Junior Consultant - Development Consultancy (f/m/d)

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.

Arcadis is looking for a Junior Consultant (f/m/d) to join our Technical Advisory team in Lisbon. This position will suit a highly motivated Junior Consultant (f/m/d) to consolidate their career within the leading global Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets, joining a successful team with exceptional Multinational clients.

Our ideal candidate will have technical background, initial experience in Consultancy and Real Estate and good personal soft skills with innovative and digital orientation. The new team member will be part of our Development Consultancy team reporting to Technical Advisory Team Leader.

Role accountabilities:

As a member of our Development Consultancy Team (Technical Advisory) the tasks to be performed include:

• Provide independent project monitoring services for banks, investment funds, and institutional clients during real estate development and construction projects.
• Review and analyze project documentation, budgets, schedules, and contracts to identify risks and ensure compliance with client requirements as well as applicable technical and urban planning regulations.
• Monitor construction progress, assess quality, and evaluate potential delays or cost overruns through regular site visits and reporting.
• Prepare clear, concise monitoring reports highlighting key risks, recommendations, and actions required to protect client interests.
• Maintain proactive communication with clients, acting as a trusted advisor throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications & Experience:

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Civil Engineering, Master's degree in Architecture.
• 1 – 2 years of relevant professional experience (background in Consultancy and Real Estate is really valuable)
• Knowledge of national regulations related to Technical Code of construction and Urban zoning regulations
• Full professional English (reading, writing, and speaking) is a must.
• Timely delivery, consistency, and quality of deliverable to team and client expectations, in compliance with our business quality systems.
• Engagement with and adoption of the Arcadis Way and Arcadis core values.
• Driver’s license and possibility of driving.
• Availability to travel within Spain and occasionally abroad

Skills and attributes for success:

• Technical rigor and attention to detail
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Critical sense
• Efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment
• A strong work ethic
• Professional responsibility, confidentiality and integrity
• Dedicated, innovative, resourceful and able to work under pressure
• Team player and critical thinking
• Forward thinker and self-starter

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.

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.