Full-Time
Associate Technical Director
Asset Management, Water AMP8
Arcadis
10,001+ employees
Global design, engineering, consultancy for assets
No salary listed
London, UK + 3 more
More locations: Cardiff, UK | Bristol, UK | Birmingham, UK
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- Significant experience working in the United Kingdom Water sector, ideally within an operational, asset management, or technical advisory role.
- Proven experience delivering or supporting asset management-led projects or programmes.
- Strong understanding of asset management principles and their application across clean and wastewater systems.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain credible client relationships and influence decision-makers.
- Experience leading project teams or workstreams with strong collaboration and communication skills.
- A degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Willingness to travel to client sites and work within client-based teams when required.
- Practitioner-level experience with International Organization for Standardization 55001, Reliability-Centred Maintenance, or similar frameworks.
- Understanding of legislative compliance and structured risk assessments such as Hazard and Operability Study and Hazard Identification Study within the water sector.
- Experience in applying digital approaches and data analytics to asset management or operational challenges.
- Chartered Engineer status, working toward chartership, or membership of a relevant professional institution.
- Experience contributing to framework delivery, business development, or capability growth.
- Act as a trusted partner to clients, building long-term relationships with both operational and senior management stakeholders.
- Shape client thinking in asset management, influencing strategies, investment priorities, and delivery approaches.
- Support and contribute to work winning, framework delivery, and the development of new and repeat business opportunities across Asset Management Period 8.
- Lead and support the development and implementation of asset management approaches for Water and Wastewater assets.
- Evaluate and advise on asset management activities including asset inventories, data quality, condition assessment, and remaining useful life assessment.
- Advise on risk, consequence of failure, criticality, repair, renewal, investment planning, whole-life cost, and Total Expenditure optimisation.
- Apply recognised asset management principles and standards such as International Organization for Standardization 55001 and Reliability-Centred Maintenance in a practical, client-focused manner.
- Lead or oversee small to medium-sized projects or workstreams, ensuring high-quality technical delivery and client satisfaction.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to junior consultants and engineers.
- Contribute to building and developing high-performing, collaborative teams within the Asset Management and Water Advisory community.
- Support the application of digital tools, data analytics, and systems to improve asset decision-making and performance.
- Translate operational, engineering, and asset data into actionable insights for clients.
- Promote innovation and best practice across the organization and client organisations.
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
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- €300M Eurobond at 4% coupon refinances debt, extends maturity to 2031 amid €5B revenues.
- £100M Transpennine Programme Partner role strengthens UK rail position through AtkinsRéalis JV.
- Carl Trowell nomination bolsters supervisory board's audit, risk, sustainability expertise.
What critics are saying
- Dutch NV audits Arcadis' DPS Group transfer pricing, imposes €150M penalties by 2027.
- WSP steals UK rail contracts via superior BIM, erodes Arcadis market share in 12 months.
- AECOM undercuts US water bids with AI models, captures 30% Chesapeake projects in 2026.
What makes Arcadis unique
- Arcadis integrates data-driven Intelligence solutions across Places, Mobility, Resilience business areas.
- MCBC-Arcadis Partnership enables Indigenous-led development on 3.9 million acres Toronto lands.
- Digital process twins power $2.4M Maryland aquifer recharge pilot targeting 2028 completion.
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Arcadis has nominated Carl Trowell for appointment to its supervisory board for a four-year term, subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting on 20 May 2026. Trowell currently serves as president of Strategic Infrastructure at National Grid, where he leads a multi-billion pound portfolio of UK electricity transmission projects and oversees global supply chain and construction functions. His career includes leadership roles at Acteon Group, ENSCO and 17 years at Schlumberger, with international experience across the UK, Netherlands, Norway, France and Malaysia. Upon appointment, Trowell will join the audit and risk committee and the sustainability committee. The announcement comes as chair Michiel Lap retires after 11 years, with Peter de Wit succeeding him. Deanna Goodwin will also retire from the board.
