GEC Business Area Manager: Energy Transition (US & Canada)

Role & responsibilities

• Lead by example to promote continual improvement in H&S performance across the business, including safe by design initiatives and any specific personal targets.
• Build internal relationships to identify and realise business opportunities across all Service Lines and to ensure that client expectations and Arcadis’ commercial objectives are met or exceeded.
• Provide technical leadership at a subject level, promoting Arcadis technical excellence across industry and peer groups through strong regional networks. Promotes Arcadis technical excellence across industry and peer groups.
• Evaluate technical competence of senior staff proposed for projects, supporting our people to realise their potential, identifying and providing specific training and mentoring needs.
• Working closely with the US and Canada Engineering Directors, supporting the recruitment and development of engineering teams, setting objectives and managing performance, to ensure that the team has the resources and capability to achieve desired outcomes.
• Ensure that complex technical projects are effectively and efficiently led with good communication and collaboration between GEC, US, Canada and its partner organisations, proactively leading the resolution of technical issues.
• Keep up to date with developments in the Energy sector (including technical and legislative), seeking opportunities to develop a strong professional profile for Arcadis (e.g. conference presentations, thought leadership articles and participation in technical committees).
• Sponsor innovation initiatives that resolve complex client challenges and promote Arcadis leadership in this area.
• Establish and agree key performance targets and financial budgets for the engineering teams in order to optimise business performance in line with set objectives for US and canada teams.
• Perform independent technical reviews for complex and major projects that are classified as high risk to the Arcadis business.
• Encourage innovative and entrepreneurial thinking amongst team members, sponsoring service delivery CoPs.
• Promote and market all facets of the company’s services during client interfaces, providing direction and a leading contribution to complex technical aspects of bids, supporting the production of high quality winning pursuits.

Preferred candidate profile

Demonstrable experience of:

• Delivery of complex multidisciplinary transmission and distribution projects, including Primary (substation) and secondary detail engineering, power generating stations, windfarms, solar farms, transmission lines, etc.
• Applying independent judgement and responsibility in leading the resolution of complex technical challenges in a pressured environment.
• Establishing and developing high-performing teams capable of delivering complex multi-disciplinary technical projects in a design-build and client-side context.
• Providing inspiring leadership to mixed teams from varied disciplines, background and culture.
• Leading continuous improvement in ‘safe by design’ initiatives, health, safety and welfare.
• Providing effective contributions, insight and active leadership in support of successful pursuits.
• A strong commitment to technical excellence and the professional standards demanded by their institution.
• Building credible relationships with senior leaders (internally and externally).
• Exhibiting the leadership qualities and behaviours sought in the Arcadis Global Leadership Model.

Candidate should possess:

• A broad understanding of the international power sectors, challenges and opportunities.
• Cultural awareness and experience of leading international project teams
• Strong inter-personal and communication skills.
• An extensive knowledge of legislation, hazards and safe systems of work.
• A strong understanding of the principles of commercial management.
• A strong focus on health, safety and all dimensions of people welfare.
• A strong focus on designing and deploying effective project delivery processes.
• A sound knowledge of the principles of sustainable design.