Technical Director/ Senior Design Manager

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:

Off the back of growing demand in our transport team and to support an exciting array of future projects, we are looking for a Senior Design Manager with Highways and infrastructure industry experience to provide leadership across complex multidisciplinary projects. You will have a strong technical background in roads and highways engineering, have an in-depth understanding of digital delivery processes and have demonstrated leadership attributes in the delivery of major projects within Australia.

Role accountabilities:

• Providing sound and effective leadership by providing direction and technical advice, leading by example and championing a quality culture;
• Ability to effectively implement project delivery best practice in the following areas: risk and change management, planning, project set-up, common data environments (including BIM and doc control);
• Establishing and implementing robust quality control procedures in line with Arcadis’ quality assurance process
• Supporting effective financial and project management controls
• Working to ensure successful project outcomes, maximum client satisfaction, championing client care and proactively working with the client;
• Driving project performance, service delivery and technical and commercial outcomes and undertaking reviews, ensuring client delivery is above expectation;
• Seeking / pursuing design opportunities, and the preparation of bids and tender submissions;
• Developing people on projects by playing to their strengths and providing stretch targets to enable our people to reach their potential; and
• Manage, mentor and develop less experienced members of the Arcadis Civil Infrastructure team.
• Ultimate accountability for technical and program delivery

Qualification & Experience:

First and foremost, you share our passion for improving quality of life. You are a seasoned design management professional with extensive experience in the transportation infrastructure market and come to us with:

• Relevant engineering degree with Chartered status or equivalent professional accreditation;
• Approximately 20+ years industry experience
• Industry leader in leading multidisciplinary design teams for road and highway projects within a design and engineering consultancy environment;
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex highway infrastructure projects;
• Well-developed technical and commercial skills, with a sound knowledge of the industry and a demonstrated ability in securing opportunities;
• Excellent communication skills and strong stakeholder management experience and the ability to build credible, collaborative but influential relationships both internally and externally;
• Previous demonstrated experience in managing large project teams;
• Experience in the successful delivery of projects for Main Roads Western Australia will be an advantage but is not essential.
• Strong industry profile and networks

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 skill-based approach, where you can hardness 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.

As an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Veterans and spouses are invited to apply.

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