Chris Hill MRICS

Chartered Quantity Surveyor / Associate Cost Manager with experience in the UK and Spain

Girona, Catalonia, Spain

About

Cost Management Team Lead for Barcelona and Eastern Spain Chartered Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager with 15 years of experience in leading and delivering successful projects. I have worked on a variety of construction related projects undertaking project management, quantity surveying and cost management tasks including cost plans, change management, risk management, collaborative project management, project monitoring/reporting, project/framework bidding and due diligences for asset purchases, share purchases and a company takeover. Experienced in project and portfolio level control and reporting of income and cost, monitoring and controlling profitability. I have experience in a number of sectors including hotels, student accommodation, retail, residential, industrial, road, rail, bridges, public realm and water. I have undertaken various leadership training programmes including - • Aspiring Leaders Programme - Leading with Emotional Intelligence, Communicating with Impact, Leading Collaboratively • University of Oxford Said Business School - Leading Strategic Projects - understanding complexities and risks of major/strategic projects. Learning methods to set up these projects for success. I am currently leading the alignment of the Arcadis Spain Cost Management team with the Arcadis Global standardisation and digitisation strategy. Implementing the knowledge, innovative ideas and leadership skills sourced during my career to maximise engagement and continually improve. I am the Arcadis Spain Service Expert for Procurement and Contract Strategy as I am highly experienced at developing contract and procurement strategies that align with customers values, definitions of success and complexities of projects. I have experience in a number of different global construction contract forms which include NEC2, NEC3, NEC4, JCT, FIDIC short form and 2 stage early contractor involvement. I have experience in bespoke contracts structured around the LOE in Spain. I have attended a number of different courses and have many experiences that have provided a detailed understanding of collaborative contracting. I am responsible for the Spanish Market monitoring, undertaking by collating data from official sources, internal surveys and continually keeping up to date with market trends. Qualifications Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors APMP (IPMA Level D, SCQF Level 7) - Association of Project Management Qualification CSCS Professionally Qualified Person BSC (Hons) Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying

Experience

  • Associate Cost Manager at Arcadis
    Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

    Responsible for leading cost management services from the Barcelona office of Arcadis, providing sound cost advice and management to client's to provide them with the highest levels of cost certainty

  • Balfour Beatty plc (Full-time · 11 yrs 4 mos)
    • Commercial Manager
      Sep 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Responsible for the commercial management of the regional civil engineering portfolio in the midlands. Leading a team of 14 direct reports and commercially leading/supporting a cross functional team of 85+

    • Managing Quantity Surveyor
      Jan 2018 - Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Commercial management of contracts around Birmingham and the East Midlands reporting to the midlands civils Commercial Manager - providing all sub-contract procurement/management, all change control/managment, risk management and all financial analysis and reporting. Also managing teams of Quantity Surveyor of various experience and background

    • Senior Quantity Surveyor
      Jul 2015 - Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Commercial lead for several civil engineering projects whilst supervising more junior members of the team. Responsible for all commercial aspects of the project - procurement and supplier management, financial control, risk management and change management.