Project Controller

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 currently seeking a Design Project Control Professional to join the team in Vancouver. The successful candidate will bring demonstrated experience in leading project controls integration on major projects within the Design & Engineering sector, providing project controls leadership across the design phase of major capital projects. The position is focused on ensuring effective integration of scope, schedule, cost, risk, change, and progress information, while supporting informed decision-making and the successful delivery of complex capital programs through strong governance, cross-functional coordination, analysis, and reporting.

Role accountabilities:

In this role, you will establish and maintain integrated project control systems such as Oracle and Unifier, ensuring they are accurately configured and that project data remains robust, aligned, and reliable throughout the project lifecycle. You will oversee the coordination of timesheet inputs, labour data, progress measurement, and reporting requirements, while also preparing, analyzing, and presenting KPI metrics, dashboards, and performance indicators for management review. You will play a key role in facilitating monthly performance reviews, integrated forecasting, and project reporting to support informed project and leadership decision-making.

You will also be responsible for developing and maintaining integrated performance insight reports that bring together information from planning, design management, commercial, risk, change, and delivery teams to provide a clear view of project status, trends, and emerging issues. As part of the wider project controls function, you will ensure consistent data structures, support effective performance baselining, and help translate complex project information into clear reporting for senior stakeholders. In addition, you will assist in the development and review of control account structures, project breakdown structures, and reporting frameworks to support the effective management of design scope and program performance.

A key aspect of the role will involve maintaining complete and well-organized project controls records, including baselines, change logs, assumptions, action trackers, and all relevant supporting documentation. You will identify and help resolve project controls issues, working collaboratively with the wider project controls team and discipline leads to recommend practical solutions. In supporting the setup of major projects, you will contribute to the development of project controls processes, management plans, reporting frameworks, governance routines, and KPI structures, helping to ensure a strong integrated controls foundation from project inception.

Within a major project or program environment, you will work closely with the Project Director and Commercial Lead to provide leadership across all aspects of integrated project controls. You will collaborate with the broader project team to ensure alignment across design, planning, risk, commercial, and delivery functions, while also mentoring project controllers and promoting consistent application of project controls procedures. Drawing on your knowledge of NEC, FIDIC, or other standard forms of contract, you will help ensure controls alignment and project success, while also contributing to the Performance Excellence Group, championing best-practice project controls integration and continuous improvement. As with all roles, you will undertake any additional duties required by your Line Manager or Arcadis, while maintaining full compliance with Health, Safety, and Environmental regulations and guidelines.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying, engineering or construction management, or similar
• 5-8 years’ experience in cost management, quantity surveying, or project controls on large infrastructure projects (Marine projects preferred)
• Membership in recognized professional bodies (e.g., PQS, MRICS, MCIOB) is preferred
• Prove experience working within a design and engineering consultancy environment
• Proficiency with Oracle ERP or similar financial systems, and advanced Excel; experience with Power BI, Smartsheet or similar tools is an asset
• Strong analytical skills with high level of attention to detail and accuracy in assessing cost, risk, and performance data
• Strong analytical skills, with high attention to detail and accuracy 
• Proven ability to work in a collaborative team environment, demonstrating excellent communication and stakeholder engagement, and relationship management skills
• Working knowledge with Earned Value Management (EVM), change control, and risk management frameworks, and their application across complex projects
• Working understanding of the use of risk tools such as Acumen Risk is beneficial

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

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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 are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.