Associate Cost Manager - Health

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:

• Working as part of and managing a team alongside members of the Cost & Commercial Management Career family to manage and deliver projects
• Liaising with external contractors and consultants
• Reporting to clients and stakeholders
• Will manage the delivery of cost management in a mix of medium / large sized Health / developments or significant components of larger cost management assignments
• Responsible for delivering their scope of work in line with various controls, and will have significant technical knowledge and experience in their field

We work with our clients around the world to create, support, and enhance smart, safe and sustainable places where people live, work, learn and thrive. Places impact on the quality of people’s lives. Whether new homes, shops, workplaces, schools and hospitals, manufacturing, research and development facilities, or data and distribution centers. People and communities thrive when the spaces in which they live, work, move and play are designed and managed in a way that best meets their needs.

Role accountabilities:

• Manage budgets, produce financial reports, and control cost variables
• Deliver a portfolio of cost projects or major components of larger assignments, ensuring efficient use of resources and timely delivery
• Advise on risk management and compliance, escalating issues as needed
• Analyse data to identify trends and provide recommendations for decision-making
• Apply industry best practices to improve processes and drive innovation
• Coach and support team members to share knowledge and raise service standards
• Collaborate across teams and functions to support cost-effective project delivery
• Provide technical advice and solutions to senior management
• Build strong client and stakeholder relationships, ensuring satisfaction and identifying new opportunities
• Understand client objectives and the sector context

Qualifications & Experience:

• Health sector experience is desirable
• Proven ability to coach and mentor junior colleagues, demonstrating emerging leadership skills
• Skilled in building and managing relationships with external stakeholders and clients
• Experience managing business relationships at a middle-management level
• Capable of leading projects from inception to completion
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• Holds a relevant professional qualification or chartered status
• CSCS card holder

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.

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