MEP Business Unit Leader (Mechanical / Electrical / Fire Protection)

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Arcadis is seeking a Director / Business Unit Leader to lead an extensive mechanical electrical and fire protection engineering business within our Places US Design & Engineering team. We are looking to grow our team of skilled multidiscipline engineers and engineering consultants throughout North America. The role sits within our Places Global Business Area (GBA). We work with our clients around the world to create support and enhance smart safe and sustainable places where people live work learn and thrive. Places impact on the quality of peoples lives through new or redeveloped Industrial & Logistics (including Intermodal Terminals Data Centres and Manufacturing) Commercial Retail Residential Defence or Social Infrastructure (Arts Sports Health and Education) developments.

Role description:

In this role you will be accountable for leading a team of severalhundred engineers through ownership of client development service excellence people management and business acumen. That accountability includes maintaining a culture of innovation and excellence fostering a spirit to intelligently take on new challenges and advancing the team skills needed to provide the best quality design solutions. You will actively collaborate with your Arcadis peers leading a variety design and construction disciplines. Beyond all you will spearhead our effort to become the best and largest M/E/FP engineering consultant in the United States.

This position has flexible working hours and you will join a collaborative team that truly values its people. This is a key location based position. While work can be performed across the United States we are searching for individuals in the Texas US Northeast (NY MA) California US Midwest (Chicago MI OH) or US Southeast (TN GA SC NC) geographies. This is a great growth opportunity for the right individual as it provides a definitive leadership role in a nationwide team of design professionals with career development opportunities in a variety of pathways.

Role accountabilities:

Strategic Vision and Market Connection:

• Ability to discern how a business unit vision supports and amplifies service solutions and how that offering solidifies Arcadis as a valued partner to our clients
• Entrepreneurial mindset with desire for multiplied not fractional percentage growth
• Convert global and regional market strategies into actionable plans that flow down those key points to our team in a relatable way
• Have existing relationships within the market and actively drive new opportunities that shape our service offerings
• Industryrecognized leader with book of proven client relationships

Business Acumen and Operational Excellence:

• Have a deep understanding of business metrics financial operation and successful commercial strategy
• Balance business finances relating to revenue margin billability and other key metrics
• Ability to create and review potential fees for win strategy and accuracy

Technical Expertise and Industry Knowledge:

• Have keen insight on sustainability and the role it plays to clients as well as how it becomes innate and innovative in delivery
• History of experience designing building systems and application of those experiences and lessons learned to present and future delivery

Leadership and People Management:

• Upward and Downward management for a variety of solid and dashed line reports and a team of several hundred
• Innate ability to mentor and train colleagues provide career growth and foster inclusivity for a diverse set of colleagues

Qualifications & Experience:

• 15 or more years relevant experience
• BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng or equivalent in mechanical engineering electrical engineering or other relevant discipline
• Professional Engineer license
• Comfort and confidencebringing in clientfacing discussions with direct experience in leading and winning new work opportunities
• Experience working with projects that utilize Fundamental knowledge of Autodesk Platforms and other digital design tools including Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) or Building Information Modelling (BIM) engineered solutions

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skillsbased approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll 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.

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. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $200000 $275000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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