Job Description
Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 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 seeking a Program Management Consultant to join our Planning, Policy and Funding Team. This position will support hazard mitigation and resiliency planning projects throughout the U.S. market with federal, state, or local government clients.
This role sits within our global business area Resilience. We work to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects of climate change, rapid urbanization, and loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations.
Role accountabilities:
As a Program Management Consultant, you will support clients in pursuing state and federal grant or loan funding for their resiliency and infrastructure projects. You will build client relationships and evaluate clients’ existing project needs against open and anticipated state or federal funding opportunities. Additional responsibilities include:
- Managing multiple projects of varying sizes simultaneously, including schedule and budget projections, deliverable tracking, invoice reviews and other components of successful project management.
- Developing or providing feedback on project management systems and staff processes to continuously improve performance and practices.
- Leading the development of grant and loan applications, including writing, reviewing, managing the project team and schedule, and coordinating with relevant subject matter experts.
- Evaluating clients’ existing project needs against open and anticipated state or federal funding opportunities.
- Researching and developing memos, white papers, or other collateral as necessary to support a wide range of resiliency and mitigation planning tasks, and overall plan development.
- Supporting proposal development by tracking opportunities, developing winning strategies, identifying client needs, and assisting with proposals and marketing materials.
- Working closely, building relationships, and providing broad support or training to the Planning, Policy and Funding Team to ensure successful delivery and implementation of large and small projects.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Economics, Environmental Studies, Engineering, Public Policy or a related field
- 5 years of project management experience
Key Skills/Attributes:
- Experience researching, writing, and developing proposals and presentations
- Experience managing and/or supporting a team, including building their capacity to manage large and small projects
- Experience in federal grant management, compliance with 2 CFR 200, and resilience/mitigation planning
- Ability to support multiple priorities and tasks in condensed or changing timeframes
- Exceptional client management, time management, and organization skills
- Highly motivated with a desire to pursue continual innovative improvements in processes and active participation in professional organizations
- Employ a logical approach to problem-solving and a strong ability to think through complex issues
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Urban Planning, Policy, Environmental Resilience, Sustainability, or Design, or a related field
- PMP certification
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 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.
Arcadis offers benefits for full-time and part-time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including well-being benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer seven paid holidays and potentially up to two floating holidays per calendar year depending on start date, and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $82,400 – $142,140.
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