Major Projects Director

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: Arcadis is looking to hire a Major Projects Director to lead the delivery of high-complexity, high-risk and major projects or portfolios to meet or exceed client expectations and to ensure our projects are delivered successfully across all key areas including time, quality, budgetary and health and safety targets. To promote both the regional and global culture of the business and lead excellence in Project Management to maximize business performance against strategic aims in major project delivery. Role accountabilities:

Responsible for following Project Management procedures and upholding Arcadis project delivery principles

Providing sound and effective leadership to the team, providing direction and technical advice, leading by example to achieve company goals and championing a quality culture. Motivates and mentors more junior project managers.

Contributes to Pursuit strategies and negotiation of acceptable contractual terms

Communicating with team members to ensure that they understand, and become engaged with, the project strategy, brief and client requirements, leading an effective project team culture

Develop strategy, and tools for driving consistency across portfolios of projects to meet Client expectations and deliver strategic goals, focussing on Tier 1 clients

Ensuring that effective financial and project management controls are in place and deployed to enable monitoring, modification and forecasting and change management control to ensure Arcadis project results are maximized and client expectations are met or exceeded.

Leads and drives continuous improvement to processes and procedures to deliver business efficiency and client satisfaction

Managing the acquisition, deployment and management of resources for the project to ensure optimal resource allocation for the project and directs the assessment, selection and management of suppliers, sub-consultants and contractors associated with projects

Sets effective health and safety management targets and monitors and improves their success

Hitting project success criteria targets including Cash flow, margin, HSE, quality and schedule

Seeking and acting on Client feedback , striving for positive client feedback and repeat business

Contracts effectively administrated, targeting no claims or inability to invoice for services delivered

Maximizing GEC utilization and Arcadis business performance

Effective project close outs with a motivated project team, identifying and acting on required improvements

Maintains strong client relationship through project delivery and identifies future opportunities with that client.

Directs task team such that a team member is clear on their scope of delivery, budget and program whilst ensuring a healthy teamwork environment.

Steward and manage health and safety aspects of the project

For long assignments, the project manager should set team members goals in line with their performance goals and line manager and feedback should be provided regularly.

Vaues the power of diversity and our global capabilities to deliver as One Arcadis

Works to the highest professional and ethical standards and establish trust by being open, honest and responsible and bringing in subject matter experts when needed to support project goals

Commercial knowledge including expert understanding of contractual conditions and procedures, to take commercial responsibility for a high complexity project Able to deliver multi service, high complexity projects or