Associate Technical Director - Highways Structure

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 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.

This role is part of Arcadis’ Global Excellence Centre (GEC) and will join our 3,000+ talented individuals working in India, Romania, and Philippines, in partnership with Arcadis’ offices globally. The GEC brings key capabilities and capacity to support our clients seamlessly around the world. For those in GEC there are options to be dedicated to one country; developing deep knowledge and strong relationships, as well as opportunities to be part of teams working truly globally as a centre of excellence, offering diversity and variety.

Arcadians are by nature, globally minded and culturally aware, and Arcadis strongly believes in flexibility which enables change over time as your career progresses. The GEC model is well embedded in Arcadis, and the strong relationships that exist between our global offices are truly unique.

• This role is strategic to the UK Highways business of Mobility, strongly focusing from “Market to Opportunities” to “Pursuit to Win” to “Deliver to Results” stages of a project.
• It involves managing and supporting the pursuit of business opportunities and the successful execution of projects within the organization.
• This role requires a combination of technical competencies, exposure to UK Mobility projects, strategic thinking, people and project management skills, and a deep understanding of the business landscape.
• The candidate shall manage the existing team and be responsible for developing the team in terms of competency and capacity to cater to the increased project demand.
• The role needs to deliver projects to the expected quality, time, budget and a possible value addition. The role requires a Chartership from the ICE or IStruct
  
  E, UK.

• Assisting the UK business in evaluating pursuit opportunities and contributing insights on capacity and capability. Collaborating with the cross‑functional and pursuits team to streamline decision‑making processes for pursuing projects and ensuring a unified approach to strategic pursuits.
• Providing support in preparing bid proposals to meet quality and consistency standards.

• Assisting in identifying resource needs for pursuits and projects and contributing to strategic resource acquisition plans.
• Coordinating with other departments or external partners to acquire necessary resources.

• Ensuring the development of the team to develop and grow according to the market needs of the UK, both in terms of capacity and capability, thereby setting the growth targets.
• Helping to identify gaps and providing guidance for developing high competencies within the team for comprehensive project reviews, forecasting and resource management.
• Actively liaising with project managers and UK offices, connecting with senior leadership, developing growth roadmaps, and driving continuous improvements within the team.

• Managing and delivering single and multi‑disciplinary projects, including Design & Build (D&B), with the understanding of various tools used in UK.
• Knowledge of concept design, alternative technical concepts, detailed design and construction phase support on D&B and other projects, including requirements for structural design, BIM, CAD and quantity estimation.
• Delivering projects as per business norms in terms of time, budget, cost and quality. Ensuring effective communication and coordination between all team members.
• Overseeing competence and quality through a robust Quality Management System, ensuring the timely submission of deliverables.

• Master’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Minimum 12 years of experience on international multi‑disciplinary rail, highway, civil &…