Job Description

As an Arcadian, you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 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 continue to solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

The Project Controls Manager – MEP is responsible for delivering robust cost management and project controls services across real estate projects, ensuring alignment with global/regional standards, codes, and processes The role is part of the Project Controls Team within the Centre of Excellence (COE) team and supports capital management deliverables, process optimization, and collaboration with stakeholders to achieve project, commercial, and strategic objectives

Role accountabilities:

• Stakeholder Management: Act as a liaison between Project Controls, Capital Management, and cross-functional teams to align MEP deliverables, timelines, and ensure policy compliance at each Stage Gate.
• Project Controls Support: Collaborate with Procurement, Finance, Risk, and Audit teams for strategy development, P&L analysis, project audits, and risk assessments at critical project milestones.
• Cost Management Expertise: Prepare and review cost estimates, contracts, reports, and change orders, ensuring alignment with project requirements, regional standards, and independent cost verification.
• Technical Proficiency: Utilize standardized COE MEP Project Controls tools, maintain awareness of global MEP trends, and analyze the impact of industry indices on capital projects.
• Process Optimization: Drive process improvements, contribute to global standardization initiatives, and support quality assurance to enhance governance and commercial efficiency.
• Team Leadership & Development: Provide performance updates, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and support talent development, training, and succession planning within the team.
• Effective Communication & Problem Solving: Demonstrate clear communication, strong interpersonal skills, critical thinking, and the ability to coach and motivate diverse teams.
• Time Management & Flexibility: Exhibit excellent time management, adaptability to work independently or within teams, and meticulous attention to detail in all deliverables.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Quantity Surveying
• 6+ years of experience in delivering MEP cost management, quantity surveying services for Real Estate projects (office fit-outs experience preferable),
• Good experience in pre-contract (cost planning, benchmarking, design validation, risk management) and post-contract (change control management, cost reporting, final accounts) stages of MEP services of Real Estate projects.
• Experience working in a global organization or COE or PMO (prior experience of working on Owner’s side is preferable).
• Knowledge of global construction/engineering practices, trends and cost indices.
• Experience of stakeholder management and collaboration with teams spread across 2-3 regions.
• Ability to manage and motivate assistant/junior team members in meeting functional objectives.

Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.

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 do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, 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.

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 equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. 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 employer; women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, caste, creed, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

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