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:
Due to a growing portfolio of high-impact projects across the UK and internationally, our WME team is seeking a Technical Director to support our continued expansion. You will join a dynamic, collaborative team of over 30 professionals delivering integrated services across:
- River and coastal engineering
- Dams and reservoirs
- Waterways
- Ports and maritime infrastructure
- Flood risk management
- Climate adaptation
- Nature-based solutions
- Asset management
We are actively strengthening our capabilities in coastal engineering and contributing to major international infrastructure programmes. Our diverse portfolio spans the full asset lifecycle, from feasibility and design to construction supervision and asset refurbishment, and includes bespoke client services such as cost assurance, independent technical reviews, and strategic advisory.
Role Accountabilities
As Technical Director and a subject matter expert, you will:
- Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, driving technical excellence and strategic growth.
- Lead technical delivery across WME projects, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering innovation and continuous learning.
- Promote and integrate emerging technologies into project delivery.
- Collaborate across disciplines and geographies to deliver integrated solutions.
- Represent Arcadis externally through thought leadership and professional engagement.
- Embed health, safety, and sustainability in all aspects of project work.
- Manage a team of 3–5 staff, supporting welfare, career development, and resourcing.
- Expand capabilities in coastal engineering, scour analysis, and hydraulics.
- Lead bid development and contribute to commercial and technical tendering.
- Maintain technical oversight, ensuring quality and financial accountability.
- Manage projects effectively, including planning, coordination, subcontractor management, and client communication.
- Oversee commercial aspects including contracts, invoicing, and client engagement.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and promote a safety-first culture.
Qualifications & Experience
- Strong technical background in coastal processes, scour assessment, and hydraulic design.
- Experience on major infrastructure projects in marine and river environments; experience with dams and reservoirs is advantageous.
- Proven ability to lead design, inspection, and asset management projects.
- Demonstrated success in client engagement, proposal development, and commercial delivery.
- Experienced team leader and line manager.
- Degree in Civil Engineering, Geography, Environmental Science, Water Resources, or Engineering Hydrology.
- Chartered status with CIWEM or ICE.
Membership of the DEFRA Panel of Reservoir Engineers is desirable
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.
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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Skills Required
- Strong technical background in coastal processes, scour assessment, and hydraulic design
- Experience with major infrastructure projects in marine and river environments
- Experience leading design, inspection, and asset management projects
- Demonstrated success in client engagement, proposal development, and commercial delivery
- Experience as a team leader and line manager
- Degree in Civil Engineering, Geography, Environmental Science, Water Resources, or Engineering Hydrology
- Chartered status with CIWEM or ICE
- Experience with dams and reservoirs
- Membership of the DEFRA Panel of Reservoir Engineers
Arcadis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Arcadis and has not been reviewed or approved by Arcadis.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is frequently described as good, with strong medical benefits cited in multiple regions. Feedback suggests healthcare is a relative bright spot within the total rewards package.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) and pension offerings are often called out positively, with contributions viewed as solid. Feedback suggests retirement benefits enhance the overall package even when salary sentiment is mixed.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working arrangements, hybrid options, and wellbeing support (such as EAP and benefits platforms) are commonly highlighted. Feedback suggests the flexibility of the package adds meaningful value beyond base pay.
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What We Do
Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, digital and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 architects, data analysts, designers, engineers, project planners, water management and sustainability experts, all driven by our passion for improving quality of life. We exist to find solutions to today’s most pressing challenges, from the impact of climate change to increasing urbanization and digital transformation – all with the goal of improving quality of life for people around the world. You can see this in the work we do for our clients, the opportunities we create for our people, and in our efforts to enhance the communities in which we live and work. We bring together world-class resources and the latest innovative technologies to help define the cities and experiences of tomorrow. Arcadis. Improving quality of life
