Team Lead Energy Storage

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 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:

Provide professional leadership at a senior management level, primarily in Energy Storage projects, with main focus on Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and also including hydrogen and pumped storage hydro. Establish and consolidate relationships with clients, take ownership of the delivery of the region’s technical capability and support the delivery of projects or specialised components of projects. Support the development of Arcadis capability in Energy Storage and build and maintain a professional reputation as an individual and for Arcadis. Take a leadership role within the project team, providing direction and leading by example where appropriate. Acting together with HR and other internal resources, oversee the training of team members, encourage their growth and facilitate professional development. Manage the delivery of projects in accordance with Management Systems to meet time, quality, budgetary and health and safety targets. Manage all aspects of the client relationship so that delivery meets or exceeds client expectations. Work to ensure maximum client satisfaction, champion client care and proactively work with clients. Promote both the regional and global culture of the business. Provide temporary embedded support to key clients as required.

Lead by example to promote continual improvement in SHE performance across the business. Build relationships with clients to identify and realise business opportunities and to ensure that client expectations and Arcadis’ commercial objectives are met or exceeded. Engage with and champion the involvement and inclusion of Arcadis Global Design resources, facilitating two-way feedback on the performance of project teams using Arcadis Global Design resources. Provide technical leadership at a subject level. Evaluate technical competence of staff proposed for projects and identify specific training and mentoring needs. Take technical line management responsibility for the development and performance management of team members to support the delivery of Arcadis’ business. Support recruitment process and be personally involved in the selection process of engineering staff at all levels within the Energy Storage team. Lead the technical delivery of complex projects ensuring client satisfaction, effective project management and good communication and collaboration between Arcadis colleagues. Ensure that local staff understand the benefits of their utilisation as team resources. Lead on the design of innovative engineering solutions for clients that resolve complex problems. Coach and mentor engineering professionals to support the development of Arcadis’ talent pool. Through an effective review process, oversee the delivery of projects to time, meeting both quality and budgetary targets, whilst striving to exceed client expectations. Perform independent technical review for complex and/or major projects. Encourage innovative and entrepreneurial thinking amongst team members. Promote and market all facets of the company’s services during client interfaces. Manage technical client relationships with key clients and play a major role in the tendering/proposal process. Promote effective and efficient bid management and contribute to Go-No-Go discussions as appropriate. Provide input into specific technical aspects of individual bids to support the production of high-quality winning pursuits. Keep up to date with developments in the industry sector and with technical and