Project & Program Consultant (Senior Project Controls Manager- Architectural)

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.

Role description:

The Senior Project Controls Manager - Architectural is responsible for leading the cost management and project controls function across capital projects, ensuring alignment with client requirements, regional codes, and global standards. The role is part of the Project Controls Team within the Centre of Excellence (COE) team and requires technical oversight, process optimization, and effective stakeholder engagement to deliver commercial efficiency and governance for real estate and capital projects.

Role accountabilities:

• Strategic Stakeholder Liaison: Act as the primary interface between the COE and Regional Capital Management teams to align project deliverables, timelines, and strict adherence to Stage Gate policies and procedures.
• Technical Peer Review & Governance: Conduct technical reviews of MEP cost estimates, contracts, and change orders to ensure compliance with regional codes, project requirements, and independent cost verification standards.
• Commercial Risk & Analysis: Evaluate global construction trends, inflation indices, and supply chain shifts to provide "gap reports" comparing design information against approved Business Cases at key Stage Gates.
• Process Innovation & Tool Development: Lead the development and optimization of the COE standard suite of tools, templates, and Quality Assurance processes to drive global standardization and commercial efficiency.
• Capital Planning Support: Partner with RE Strategy and Finance teams to deliver accurate data for quarterly and annual capital planning exercises, procurement strategies, and P&L working.
• Team Leadership & Talent Development: Manage a diverse team by driving talent development, coaching, and succession planning while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Performance Reporting & Escalation: Provide regular performance updates to COE Leadership, proactively identifying operational challenges and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement effective solutions.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Engineering, Quantity Surveying.
• 10 to 12 years of experience in delivering end-to-end cost management, quantity surveying services for Real Estate projects (Office fit-outs, Investment Banking and Financial Institutions experience preferable).
• Strong experience in pre-contract (cost planning, benchmarking, design validation, risk management) and post-contract (change control management, cost reporting, final accounts) stages of Real Estate projects.
• Experience working in a global organization or COE or PMO (prior experience of working on Owner’s side is preferable).
• Knowledge of global construction practices, trends and cost indices.
• Proven experience of managing teams spread across 2-3 regions.
• Strong ability to manage cross-functional collaboration and senior stakeholder engagement.

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 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.

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