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Job description / Role
Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm 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 more than €3 billion in revenue. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world.
We are looking for a Senior/Principal Environmental Consultant to work across our Qatar Projects.
Role Summary:
Our Regional Environmental Team completes projects for blue chip international and local clients in the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and KSA. The success of the team is the result of an unrelenting focus on understanding our client's business, forming strong relationships built on trust and getting it right first time. As a result of the team's expanding workload, we have a need for a Principal-level environmental expert to play a leading role in the continued success and growth of the group. This is a senior role in the environment team managing major environmental projects from bid to implementation stages, providing technical co-ordination review and direction, client management and ensuring good project performance.
The main duties of the Senior/Principal Environmental Consultant include, but are not limited to:
• Project management and project direction for Environmental Impact Assessments, Strategic Environmental Assessments, Environmental Management Plans including the co-ordination and management of internal specialists and sub-consultants
• Ensuring that the quality of deliverables is to the consistent high standards necessary to obtain recognition as consultant of choice by ensuring that Technical Reviews are undertaken on all deliverables and are in accordance with local legislation and best practice
• Endeavour to apply industry best practice in all aspects of work and provide technical input into specialist reports
• Responsible for technical development of junior staff
• Development of relationships with clients and the regulatory authorities as well as other interested parties in order to deliver effective solutions to clients to the appropriate schedule and quality
• Creating and developing opportunities
• Managing project financial performance and meeting profit and cash targets
• Development and implementation of winning proposal strategies
• Contributing to the technical input for multi-disciplinary bids
• Contributing to the management of the profit and loss performance of the environmental function group
• Understanding Quality, HSE and Company Systems and ensuring that they are applied in all lines of work
• Responsible for coordinating work packaging within and outside the region
• Environmental support to other projects in the region where necessary
What do we offer?
We offer a dynamic and challenging role with international focus and we provide competitive remuneration package reflecting the seniority of the role. You will have a great deal of responsibility with endless opportunity for impact. Given the international remit of this role and our business, a certain level of flexibility in working hours is important. International travel will also be required.
Requirements
• Relevant degree and MSc/second degree from an accredited university
• Membership of an appropriate professional institute or association
• Expert in the field of EIA with 10-14 years of experience
• Extensive experience in undertaking high profile environmental projects in the transport, utilities, buildings and oil & gas sectors
• Experience in negotiating with regulators to achieve the best environmental outcome for the client
• Experience in working in an international consultancy
• Work experience in the Gulf region
• Evidence of co-ordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing staff
• Working knowledge of international environmental legislation, trends, case law, standards and guidance
• Knowledge of international project financing mechanisms and implications
• Proven experience in preparing proposals, including financial and resource breakdowns
• Extensive business development skills
• Sound written and verbal communication skills together with interpersonal skills and ability to develop key relationships
• Expertise in preparing literate, high quality reports
• Competent at Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Microsoft Project, etc
Desired Experience.
• A technical skill in air quality, noise, water quality, geology, hydrogeology, ecology, waste or sustainability would be advantageous
Candidate Profile.
• Culturally sensitive with experience in operating in a multicultural environment
• Willingness to travel for short periods throughout the Gulf Region
• Ability to maintain a pro-active and organized approach
• Good attention to detail coupled with the ability to focus on the wider objectives
About the Company
ARCADIS is the leading global natural and built asset design & consultancy firm working in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes through the application of design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services. ARCADIS differentiates through its talented and passionate people and its unique combination of capabilities covering the whole asset life cycle, its deep market sector insights and its ability to integrate health & safety and sustainability into the design and delivery of solutions across the globe. We are 28,000 people that generate more than 3 billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world.