Associate Technical Director - Urban Development
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Leads delivery of urban development projects, primarily in the industrial sector, while growing sales with existing client relationships and developing new opportunities. Manages project time, quality, budget and health and safety targets, and supports project managers and line managers on controls and resourcing.
About this role
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.
Role description:
Due to consistent growth in our Urban Development business, we are looking for an Associate Technical Director to lead the delivery of current and future urban development projects (primarily across the industrial market sector but will extend to other markets also) and organic growth of sales for preexisting and established client relationships within the urban development team.
Role accountabilities:
- Providing sound and effective leadership to the team, providing direction and technical advice, leading by example to achieve company goals and championing a quality culture
- Ensuring on-going work for the business through the development and active support of key accounts
- Work closely with established networks to develop new business opportunities
- Managing the delivery of projects to meet time, quality, budgetary and health and safety targets
- Promoting both the regional and global culture of the business
- Supporting Project Managers to ensure that effective financial and project management controls are in place and deployed to enable monitoring, modification and forecasting as appropriate
- Supporting Line Managers with the acquisition, deployment and management of resources for the project to ensure optimal resource allocation for the project
- Driving project performance, service delivery and technical and commercial outcomes and undertaking reviews, ensuring client delivery is above expectation
- Delivering commissions within the framework of risk, sustainability and environmental considerations, while maintaining focus on time, cost and quality.
Qualifications & Experience:
First and foremost, you share our passion for improving quality of life and want to be part of city-shaping projects that change the way we live. You have a forward-thinking attitude and are ready to challenge yourself. You’ll have relevant engineering qualifications and:
- Extensive technical & delivery experience within the Australian land development market
- Well-connected and client portfolio in the land development market (preferably with Private Developers in Industrial but would consider Greenfield residential)
- Experience in delivering land subdivisions in addition to miscellaneous civil projects
- Experience with urban renewal projects an advantage
- Relevant engineering degree with Chartered status or equivalent professional accreditation; Postgraduate qualifications in business, finance or project management related areas an advantage
- Sound commercial background, and ability to take commercial responsibility for a project
- Proficiency in forming enduring relationships and transforming these into genuine commercial opportunities.
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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