Role Description
The Delivery Project Manager Group Leader Design & Engineering will lead the Design & Engineering Delivery PM Group to deliver high-value, integrated services aligned with regional priorities and global standards, acting as a bridge between Sectors and Services in Australia. This elevated role will drive capability development, operational excellence, and client satisfaction through strategic oversight and change leadership, acting as an accountable leader for project success and improving decision‐making and commercial performance.
Role Accountabilities
* Monitor compliance with company policies and mandatory training across the Design & Engineering Delivery PM Group in Australia.
* Conduct evaluations and check‐ins for Team Leaders, mentoring and guiding their development and ensuring they do the same for their teams.
* Set Design & Engineering Delivery PM objectives and career paths, lead calibration processes for performance and reward, and decide on pay increases, bonuses and promotions across discipline pools.
* Act as an ambassador for change initiatives, coordinate enabling functions and create conditions for successful implementation.
* Maintain a complete view of skills and capabilities across the Design & Engineering Delivery PM Group, validating data and managing key person risk and scarce resources.
* Align capabilities with Australian market and client needs together with Team Leaders, ensuring technical excellence through enforcement of best practices and discipline standards for Design & Engineering Delivery PMs.
* Contribute to global standards and lead pilots for the Design & Engineering Delivery PM Group, providing strategic input on where to invest for discipline growth and capability development.
* Foster a learning and growth culture by mentoring Team Leaders, setting clear expectations and supporting knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
* Oversee capability‐based resourcing decisions, maintaining accurate visibility of group availability and ensuring data integrity for proactive resourcing.
* Participate in demand and supply forecasting and provide reliable supply inputs, ensuring the Design & Engineering Delivery PM Group in Australia has the right talent at all times by assigning short‐ and long‐term needs in line with workforce plans.
* Ensure the Design & Engineering Delivery PM Group meets financial and billability targets.
* Support Team Leaders in identifying complex tasks and connecting to global experts.
* Gather client feedback, monitor satisfaction and implement improvements.
* Escalate systemic issues beyond own scope and propose solutions.
* Review high‐complexity projects, flagging risks and managing signing authority, and contribute in projects.
* Partner with Client Success Teams and Service Area Groups to define fit for purpose teams and ensure cost‐effective, high‐quality delivery that meets or exceeds client expectations.
* Collaborate with other Delivery PM Group Leaders and Sector Leadership to align priorities, share resources and ensure consistent application of global standards and best practices.
* Work closely with enabling functions such as Workforce Planning, HR and Commercial Operations to ensure consistency, efficiency and effective implementation of change initiatives.
* Champion a strong health, safety and wellbeing culture within the Delivery PM Group, ensuring Service delivery meets Arcadis health and safety expectations.
Qualifications & Experience
* Proven multi‐team leadership experience in Project Management (preferably in Design & Engineering) within Australia in the AEC industry, with accountability for delivery governance, performance assurance, utilisation and client satisfaction.
* Expertise in workforce planning, capability development and discipline excellence, including experience shaping and implementing capability development programs and succession plans.
* Expertise in delivering large projects for our clients, with sufficient depth to provide credible leadership, oversight and guidance on complex projects and to support discipline excellence within the group.
* Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, able to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with Service and/or Sector leadership, Client Success Teams, Global Excellence Centers, and Enabling Functions.
* Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop Team Leaders, set clear expectations and support high performance, engagement and wellbeing.
* Strategic mindset with a focus on client delivery and business growth, able to align Area name objectives with regional and global priorities.
* Ability to work closely with Client Success Team leadership to articulate clear Service value propositions and translate client needs into effective delivery models and resourcing plans.
* Strong understanding of company policies, compliance requirements and health and safety expectations, and experience applying these within project and Service delivery.
* Leadership style that empowers Arcadians, promotes accountability and continuous improvement, and supports a healthy, inclusive and high engagement culture aligned to the Arcadis Leadership profile of being curious, driving success and igniting passion.
* Degree level education in project management, business, or equivalent practical experience.
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.
As an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Veterans and spouses are invited to apply.
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