Business Area Manager - Project & Program Management

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 are excited to again be growing their Water team. We are looking for enthusiastic Project & Program Management professionals to join our team to work on a range of water related projects with a focus on sustainability and resilience.

As part of our Programme and Project Management team, you’ll help deliver some of the biggest, most iconic projects imaginable, with some of the best talent around. With your energy, agility and a keen eye for detail, you’ll deliver transformational outcomes for multiple clients every day.

The role sits within our global business area Resilience. We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.

Role Accountabilities:

Overall leadership of Business Area (BA) team of professional staff, ensuring growth of capabilities and capacity to meet business demands, delivery of high-quality project outcomes and nurturing and developing talent within their teams. This includes but is not limited to:

• Providing professional leadership in their BA team at a management level, establishing and consolidating relationships with senior staff in BA offices, taking ownership for the delivery of the GEC’s technical capability, supporting the delivery of tasks or specialized components of projects.
• Planning and driving the development of Arcadis’ capability and capacity in the BA team, aligned with Discipline wide plans to meet project demands. Work with Talent Acquisition and Learning Development to ensure BA team needs are understood and plans to meet them are in place.
• Driving a culture of project delivery excellence within the BA team, ensuring that adequate talent is available and assigned to lead on project delivery from a technical and task management perspective.
• Ensuring the delivery of projects/tasks within the team is in accordance with Management Systems to meet time, quality, budgetary and health and safety targets.
• Engaging with the senior leadership in the BA they collaborate with and champion the involvement and inclusion of GEC capability in their delivery model using SOPs to standardize the delivery approach.
• Driving the implementation of the GEC and Discipline strategy within the BA team, including managing changes associated with the operating model.
• Communicate change and manage transformation within the team, aligned to the strategic direction of the company, GECs and Discipline.
• Develop and implement workforce plans regarding building capability and capacity of the teams over the medium to long term in consultation with the Discipline Director, BA stakeholders, Workforce Planners and Service Delivery Managers.
• Manage day to day workload within the teams to ensure that direct and indirect hour targets are achieved, working in close collaboration with the Discipline Director and Workforce Planner.
• Work with Discipline Director and Service Delivery Managers to define and implement standardization and automation initiatives within the team.
• Ensure a strong focus on career development, driving a culture of best practice around GPS and empowerment of staff to own the development of their careers.
• Foster a strong culture of health and safety awareness and practices within the teams, setting a leadership example and holding senior staff to account.
• Manage staff engagement levels by drawing insights from tools such as YourVoice, identifying engagement drivers and developing and implementing action plans to ensure a well engaged team.
• Manage team shape and size within the discipline to ensure that adequate levels of seniority for leadership, task management and technical roles are in place to support current and future delivery requirements.
• Collaborate with other BA Managers and GBA Manager within Disciplines to ensure that capabilities are maximized across teams and projects.
• Drive the development of training and accreditation plans which ensure that skills are continuously improving and meet the workload requirements from the BAs
  
  

Key Shared Accountabilities:

• Responsible for implementing policies and procedures in line with GEC country specific policies
• Responsible for delivering team metrics in conjunction with Discipline Director
• Key interface with Discipline Director and Service Delivery Manager for performance of team, development of capabilities and progress on standardization and automation.
  
  

Decision Rights

• Drives team efficiency, enhancing capability development & technical skillset in line with professional standards.
• Quality of project deliverables.
• Influences recruitment decisions, capability development
  
  

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor or master's degree in engineering or any related courses
• Excellent English communication skills
• Should have experience in handling projects in any of the following areas:
• Water
• Energy
• Oil & Gas
• Sustainability Advisory
• Environmental Restoration
• Sustainable Operations
• Experience leading and growing a significant business function within a multinational engineering or professional services firm.
• Background in handling a large team
• Have global experience. UK experience is a plus
  
  

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.

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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.