Sr. Design Build Project Director

Arcadis•Detroit, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

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: Arcadis is looking to hire a Sr. Design Build Project Director to lead the delivery of high-complexity, high-risk and major projects or portfolios to meet or exceed client expectations and to ensure our projects are delivered successfully across all key areas including time, quality, budgetary and health and safety targets. To promote both the regional and global culture of the business and lead excellence in Project Management to maximize business performance against strategic aims in major project delivery.

Requirements

Commercial knowledge including expert understanding of contractual conditions and procedures, to take commercial responsibility for a high complexity project
Able to deliver multi service, high complexity projects or portfolio of projects to ensure strategic results and ensure consistent service to a client
Expert level of Project Management Skills (see definitions in SPO)
Excellent stakeholder engagement, team coordination business case/benefits management capability
Able to meet the skills proficiency requirements of a category Arcadis Accredited Project Manager
Minimum Staff Grade 12 with relevant engineering degree with chartered status or equivalent professional accreditation
Engages in Continuous Professional Development in the field of project and program management
Significant experience of managing large (10m+) high complexity projects and experience in leading design in a consultant organization in a tendered design services environment
Demonstrable expertise in working with technical disciplines across multiple geographic locations

Responsibilities

Responsible for following Project Management procedures and upholding Arcadis project delivery principles
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.
Motivates and mentors more junior project managers.
Contributes to Pursuit strategies and negotiation of acceptable contractual terms
Communicating with team members to ensure that they understand, and become engaged with, the project strategy, brief and client requirements, leading an effective project team culture
Develop strategy, and tools for driving consistency across portfolios of projects to meet Client expectations and deliver strategic goals, focussing on Tier 1 clients
Ensuring that effective financial and project management controls are in place and deployed to enable monitoring, modification and forecasting and change management control to ensure Arcadis project results are maximized and client expectations are met or exceeded.
Leads and drives continuous improvement to processes and procedures to deliver business efficiency and client satisfaction
Managing the acquisition, deployment and management of resources for the project to ensure optimal resource allocation for the project and directs the assessment, selection and management of suppliers, sub-consultants and contractors associated with projects
Sets effective health and safety management targets and monitors and improves their success
Hitting project success criteria targets including Cash flow, margin, HSE, quality and schedule
Seeking and acting on Client feedback , striving for positive client feedback and repeat business
Contracts effectively administrated, targeting no claims or inability to invoice for services delivered
Maximizing GEC utilization and Arcadis business performance
Effective project close outs with a motivated project team, identifying and acting on required improvements
Maintains strong client relationship through project delivery and identifies future opportunities with that client.
Directs task team such that a team member is clear on their scope of delivery, budget and program whilst ensuring a healthy teamwork environment.
Steward and manage health and safety aspects of the project
For long assignments, the project manager should set team members goals in line with their performance goals and line manager and feedback should be provided regularly.
Values the power of diversity and our global capabilities to deliver as One Arcadis
Works to the highest professional and ethical standards and establish trust by being open, honest and responsible and bringing in subject matter experts when needed to support project goals