Senior Quantity Surveyor, Water

Arcadis

Senior Cost Consultant managing utility projects and delivering sustainable outcomes in the UK's water sector. Collaborate with teams to protect the environment while driving project success.

Posted 8/3/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in cost management and commercial management within the construction industry, with a focus on delivering projects from inception to completion. Possesses strong leadership capabilities, including mentoring and managing junior staff while ensuring effective stakeholder communication.

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Cost ManagementNEC Contract ExperienceConstruction ProcessesCoaching and MentoringStakeholder Influence

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Hard Skills

Cost ManagementConstruction ProcessesValue ManagementValue EngineeringProject Management

Soft Skills

Self-ManagementPrioritisationInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsAgility

Certifications & Qualifications

MRICSChartership

Industry Keywords

Water ProjectsUtilities ProjectsEnvironmental MattersProcurement RoutesConsultancy Setting

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will be a Senior Cost Consultant within our Cost & Commercial Management team, working on a variety of water/utilities projects and programmes in the Reading and London area.
You’ll help deliver some of the biggest, most iconic projects imaginable with some of the best talent around. With your energy, agility and keen eye for detail, you’ll deliver transformational outcomes for multiple clients to deliver a more sustainable tomorrow.
In this role, you will take ownership of a range of projects on cost management assignments, ensuring that standards of delivery meet defined objectives.
Your team of Graduate, Assistant, Project, & Senior level Cost Consultants will work on a variety of clean and wastewater projects and support clients with the protection and enhancement of environmental matters across the country.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrating self-management and prioritisation skills with the ability to work under pressure.
Good knowledge of specialised fields, including construction processes and cost and commercial management in a consultancy setting.
NEC Contract experience.
Possess the skills to actively support the internal team and manage more junior staff on projects typically ranging between £5m and £40m.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders and third parties.
Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
Experience in managing, coaching and mentoring more junior colleagues and emerging leadership skills.
Capable of taking a project through from inception to completion.
Ideally, degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
Ideally appropriate professional body membership, MRICS or working towards chartership.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid working with requirements for client travel between London & Reading areas