Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. With over 34,000 people across more than 30 countries, we are dedicated to improving quality of life by solving complex challenges together.

Resilience is one of Arcadis’ core business lines, operating across sectors including water, energy, environmental, and industrial. We provide valued advice and support to leading clients responsible for essential resources. Our projects range from nationally significant infrastructure schemes to mass volume utility works.

As a Project Controls Consultant, you will take a leading role in shaping and delivering high-quality project controls services across major energy programmes. You will provide direction to project teams, mentor junior colleagues, and apply strong technical and commercial judgement.

Your responsibilities will include leading the planning, integration, and control of complex energy projects across their full lifecycle using advanced project controls methodologies; reviewing and assuring programme data, resource-loaded schedules, and overseeing progress measurement and forecasting; designing and improving project control systems, governance processes, and digital tools; managing project information strategies within Common Data Environments ensuring data quality and digital deliverables; supporting risk management activities including risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning, and senior support to QSRA or QCRA modelling; overseeing cost control processes such as budget development, cost forecasting, earned value management, and integration of cost, schedule, and risk data; facilitating collaborative planning sessions and workshops to align delivery teams and resolve constraints; providing portfolio-level insight through integrated reporting, KPI development, and dashboard reporting; championing the use of digital tools, predictive analytics, and performance dashboards to inform better decision making; managing change control with strong documentation, traceability, and governance; and building and maintaining productive relationships with internal teams, client organisations, and senior stakeholders.

Experience
Degree, HND or equivalent professional experience.
Proven ability to lead project controls delivery with limited supervision and strong professional judgement.
Strong communication skills with confidence in engaging client teams and facilitating discussions across multiple disciplines.
Understanding of project or programme management, design, engineering, or construction environments. Direct experience is desirable.
Strong IT skills, particularly with Excel and Office 365.
Experience with recognised planning, cost, or risk tools is advantageous.
Experience in dashboard and reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

About you
Confident leader with the ability to mentor and guide junior colleagues.
Analytical thinker with strong commercial awareness.
Collaborative team player who builds productive relationships with stakeholders.
Adaptable and proactive in driving transformation initiatives and continuous improvement.

Qualifications
Degree, HND or equivalent professional experience relevant to project controls or related disciplines.