Now Hiring - Senior Account Leader / Project Manager in Pensacola, FL

Arcadis seeks a Senior Account Leader / Project Manager to join our team to lead and direct the development of water and wastewater opportunities as a client-facing project director / manager in our seller-doer model. This role will focus on growing our business in the Florida Panhandle and the broader Gulf Coast. This flexible role can be based out of Pensacola, Florida or Mobile, Alabama.

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:

As a Senior Account Leader, you will collaborate with our Area Leaders and Technical Experts to successfully win and execute projects and achieve our clients’ objectives while providing excellent client services. In addition, you will contribute to the strategic growth, planning and support of various key market initiatives throughout the region.

Role accountabilities:

• Implement strategies to expand services to current clients and to add new clients.
• Build and strengthen client relationships with a goal of becoming a trusted advisor to our clients.
• Understanding client organizations processes and culture to create value added solutions.
• Lead pursuit plans and develop client engagement strategies and participate in proposal development and interviews to win new projects.
• Oversee the planning, design, and construction administration of projects to ensure we develop quality services and deliverables within project schedules.
• Serve as a senior technical resources or project manager on small to large sized, multi-disciplined, municipal water / wastewater projects.
• Support in the development of junior and mid-level staff.
• Development of scope and cost proposals for task orders and projects.
• Existing relationships with municipal clients in the region would be desirable.
• Ability to deliver key financial performance including growth.
• Travel up to 25% for project site visits, client meetings, etc.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in client/project management in the water/wastewater sector.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering in Civil, Environmental, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.
• P.E. License and ability to acquire PE Licensure in Florida within 6 months.

Key Skills/Attributes

• Excellent technical engineering skills.
• Strong, clear, and concise written and oral communication skills.
• Leads teams and collaborates with clients.
• Excellent technical writing skills.
• Client relationships/experience with the local municipalities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's in Civil, Environmental, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.
• 15 years of experience.
• 5 years relevant sales and account management experience.
• Client/Project Management experience on municipal water, wastewater, or stormwater projects of various sizes.

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 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.

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