Project Director Transportation

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 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: Arcadis is seeking a Project Director focusing on Transportation projects. This position will provide leadership and oversight for highly complex projects, programs, or accounts, ensuring successful delivery in accordance with established project management standards and business objectives. This role is accountable for project performance across key areas including schedule, budget, quality, health and safety, client satisfaction, risk management, and team performance. The Project Director serves as a senior project leader, providing strategic direction to multidisciplinary teams while maintaining strong relationships with clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders. Role accountabilities: Lead complex projects and programs in accordance with established project management procedures, governance requirements, and delivery standards. Provide strong leadership, direction, and technical guidance to multidisciplinary project teams, creating a collaborative, high-performing environment focused on quality and successful project outcomes. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with clients, contractors, project partners, and internal stakeholders. Provide strategic leadership throughout the project lifecycle, including project planning, execution, monitoring, reporting, and closeout. Monitor project performance against established goals, milestones, schedules, budgets, and quality expectations. Establish and maintain effective financial, project management, risk, and governance controls to support successful delivery. Identify, evaluate, and proactively manage project risks and opportunities, developing appropriate mitigation strategies and corrective actions. Contribute to commercial strategy, including the review and negotiation of contractual terms when appropriate. Lead project delivery meetings and ensure clear communication regarding project status, priorities, risks, issues, and required actions. Drive continuous improvement in project management processes and delivery methods to improve business efficiency and client satisfaction. Work collaboratively with resource managers and business leaders to ensure projects are appropriately staffed and supported. Maintain strong client relationships throughout the project lifecycle and identify opportunities to expand existing relationships and support future business growth. Ensure appropriate safety processes, procedures, and resources are in place and actively promote a strong health and safety culture. Project Performance & Financial Management Establish and monitor project success criteria, including cash flow, margin, health and safety, quality, schedule, and client satisfaction. Manage project scope, schedule, budget, resources, and financial performance. Monitor contract requirements and project commitments, escalating potential issues and implementing corrective actions as necessary. Maintain effective project cost controls and proactively identify opportunities to improve project and business performance. Review project performance throughout delivery and implement improvements when established targets are not being achieved. Support effective resource utilization and overall business performance. Leadership & People Management Provide clear direction to project team members regarding scope, budget, schedule, responsibilities, and performance expectations. Build and maintain strong relationships across project teams, clients, contractors, and operational leadership. Foster an inclusive, collaborative work environment where team members can cont…

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