Overview

Position Title: Technical Services Lead

Company: Arcadis

Location: London, UK

Job Description

The Environmental Planning team is a cross sector, multi-disciplinary team delivering Environmental Planning consulting across the asset life cycle, and across the value chain. Our approx. 200 strong team delivers revenues of £14M pa across the Ecology, Arboriculture, Culture Heritage, Acoustics, Air Quality, Town Planning and Consents and Environmental Assessment / Management technical disciplines. Together our teams are supporting delivery of some of the UK’s largest road and rail projects including Lower Thames Crossing and High Speed 2. In addition to Infrastructure our team has a strong portfolio and pipeline of opportunities across other key sectors including Energy, Government, Water and Buildings, particularly residential property.

The team have a clear 2021 plan with focus areas for growth, and areas of development of new propositions. Key areas of focus for us include Zero Carbon Masterplanning, Sustainable Planning & Communities, Climate Smart Land Management, and Biodiversity & Nature-based Solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Delivering projects across multiple consenting regimes including Development Consent Orders, Transport and Works Act Orders, Town and Country Planning Act, Hybrid Bill etc
  • Support the growth of the planning and consenting capability at Arcadis.
  • Leading multi-disciplinary teams in winning and delivering work, and growing our technical capability
  • Developing and taking to market, value propositions.

Requirements:

  • Experience across multiple sectors and all stages of the project life cycle including strategic optioneering, single option development, EIA, requirements discharge post consent and detailed design and construction.
  • Demonstrable experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams and growing technical capability
  • Leading project teams through planning inquiries or examinations – expert witness experience is desirable.
  • Be able to establish a strong internal and external network to support the successful delivery of projects.
  • Have experience of working at a senior level with diverse internal and external stakeholders, and evidence of building effective client relationships
  • Demonstrate ability to drive innovation and a growth mindset culture within a business.
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About Arcadis

Arcadis is the leading global Design & Engineering Consultancy for natural and built assets. Applying our deep market sector insights and collective design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services we work in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes throughout the lifecycle of their natural and built assets. We are 28,000 people, active in over 70 countries that generate €3.5 billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world.