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:
We are seeking an experienced Geotechnical Engineer to join and develop our Structures, Geotechnical and GIS team as Associate Technical Director in Scotland. In this role, you will lead our team through innovative projects focused on exciting geotechnical projects across the world. Our work is both challenging and rewarding, providing an opportunity to shape the future of infrastructure.
As an Associate Technical Director, you will provide technical leadership and work on a variety of projects. Reporting to the Technical Director, the successful candidate will provide dynamic professional technical leadership to our engineering teams to meet client expectations. Our client list includes respected organisations such as Transport Scotland, National Highways, HS2, and International Governments, reflecting our commitment to delivering high-quality solutions with a global impact.
You will have an extensive practical understanding of geotechnical matters, appreciation of commercial and contract management, and experience of technical delivery of complex projects/programmes of work. The role necessitates the ability to work effectively across organisational boundaries, both internally and externally to Arcadis, and offers a pathway towards senior management positions.
Role Accountabilities
Technical Leadership: Technically lead and coordinate complex multi-disciplinary projects and programmes of work throughout the design life cycle
Lead and Mentor: Provide line management, guidance and successfully lead multidisciplinary teams, fostering professional growth and promote a culture that is proactive on safety, health, quality, sustainability, collaboration and innovation.
Project Oversight: Ensure the successful delivery of projects by setting clear goals and maintaining high standards of quality and safety. Build and sustain adequate resource for the delivery of projects and identify strategic recruitment needs.
Client Engagement: Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring their needs and expectations are met and exceeded.
Innovative Solutions: Champion the development of sustainable and forward-thinking engineering solutions.
Qualifications & Experience
Extensive expertise in geotechnical engineering, with experience in both new build and asset management projects.
Chartered Engineer status (or equivalent), with a degree in Civil Engineering or other directly related degree
Proven experience in leading complex engineering projects with a focus on quality, safety and sustainability.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively manage client and team relationships.
Has excellent people management skills, ensuring that the best talent is used to meet the resource demands for the projected workload
Exhibit behaviours consistent with the Arcadis vision and values
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. 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.
