstrable ability to manage projects from inception to completion and to produce clear, commercially‑focused reports and advice.
• Strong leadership and mentoring experience, with a record of developing junior staff.
• Relevant degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or related discipline.
• MRICS (or working towards) highly desirable.
• CSCS card holder.

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 Work streams:
Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.