Mass Transit Director

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.

Shape the future of mass transit across the UK with Arcadis. As a Technical Director / Project Director, you will play a pivotal role in growing our Mass Transit business, partnering with public and private sector clients to deliver innovative tram, metro, light rail and rapid transit systems. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced leader to drive strategy, build relationships, and deliver projects that support economic growth, decarbonisation and inclusive mobility throughout the UK regions.

• Lead the expansion of Arcadis’ Mass Transit capability across UK regions, aligned with client priorities and investment programmes
• Develop and maintain trusted relationships with Local Authorities, Combined Authorities, transport bodies, contractors and delivery partners
• Identify and secure new opportunities, from early engagement through to bid leadership and contract award
• Provide technical and sector leadership, offering credible insight and challenge to clients and internal teams
• Collaborate across Arcadis’ multidisciplinary teams to shape and deliver integrated solutions
• Nurture and support high-performing, inclusive teams, fostering professional growth and a positive team culture

• Established expertise in Mass Transit, gained through involvement in tram, metro, light rail or rapid transit programmes
• Strong professional network within Local Authorities, transport clients and/or Tier 1 contractors and delivery partners
• Proven ability to develop, secure and grow work in a consultancy or professional services environment
• Credibility and presence at Technical Director / Project Director level, with a track record of influencing senior stakeholders
• Collaborative, inclusive leadership style with a commitment to developing others and building diverse teams

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.

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 Work streams:
Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.