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Arcadis is the worlds 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.
About the Role:
As a Senior Cost Estimator, you will be a key contributor to our strategy, Accelerating a Planet Positive Future, our commitment to achieving a Net-Zero carbon footprint. You will specialise in estimating costs for critical transport infrastructure, land remediation, and defence projects within the electricity transmission sector. Your expertise will be instrumental in planning and executing construction or modifications to overhead lines, substations, buried cables, power tunnels, bridges, rail and mobility infrastructures. You will work closely with strategic sourcing, contract management, and project teams, facilitating the accuracy and quality of cost plans and estimates while supporting winning cost transparency strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
* Cost Estimation: Develop detailed and accurate cost plans and estimates for various construction activities (civil, mechanical, and electrical) within high-voltage electrical projects (132kV to 400kV).
* Cost Estimation: Develop detailed and accurate cost plans and estimates for various construction activities (civil, mechanical, and electrical) within Mobility and Transportation Infrastructure.
* Cost Estimation: Develop detailed and accurate cost plans and estimates for various construction activities (civil, mechanical, and electrical) within Heavy Civil Engineering and Land Remediation.
* Cost Analysis: Competitively assess and benchmark CBS with Z Analysis, presenting findings to project teams and contributing to informed decision-making.
Qualifications & Experience:
* Essential:
o Proven experience in infrastructure cost planning and estimating within the Infrastructure/Transport and Electrical Transmission industry.
o Extensive knowledge of high-voltage electrical construction projects, encompassing overhead lines, substations, and cable systems.
o Extensive knowledge of Infrastructure construction projects, including heavy civil, land remediation, decommissioning and flood defence.
o Deep understanding of construction techniques, materials, and their associated costs. Proficient in CESSM 4 and capable of working on Client-developed CBS/WBS structures.
o Demonstrated ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and project documentation.
o Proficiency in using relevant cost planning and estimating software (CANDY and Cost-X).
o Proficiency in using relevant data analysis and visualisation tools software (Power-Bi and Tableau).
* Desirable:
o Professional membership (CIOB, RICS, ICE, etc.).
o Experience in project cost planning for regulated companies.
o Familiarity with relevant industry standards and regulations.
o Bachelors degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil or Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
o National security vetting: clearance levels (Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and Security Enhanced(SE)). Due to the sensitive nature of our work in the Infrastructure Development and Electricity Transmission industry, this is a requirement for all employees.
Key Skills & Attributes:
* Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
* Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and organisational skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
* Demonstrated the ability to work independently, in small teams, and proactively.
* Passion for driving efficiency, innovation, and delivering results.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones 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 you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
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 Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
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