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Arcadis

Global design, engineering, consultancy for assets

Team Leader of the Overhead Line Team in MEP

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Several years of professional experience in technical planning for DB InfraGO rail infrastructure, with comprehensive knowledge of overhead-line planning and related disciplines, a strong market overview, and initial experience working with national and international large customers.
  • A completed degree in Electrical Engineering or a comparable qualification.
  • Initial experience in disciplinary team leadership.
  • An entrepreneurial attitude and strategic focus, commercial drive, growth and diversity mindset, and strong leadership qualities; ideally, one to three years of leadership experience, potentially outside work, demonstrating an inclusive, accountable, people-centered culture.
  • Good change-management skills and willingness to proactively support change processes.
  • Enjoyment of networking and collaboration with other teams, departments, areas, business areas, and the Global Excellence Centre.
  • A can-do growth mindset, innovative spirit, strong sense of responsibility, and ability to take a global perspective and advance and implement global programs.
  • Ability to build trust through authenticity, persuade effectively, and make decisions.
  • Very good German and fluent written and spoken English.
  • Willingness to travel domestically and, occasionally by agreement, internationally.
  • Extensive, sound knowledge of relevant internal Arcadis processes, including TAW, Oracle, and Health and Safety.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a geographically distributed and internationally connected team of approximately 8–12 employees and deliver the team's services.
  • Initiate and lead regular team meetings; conduct employee conversations; develop team members and the team; mentor new employees; support employee well-being; and recognize and celebrate achievements.
  • Own the team's operational and financial performance, including capacity planning, commercial project tracking, and ensuring project success in terms of profitability, quality, and customer satisfaction together with project managers.
  • Independently lead project work, taking responsibility for technical content, quality, and schedule, including change-order management.
  • Work closely with the discipline lead, particularly by supporting project acquisition and actively maintaining customer relationships.
  • Act as a customer contact throughout projects, from initial contact and proposal preparation through project completion.
  • Initiate, advance, and embed necessary changes, particularly digital improvements that standardize and automate project workflows, support sustainability, and enable Global Excellence Centre involvement.
  • Develop a customer-oriented and innovative culture that supports organizational goals, equality, diversity, inclusion, and open feedback.
  • Build a high-performing team, communicate its vision and goals, and motivate team engagement.
  • Use local and global networks to meet market and customer needs.
  • Serve as the first escalation point for project or customer issues.
  • Support implementation of the local Mobility strategy through appropriate projects and advance collaboration with other Arcadis country organizations.
  • Develop the MEP overhead-line planning services with new ideas and concepts in collaboration with other team leaders and the discipline lead.
  • Optimize, standardize, and digitize team processes and interfaces continuously.
  • Take lead responsibility for project acquisition support and customer relationship management.

Desired Qualifications

  • One to three years of leadership experience, potentially gained outside work.

About the Company

Arcadis

Global design, engineering, consultancy for assets

Arcadis is a global design, engineering, and consultancy firm that creates and manages natural and built assets. It operates across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific, serving governments, public agencies, and private companies. Its four business areas—Places, Mobility, Resilience, and Intelligence—cover sustainable buildings and urban development, transportation infrastructure, climate adaptation, and data-driven digital solutions to optimize asset performance. The company earns fees for its integrated services that combine planning, design, engineering, and advisory work. Arcadis differentiates itself through its global reach and its integrated, multi-disciplinary approach that links physical design with data analytics and digital insights to deliver high-value solutions. Its goal is to help clients create and maintain sustainable, resilient, and efficient assets while improving decision-making and performance across complex projects.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium
Founded
1888

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