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At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role description:

We’re looking for an experienced senior planner to join a high profile £500 million rail infrastructure project reporting into the Project Director. You’ll be responsible for, and to lead, the client-side planning on the project.

Role accountabilities:

You’ll be able to build strong relationships close liaison with the main contractor and industry stakeholders to develop and maintain the overall schedule. The schedule has numerous interdependencies with rolling stock companies, regions and the supply chain. The ideal candidate will have experience of managing such interdependencies and will have a proven record of working closely with senior management teams. The ability to communicate clearly, challenge preconceptions and assumptions and to challenge and influence colleagues is also essential. Rail experience is desirable but not essential as we can teach you rail!

Whilst the project team is based in London, the team is working flexibly / from home presently. It is expected that in the future some limited attendance in the office will be needed for team workshops / client meetings etc.

This is a full-time permanent staff member role and is part of a wider planning and project controls team within Arcadis. There is excellent scope for growth within the role and within the wider Arcadis business.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience in project / programme planning is essential with a good understanding of Primavera.
• Stakeholder management & engagement are key to making this role successful, demonstrable experience managing this in a large, complex business or project is a must.
• We are looking for people who can influence, challenge and bring some new ideas to the table, encouraging new ways of working, collaboration and innovation.
  
  

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth’s resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

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. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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