Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36, 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 worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description: This role is part of Arcadis Global Excellence Centre (GEC) and will join our 3,+ talented individuals working in India, Romania, and Philippines, in partnership with Arcadis offices globally. The GEC brings key capabilities and capacity to support our clients seamlessly around the world. For those in GEC there are options to be dedicated to one country; developing deep knowledge and strong relationships, as well as opportunities to be part of teams working truly globally as a centre of excellence, offering diversity and variety. Arcadians are by nature, globally minded and culturally aware, and Arcadis strongly believes in flexibility which enables change over time as your career progresses. The GEC model is well embedded in Arcadis, and the strong relationships that exist between our global offices are truly unique.
Role Accountabilities: Lead the implementation of projects, managing multi-disciplinary teams and working to mid to long-term timescales, to ensure delivery standards meet client expectations. Translate project objectives into plans, estimates and schedules, managing budgets across the project life cycle to meet the profit and budgetary targets of the project. Assure compliance with contracts in terms of project delivery parameters and scope of service. Analyze and compile a range of data, schedules, and documents and provide advice and recommendations to contribute to project decision-making. Use own knowledge and experience of industry best practice to develop processes and review policies for own project, ensuring changes are in line with strategic business objectives. Lead a diverse project team of senior specialists, setting objectives, and reviewing performance to ensure staff are driven and have the necessary skills to deliver the project objectives. Manage relationships with key internal stakeholders in order to identify opportunities for improved efficiencies and collaboration across projects, to ensure client satisfaction. Create a sense of shared ownership and accountability balancing this with decisiveness and holding others to account for delivery. Responsible for setting project delivery approach and plan in consultation with key stakeholders Responsible for establishing project delivery plans and appropriate control mechanisms to assure delivery. Responsible for performance management of multiple projects and project teams / resource and engaging with senior leadership team. Develop and maintain a good understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis, business and the industry sector to facilitate personal networking and to consolidate personal and GEC credibility across the GBA. Actively lead and drive standardization and automation of processes for continuous improvement in Information Management practices. Good understanding of data privacy, security, and compliance issues to ensure that information is managed in a responsible and secure manner. Analytical skills to make sense of complex data and information, as well as Problem-solving skills to address challenges and find solutions. Qualifications & Experience: The candidate should have Bachelors or master's degree in engineering. Qualifications in financial/business management, client management, innovation and leadership are highly desirable. Preferably 15+ years of experience in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) services sector. At least 7+ years of the experience in successfully pursuing and leading mid to large project teams within a multinational engineering or professional services firm. Overseas Experience is an advantage (work in other countries or project design out-sourcing company).