Project Controller

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:

To provide project controls, monitoring and data-driven reporting support across engineering and construction projects, improving cost, schedule and risk visibility and driving digitalisation and process efficiency improvements.

Key responsibilities

• Lead cashflow forecasting, vendor forecast reconciliation, invoice recording and accruals reporting to maintain accurate project financial baselines.
• Prepare and maintain project progress and performance reports (cost, schedule, EHS, change & risk, documentation) using interactive dashboards for regular client presentations.
• Develop, standardise and automate templates and cyclical project controls processes to increase efficiency and consistency across teams.
• Support tender analyses, quantity take-offs, BOQ preparation and commercial validation during procurement and bidding phases.
• Review contracts and assist with change management and approvals, including automating trackers and workflows to accelerate EWN/change order approvals.
• Provide training and change adoption support to project teams and global counterparts on improved tools, automations and reporting practices.
• Act as a digital ambassador: introduce and implement digital solutions (Power BI, Looker Studio, GSuite automations) that enhance data visualisation and team productivity.

Required skills and competencies

• Project controls & monitoring: cashflow analysis, accruals reporting, progress reporting, change & risk tracking.
• Data analytics & visualisation: experience building interactive dashboards (Power BI, Looker Studio) and producing client-ready presentations.
• Commercial & estimating skills: quantity take-offs, BOQ preparation, tender sum analyses, supplier negotiation awareness.
• Technical background: civil/structural engineering understanding to interpret design and construction deliverables.
• Digital savviness: automation, template standardisation, GSuite proficiency and willingness to champion digital change.
• Communication & collaboration: able to coordinate with multinational teams, present to clients and deliver upskill trainings.

Qualifications & experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (or related).
• 5–8 years’ relevant experience across project controls, cost/commercial management and structural/industrial engineering projects (warehouses, cold storage, data centres beneficial).
• Professional licensure (e.g., licensed Civil Engineer) and/or certifications such as Project Planning & Controls Practitioner, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt are advantageous.

Personal attributes

• Proactive, detail-oriented and efficiency-driven with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Comfortable working across cultures and time zones; adaptable to client-facing and internal enabling roles.

Success indicators

• Accurate and timely cashflow and accrual reporting with reduced variance to baseline.
• Measurable productivity gains from automation and template standardisation (e.g., 20% reduction in cyclical task time).
• Increased speed and throughput of change/order approvals following tracker automation.

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.

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