Quantity Surveyor (Boise)
About The Job 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: Arcadis is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to support a multi-billion-dollar semiconductor construction program in Boise, Idaho. This role will be responsible for the measurement, valuation, and commercial management of construction works, ensuring accurate quantity tracking, cost control, and contract compliance throughout project execution. The ideal candidate will have experience reviewing construction drawings and specifications, performing quantity take-offs, validating installed quantities, managing change orders, and supporting cost reporting on complex industrial or advanced manufacturing projects. This position will work closely with construction, engineering, project controls, and commercial teams to help ensure effective cost management and accurate project reporting. Role accountabilities: Review construction drawings, specifications, models, and other project documents to quantify scope of work and support cost management activities. Prepare and maintain detailed quantity take-offs and measurement records for construction activities. Verify contractor-reported progress quantities and support payment application reviews. Provide estimating support, relative to Change order review and Tool Install takeoffs. Perform field measurements and site verification activities to validate installed quantities and project progress. Evaluate changes in scope and prepare quantity assessments to support change orders, variations, and claims management. Assist with cost forecasting, earned value assessments, and project cost reporting. Identify discrepancies between design documents, field conditions, and contractor-reported quantities. Support contract administration activities related to measurement, valuation, and commercial reporting. Collaborate with engineering, construction management, project controls, and commercial teams to ensure alignment on project costs and scope changes. Maintain accurate documentation of measurements, assumptions, quantities, and commercial records. Support quantity and cost benchmarking efforts across project teams. Contribute to risk identification and mitigation related to quantity growth, scope changes, and commercial exposure. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications & Experience: Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, Cost Management, or a related discipline; equivalent field experience will also be considered. 3-10 years of experience in Quantity Surveying, Cost Engineering, Commercial Management, Estimating, or Project Controls. Strong understanding of quantity take-offs, measurement principles, and construction cost management practices. Experience reviewing and interpreting complex construction drawings, specifications, and BIM models. Proficiency with Bluebeam, Excel, and quantity take-off or cost management software. Experience reviewing contractor progress reports, payment applications, and change orders. Familiarity with contract administration and commercial controls processes. Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail. Experience supporting semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, industrial, data center, or other large-scale construction projects preferred. Familiarity with cleanroom environments and construction systems, including MEP, tool install, structural, and architectural scopes, is preferred. Experience working with unit-rate or remeasurable contract structures preferred. Ability to provide legal US work authorization documents required. Will consider US domestic travelers and relocation. 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 are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. Salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
