Estimator

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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.

Role description:

Our Energy team is looking for an experienced Cost Estimator to work as part of the commercial team supporting the Project Manager in the development and delivery of projects across our clients water and waste water program, adopting established processes and systems to enable the delivery of projects under the NEC form of contract.

As part of our Cost Management team, you’ll be involved in a wide range of projects from global and high profile to small and impactful, ensuring they’re delivered on time and to budget. Your expertise in planning, estimating, budgeting and managing costs will drive growth and smarter working

We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.

Role accountabilities:

• Deliver an effective cost estimating service to Project Managers and Alliance Managers
• To participate in project reviews and audits and conduct self-assessments of the Cost Estimating arrangements to ensure compliance is achieved with company procedures;
• Develop initial Cost Breakdown structure (CBS), support the development of the WBS and ensure alignment between them
• Provide estimates for all stages of a project life cycle (Baseline proposals, sanction requests etc.) using existing software (BES)
• Develop cost estimates based on norms, parametric or bottom up, dependent upon the Project phase of maturity and scope of work
• Develop a Basis of Estimate for all scope estimated ensuring all qualifications, exclusions and assumptions are captured
• Assess Estimate classification and include justification
• Load estimating data into relevant systems and use the estimating and data systems in line with company standards
• Take lessons learned from internal and external data sources in support of cost estimate establishment
• Develop, input into and maintain the cost database for corporate knowledge and feed back into the company norms
• Act as independent verifier for cost estimates, provide comprehensive findings and support the project team in improving estimates
• Involvement in tender assessment through developing pre tender estimates, assessment of tenders to ensure alignment between cost and cope and value for money
• Quantify cost implications of emergent / additional project work and feed into relevant documentation (e.g. change control documentation);
• Support post contract administration through review and assessment of Compensation Events and Early Warnings, Final account and perform Defined Cost Audits
• Quantify cost implications of emergent / additional project work and prepare relevant documentation (e.g. change control documentation)
• Participate in Independent Cost Estimate (ICE) reviews
  
  

Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience working as a Cost Engineer/Quantity Surveyor in the Energy sector
• Experience working on NEC contracts
• Attainment of OR near attainment of relevant professional certification or chartered status
• In-depth technical knowledge of specialised field, including construction processes and cost and commercial management
  
  

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 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.