Technical Director - Highway Structures
Technical Director - Highway Structures
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Job Description
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.
Role description:
This role is part of Arcadis Global Excellence Centre (GEC) and will join our 3000 talented individuals working in India Romania and Philippines in partnership with Arcadis offices globally. The GEC brings key capabilities and capacity to support our clients seamlessly around the world. For those in GEC there are options to be dedicated to one country; developing deep knowledge and strong relationships as well as opportunities to be part of teams working truly globally as a centre of excellence offering diversity and variety. Arcadians are by nature globally minded and culturally aware and Arcadis strongly believes in flexibility which enables change over time as your career progresses. The GEC model is well embedded in Arcadis and the strong relationships that exist between our global offices are truly unique.
Role accountabilities:
- This role is strategic to the UK Highways business of Mobility strongly focusing from Market to Opportunities to Pursuit to
- Win to Deliver to Results stages of a project. It involves managing and supporting the pursuit of business opportunities and the successful execution of projects within the organization.
- This role requires a combination of technical competencies exposure to UK Mobility projects strategic thinking people and project management skills and a deep understanding of the business landscape.
- The candidate shall manage the existing team and be responsible for developing the team in terms of competency and capacity to cater to the increased project demand.
- The role needs to deliver projects to the expected quality time budget and a possible value addition. The role requires a Chartership from the ICE or IStructE UK.
Supporting Pursuits:
- Assisting the UK business in evaluating pursuit opportunities and contributing insights on capacity and capability.
- Collaborating with cross-functional and pursuits team to streamline decision-making processes for pursuing projects and ensuring a unified approach to strategic pursuits.
- Providing support in preparing bid proposals to meet quality and consistency standards.
Resource Acquisition Support:
- Identifying resource needs for pursuits and projects and contributing to strategic resource acquisition plans.
- Coordinating with other departments or external partners to acquire necessary resources.
Team Mentor:
- Ensure the development of the team to develop and grow according to the market needs both in terms of Capacity and Capability thereby setting the growth targets.
- Identify gaps and provide guidance for developing high competencies within the team for comprehensive project reviews forecasting and resource management.
- Actively liaise with UK offices to connect with senior leadership develop growth roadmaps and drive continuous improvements within the team.
Project Delivery:
- Leading and delivering single and multi-disciplinary projects including Design & Build (D&B) with understanding of various tools used in the UK.
- Knowledge of concept design alternative technical concepts detailed design and construction phase support on D&B and other projects including requirements for structural design BIM CAD and quantity estimation.
- Delivering projects as per business norms in terms of time budget cost and quality.
- Collaborating closely with regional leads to capture project needs timelines required skills and the number of resources needed.
- Facilitating communication and coordination between the lead offices and GEC disciplines.
- Overseeing competence and quality through a robust Quality Management System ensuring the timely submission of deliverables.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Masters degree in civil or Structural Engineering.
- Minimum 15 years of experience on international multi-disciplinary Rail Highway Civil & Structural Metro and Infrastructure projects.
- Must have worked in a prior senior structural engineering role to understand and evaluate the scope of UK projects. Having work experience with UKs National Highways is an added advantage.
- Chartership with ICE or IStructE.
- Proficient in written communication and capable of creating project communications.
- Familiarity with UK construction industry and Arcadis service offerings.
- Strong organizational coordination and strategic decision-making skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse disciplines and support resource acquisition initiatives.
- Role modeling Arcadis Values and Principles especially Health & Safety Stewardship.
- Knowledge of Quality Management Systems and the ability to apply the Quality Management principles while delivering large-scale UK projects from the GECs.
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 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.
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 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.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
