Rail Systems Lead

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

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 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.

Join Arcadis and help lead the future of rail design across the North. As a senior Engineering Rail Systems leader you will guide talented multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe high-quality and sustainable solutions for our clients and communities. This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership people development client engagement and business growth in a role with real influence across projects strategic pursuits and the wider Rail North business.

We are looking for a senior Engineering Rail Systems leader to help shape and deliver outstanding design outcomes across Rail North. This role is responsible for leading design capability coordinating resources across multiple locations and ensuring our teams deliver high-quality client-focused solutions across projects pursuits and major opportunities. You will play a key role in strengthening technical and commercial performance building trusted client relationships and creating an environment where people can grow perform at their best and contribute to a safer more sustainable and more digital railway.

• Lead Engineering Rail Systems design teams across Rail North creating a high-performing inclusive and collaborative team environment.
• Manage discipline capability and capacity to meet project demand business targets and future pipeline needs.
• Coordinate the deployment of design resources across projects pursuits and major strategic opportunities.
• Ensure design delivery meets client requirements programme commitments quality expectations and cost targets.
• Support strong technical and commercial performance across the project portfolio including margin risk and delivery outcomes.
• Build and strengthen client relationships contributing to excellent client experience and long-term growth.
• Lead or support business development and work winning activities across regional and strategic opportunities.
• Embed sustainability and digital priorities into design delivery and technical solutions.
• Champion safety people development and continuous improvement across teams and projects.
• Work closely with colleagues across Rail Mobility and wider Arcadis teams to achieve shared business goals.

• Strong experience leading engineering or design teams within rail systems or a related infrastructure environment.
• Broad technical knowledge across relevant rail systems disciplines.
• Proven ability to manage team performance develop people and lead in a matrix organisation.
• Experience delivering successful outcomes across project delivery client engagement and work winning.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance technical excellence and business performance.
• Experience building trusted client relationships and supporting strategic growth opportunities.
• Knowledge of industry standards compliance requirements and quality expectations.
• A track record of solving technical and operational challenges in complex project environments.
• Commitment to sustainability digital innovation and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Site experience is preferred.
• Degree-qualified in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent experience.

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 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 believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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