ABOUT ARCADIS GROUP

Arcadis Group is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. With sustainability at the heart of everything we do, our focus is on maximizing our impact aimed at improving quality of life. The solutions we develop, address important societal challenges around resilience, places, and mobility. Leveraging data and technology, we have the capabilities and services to meet client demands driven by global trends such as urbanization, climate change, digitalization, evolving stakeholder expectations and potential unforeseeable events.
With over 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life, a career at Arcadis Group is truly rewarding with excellent benefits and opportunities to develop your technical and professional development.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Project Controls Manager will lead and manage a Project Controls team in the effective and timely delivery of all aspects of Project Controls for multiple blue-chip client projects from concept through to handover. He/she will be responsible for executing, supervising and coordinating the generation of Key Project Controls deliverables in conjunction with multi-disciplinary project teams. The successful candidate will be an accomplished leader who brings experience, integrity, agility and innovation to the role in leading an ambitious, professional Project Controls team in a dynamic, fast growing, Lean Operation

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Candidates should have a third-level qualification in the relevant discipline and typically 10+ years’ procurement/cost controls experience.
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary design office or equivalent client engineering team.
• Leading and motivating a team.
• Knowledge of auditing, budgeting, estimating, and forecasting.
• Previous exposure to lean working practices
• Ability to work in a fast-paced working environment and meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational, multitasking and communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Self-starter capable of working on own with minimal supervision and capable of supervising direct reports.
• Strong attention to detail and reporting skills

• Lead and manage a Project Controls team in the effective and timely delivery of all aspects of Costs, Cost
• reporting, Schedule, Planning and Contracts
• Accountable for effectively managing all areas of the Project Controls team
• Management of Project Control Hours, KPI Delivery, Performance management, Annual Leave, CPD, Continuous Improvement etc.
• Ensure that appropriate Project Controls strategies are prepared, reviewed and approved for all Projects.
• Responsible for the execution of Project Controls deliverables within an agreed schedule agreed hours and to
• an acceptable quality.
• Establish rules and methodologies that are aligned with the client requirements for Project Cost reporting and
• forecasting.
• Ensure compliance with existing approved Project Controls procedures and oversee the development of all Project Controls procedural updates.
• Ensure that accurate Project estimates and Forecasts are prepared and presented to all associated stakeholders on time.
• Establish appropriate and accurate contract schedules, budgets and forecasts for all projects.
• Ensure accurate Monthly cost reports are generated, reviewed and approved in a timely manner.
• Provide all necessary information requested to manage and forecast project outcomes in relation to Costs,
• Schedule and Contracts including Change Management.
• Implement appropriate Lean execution methods including Last Planner, Target Value Design, etc.
• Manage and articulate communications with all key stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of projects both internally and externally
• Identify and lead strategic cost control efforts within a project.
• Provide ongoing mentoring, coaching and SME support to the Project Controls team.
• Align with and drive the Continuous Improvement Culture in Arcadis
• Lead Cost Control efficiency and Lean initiatives both within the department and on client projects.
• Other reasonable work as requested by the Operations Director