Project & Program Consultant

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:

• Senior project and program professional with minimum of 10 years of work experience in the construction and or project and program management industry . With at least 7 years in managing and leading a team in delivering large and complex multi-disciplinary projects and or programs.

Role accountabilities:

• Work within established standard operating procedures and systems with clear project objectives to produce delivery outputs, schedules and track budgets, highlighting variances in order to manage and control project delivery targets
• Deliver/assist to manage small to medium scale projects or programs ensuring appropriate use of resources to deliver the required scope of work within set deadlines
• Present any project risks or issues to senior managers to ensure the project is not adversely impacted, and ensure that the delivery of projects is compliant to standards
• Analyse and review a range of data to identify key themes and trends and use the outputs to produce recommendations that support project decision-making.
• Use knowledge and experience to review project processes and policies, providing advice to support management in developing and improving processes and systems.
• Interact effectively across the organisation, completing complex professional level tasks for others in order to ensure projects/programs can be delivered to meet client and customer expectations.
• Advise colleagues on issues relating to own projects, providing subject matter advice in order to support delivery and ensure there is alignment between policy and operational practice.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and third party contractors, in order to ensure all parties are informed and aware of project progress and expectations.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Possess relevant business experience managing large and complex projects or programs.
• Demonstrate 'Practitioner' level expertise in one or more service lines.
• Exhibit advanced communication and interpersonal skills for effective interaction with peers, senior colleagues, and high-level stakeholders.
• Build and manage relationships with external stakeholders, displaying negotiation skills.
• Show commercial acumen, organizational understanding, logical thinking, and strong problem-solving abilities.
• Have a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, preferably in multinational companies or US, UK, EU, AUS projects, with at least 7 years in managing and leading teams Hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, with a master's degree considered an advantage
• Attainment of OR near attainment of relevant professional certification or chartered status (RICS, APM, PMP, PRINCE2, etc.)
• Familiarity of project and program management methodologies or frameworks (PMI, APM, Agile, etc.)
• Proficiency in project and program management tools and platforms (Smartsheet, PowerBI, Autodesk Construction Cloud, etc.)

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.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. At Arcadis, you will have the opportunity to build the career that is right for you. Because each Arcadian has their own motivations, their own career goals. And, as a 'people first' business, it is why we will take the time to listen, to understand what you want from your time here, and provide the support you need to achieve your ambitions.

Join Arcadis. Create a legacy

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