Senior Technical Director - Property Sectors Lead

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future. One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.Job Description:As a Senior Technical Director in our “Site Evaluation & Restoration” team (SER), you will be a leading member of our multi-award winning and highly respected regeneration, contaminated land and geoscience business area. The team spans the UK and is fully integrated with a global network of over 31,500 Arcadians delivering cutting-edge, innovative solutions to our client’s most significant challenges.For over 25 years, Arcadis has been on the forefront of regenerating the most contaminated sites in the UK into land fit for development, with multiple awards for the deployment of novel and innovative technologies alongside respected R&D, first-class development management and a range of best practice case studies. Our Regeneration clients expect us to consistently provide the clear, concise and pragmatic solutions needed to meet their challenges, challenges that arise from an increasingly constrained regulatory environment and that also have to take into account a wider scope of environmental and economic drivers.Our UK business has grown substantially in the past 3 years and the scope of our projects has diversified significantly as has the number of clients we actively support. This role has come about through growth and is required to harness the opportunity presented by the existing team’s experience and knowledge both locally and globally. This role will have a direct connection to our global community of practitioners responsible for sharing best practice.The Senior Technical Director will join our Solutions team in the UK SER business and take on responsibility for the winning, planning and oversight of works that address the increasing challenges faced by our Property & Regeneration clients.  This will include development advice, land asset transactions, site investigation, risk assessment, remediation design and implementation, demolition and waste management. The role will require strong client relationship building and management skills taking on existing accounts but also tasked with developing new accounts focused on delivering the end-to-end solutions required by the market. For clarity, “Property Sectors” includes a broad range of existing major clients in Local and National Government, Real Estate Development, Industry and Defence.The role is open to full-time and part-time candidates.Responsibilities:Drive the growth of the Property & Regeneration sectors portfolio of projects and clients.Client account support and leadership – lead on proposals and technical reviews.Be an outward face into the market to promote and maintain the position of Arcadis as a leader in regeneration, remediation, demolition management, geoscience and geo-environmental management in the UK and Globally.Drive the deployment of pragmatic technical solutions into the market, particularly where our new and novel sustainable technologies could be applied.Develop and support the delivery of research projects and thought leadership pieces – articles, technical bulletins, presentations.Qualifications & ExperienceBSc qualified in Real Estate Development, Planning, Regeneration, Civil Engineering Environmental Science or similar.Chartered with a relevant professional body (or equivalent).Driving licence.Leading experience of site regeneration, for example, economic, environmental, social and regulatory drivers, site assessment, remediation, land transactions, sourcing funding and business case preparation, securing planning permission and project delivery.Substantial commercial experience (bid writing, costing and risk mitigation) is essential.A thorough understanding of the practical, legal and commercial risks associated with site surveys, intrusive investigations and risk evaluation reporting.Experience of managing projects involving large delivery teams.A clear and demonstrable record of exemplar health and safety management.Significant experience in client and regulatory liaison.Motivation, enthusiasm and a desire to deliver exceptional outcomes.Excellent attention to detail and knowledge of good data management practice.Strong communication skills.Other Desirable QualitiesMSc or PhD in relevant subject.Academic and/or trade press publication history.Expert witness experience.Please note: while different genders browse jobs similarly, they apply to them differently. Research has shown that in order to apply for a job, women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting about 60%; ultimately, we’re interested in enthusiastic people who want to make a difference, so if you think you could do this job well, please have a go. Why Become an Arcadian? Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet. We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them. As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate. To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2035. 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. 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 Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy. #LI-MM3Job SummaryJob number: 13061Date posted : 2023-04-03Profession: Technical & SpecialistEmployment type: FULL_TIME