Aimed at senior infrastructure professionals with leadership experience who are open to relocating to Perth and managing complex, multidisciplinary projects.
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Original posting from Arcadis
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:
Looking for an opportunity to make your mark on a truly significant infrastructure project? We’re seeking an experienced Project Director to join our growing Infrastructure team in Perth and lead the delivery of complex, multidisciplinary projects, with Ports experience particularly valued. This is a rare opportunity to bring your leadership and industry expertise to a once-in-a-lifetime project in Western Australia. We welcome applications from talented professionals across Australia who are ready for their next career adventure and open to making the move to Western Australia.
Role accountabilities:
Provide peak leadership to a large multi-discipline technical team delivering design & engineering services for major civil infrastructure projects, ensuring that the team clearly understands what and how it is to deliver the required project outcomes.
Be the ultimate interface between the Project Team to the Client. Manage the senior levels of client relationship to ensure client expectations are clearly defined, understood by the team, and delivered / exceeded by our services.
Communicating with team members to ensure that they understand, and become engaged with, the project strategy, brief and client requirements;
Developing and managing the Project Programme and obtaining the buy-in of all stakeholders
Ensuring that effective financial and project management controls are in place and deployed to enable monitoring, modification and forecasting as appropriate
Continually looking to enhance productivity through improved processes, procedures and systems
Maintaining an overview of the commercial aspects of the project (contract, invoicing, debt, client management)
Communicating effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects
Managing the acquisition, deployment and management of resources for the project to ensure optimal resource allocation for projects
Directing the assessment, selection and management of suppliers, sub-consultants and contractors associated with projects
Ensuring that completed engineering and documentation work is reviewed for technical, Arcadis and client compliance
Ensuring risks are proactively identified, assessed and managed to avoid adverse impacts on the project
Working to ensure maximum client satisfaction, championing client care and proactively working with the client
Reviewing the performance of team members and developing them to their full potential
Ensure the team members are effectively managed with regard to health & safety, wellbeing, and personal & professional development through projects.
Qualification & Experience:
First and foremost, you share our passion for improving quality of life. You are a seasoned project management professional with extensive experience in the 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 infrastructure projects within a design and engineering consultancy environment;
Demonstrated experience delivering complex 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 ports projects 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 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.
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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Source: Arcadis careers