Associate Technical Director Environmental Planning

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.

Location: This role can be domiciled in the Philippines and India (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai or Noida)

Location: This role can be domiciled in the Philippines and India (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai or Noida)

Role description:

• Key point of contact for Arcadis UK Environment Planning, establishing and consolidating relationships across Arcadis and our client base, taking ownership for the delivery and associated quality, including direct liaison with UK Business Director - Environmental Planning
• Managing the team, managing the technical delivery of tasks or specialized 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
• 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
• Working closely with the GEC Discipline Director/Team Leader and UK discipline lead, supporting the recruitment and development of the GEC team, setting objectives and managing performance, to ensure that the team has the resources and capability to achieve desired outcomes.
• Ensure that complex technical projects are effectively led with good communication and collaboration between GEC, UK and its partner organisations, proactively leading the resolution of technical issues.
• Keep up to date with developments in the UK environment sector.
• In conjunction with UK colleagues, establish and agree key performance targets and financial budgets for the team in order to optimise business performance in line with set objectives.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience:

• Have experience of delivering environment solutions in complex multi-disciplinary projects.
• Sound work experience of atleast 10 years in the UK Environment sector Environmental Planning, Environmental Impact Assessment, Consents & Permitting, Ecology, Digital EIAs.
• Have an awareness of key UK Environment Legislations and other international standards and practices.
• Cultural awareness and experience of working as part of international project teams
• Possess a sound understanding of the principles of sustainable projects.
• Have a strong understanding of the principles of commercial and project management.
• Be focussed on health, safety and all dimensions of people welfare
• Have a strong focus on designing and deploying effective project delivery processes.
• Be experienced in delivering projects and be responsible for the quality of technical outputs
• Possess strong stakeholder management skills, e.g. awareness and understanding of other discipline inputs and how this influences civils solutions.
• Possess strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Be capable of building credible peer-to-peer relationships with other senior stakeholders.
• Have a BSc/BEnv or MSc/MEnv or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant work experience in Environment consultancy business.
  
  

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.

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