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:
- Operate partly outside of the project environment to support professional leadership in their discipline at a management level, establishing and consolidating relationships with senior staff in Arcadis’s regional offices, managing the team, managing the technical delivery of tasks or specialised components of projects, supporting the development of Arcadis capability in the discipline and building and maintaining a professional reputation as an individual and for Arcadis
- Take a leadership role with the team, providing direction and leading by example where appropriate
Manage the delivery of tasks in accordance with Management Systems to meet time, quality, budgetary and health and safety targets
- Manage all aspects of the regional office staff relationship so that delivery meets or exceeds their expectations
- Working to ensure maximum satisfaction with the project delivery team and proactively working with staff in Arcadis’ GECs and regional offices
- Promote both the regional and global culture of the business
Role accountabilities:
- Provide leadership in their discipline(s), establishing and consolidating relationships with Project Managers in the OpCos to facilitate resolution of issues and identify opportunities for further work
- Take management responsibility for a team at discipline (or multi discipline) level for the development of team performance to support the delivery of project work for the regions
- Engage with senior technical staff and discipline leadership within the regions to identify opportunities for GEC involvement in their project delivery
- Take responsibility for the financial performance of projects at a discipline level ensuring agreements and sufficient budgets are in place, and project invoicing occurs to recover costs
- Identify gaps in skills required to complete upcoming work and advise the leadership team on options to close any gaps
- Lead the implementation of training plans within the discipline(s) to ensure skills match workload requirements from the region. Select, lead and develop the project team to ensure they have the necessary skills to deliver the project
- Manage relationships with Project Managers, senior technical staff and discipline leaders within the regions
- A key managerial position, individuals will provide a leadership and motivational role to their function and will be accountable for ensuring all work is executed in line with lead regional requirements and goals, and will have significant technical knowledge and experience in their field
- Provide overall technical leadership on complex project work within their discipline and
able to develop and propose potential solutions to engineering designs, including those which may fall outside the standard codes where appropriate and guide the team on the technical decision making process and implementation
- Is recognized as a technical leader within the business unit and discipline in which they operate
Qualifications & Experience:
- Have a BSc / BEng or MSc / MEng or equivalent in a relevant discipline
- Have achieved Chartered / Incorporated / Licenced Engineer professional status, or equivalent
- Have relevant experience including leadership of the development and implementation of engineering solutions
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 equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. 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 employer; women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, caste, creed, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