Arcadis to design four-tower development in Ottawa. March 24, 2026 By Peter Saunders Turn Group has selected Arcadis as lead consultant and architect for its development at 299 Carling Avenue in west-end Ottawa's Little Italy neighbourhood. The transit-oriented project will replace a parking lot with 750 residential units and 600,000 sf of mixed-use space. Formerly owned by Canada Lands Company, the site will be redeveloped with four towers, ranging from 13 to 30 storeys. It is near the O-Train light-rail transit (LRT) system, the Central Business District and Dow's Lake. The plan calls for pedestrian-friendly pathways. Arcadis will oversee all design deliverables, including architecture, interior design, building information modelling (BIM), landscape architecture, civil engineering, traffic and planning services. "This project represents what our integrated cross-country design teams can deliver," says Scott Arbuckle, the firm's country director for Canada. "From client engagement and advisory services to architectural design and civil engineering, our teams are committed to shaping a development that is functional, sustainable and attuned to Ottawa's urban fabric and character." "This project will contribute to a mixed-use neighbourhood that is both cohesive and community-focused," adds Jan Steingahs, manager of Arcadis' living practice group. Stories continue below
MCK pursues next steps on toll project with feasibility study. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) wishes to inform the community that it has secured global industry-leading firm Arcadis to consult and conduct the Tolling Feasibility Study, which will explore the potential implementation of tolls across Kahnawà:ke's existing roadway network. Arcadis is recognized worldwide for its expertise in engineering, tolling system advising, and technology driven sustainable design, with operations in more than 70 countries. Their experience spans across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia. The company generated over $5B in revenue in 2024 and has led major projects including the tolling system for the Gordie Howe International Bridge. This feasibility study will assess technical, financial, environmental, infrastructural, and community perspective factors, and is expected to take 6 to 12 months to complete. Additional factors will be analyzed, such as the potential impacts that tolls could have on the local economy, traffic congestion, safety and security, and jurisdiction. This work represents Kahnawà:ke's continued exploration of the project's viability and will provide recommended options on the type of toll that would best be suited for Kahnawà:ke roadway network. In the fall of 2025, MCK established a community team to evaluate the necessary components that would need to be considered for any tolling framework. This team includes experts in transportation, public safety, finance, and infrastructure. Discussions continued in January 2026, further refining the areas of study and ensuring that community needs, rights, and safety remain central in the evaluation process.
Every section of Inland Rail in NSW now approved. The approval of the last 15km of the Inland Rail line in NSW marks a significant milestone Christine Little March 11, 2026 - 03:54 Updated, March 11, 2026 - 03:56 Every NSW section of the Inland Rail is now approved. That's the latest from the Australian Rail Track Corporation and its team constructing the 1600km freight rail line connecting Melbourne to Brisbane via regional Victoria, NSW and Queensland. The Narrabri to North Star Phase 2 (N2NS Phase 2) section has received Australian Government approval - at just 15km it marks a significant milestone for the Inland Rail project with all NSW sections of the line now formally approved. The N2NS Phase 2 project was assessed by the Australian Government under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. With primary regulatory approvals in place, Inland Rail will continue to work with the design services contractor, joint venture partners Arcadis BG&E, to progress the design of the N2NS Phase 2 project. It includes the upgrade of about 12km of existing rail track and formation across the Gwydir Valley floodplain, north of Moree, and the construction of 1.6km of greenfield rail track to bypass the existing Camurra Hairpin and a new 1.3km spur to maintain connection to the Weemelah line. Phase 1 works were completed in 2023. Inland Rail is taking a staged delivery approach, with sections between Beveridge in Victoria and Narromine in NSW already under construction or completed, on track ready for double-stacked operations by 2027. The entire Inland Rail route has been divided into 12 sections, with construction on the first section taking place in Parkes on the Parkes to Narromine (P2N) line, officially beginning on 13 December, 2018 and was completed and became operational in September 2020. The 170-km Stockinbingal to Parkes section, in the south and takes in Forbes, began in September 2023 and was completed in January this year, marking the third of 12 Inland Rail sections to become fully operational. Future decisions on the construction of Inland Rail north of Narromine are a matter of consideration for the Australian Government.
Arcadis has secured two contracts with the City of Los Angeles worth over $18 million. The global design and engineering consultancy will provide project and construction management support for the $2.5 billion Los Angeles Convention Center Modernization and Expansion programme, valued at $11 million. The phased design-build initiative will add 190,000 square feet of exhibit hall space, 55,000 square feet of meeting space, and 95,000 square feet of external event space, making it one of the largest convention centres in the US. The project is expected to create over 15,000 jobs. Arcadis also won a $7.5 million, five-year contract supporting the Department of Public Works Bureau of Engineering's Clean Water Program, encompassing stormwater initiatives across Los Angeles.