Infrastructure Advisory Economist & Delivery Lead

Arcadis; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking an experienced economist to shape the growth of our Infrastructure Advisory team across Australia, including Victoria, NSW and Queensland. You will manage client relationships, lead business development, and deliver business cases and options analyses for major projects.

The role requires strong communication, project management and the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams. Experience in transport, infrastructure and government sectors is highly regarded.

Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Economics, Commerce, Finance or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated consulting experience in infrastructure advisory, economics, business cases or related fields.
• Strong understanding of business case development, economic appraisal and infrastructure investment decision‑making.
• Proven ability to develop trusted client relationships and contribute to business development and work winning.
• Excellent communication skills, as well as the ability to prepare high‑quality reports, proposals and presentations.
• Experience managing projects and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high‑quality outcomes in a client‑focused environment.
• Experience working across transport, infrastructure and government sectors will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining trusted client relationships and identifying opportunities to expand Arcadis' presence in key markets.
• Leading and contributing to business development activities, including opportunity identification, proposal development and work winning.
• Providing strategic and technical insights to help solve complex infrastructure, transport and policy challenges.
• Leading the delivery of business cases, economic appraisals, technical reviews, feasibility studies and options assessments.
• Project managing multidisciplinary advisory projects and teams.
• Supporting the growth, capability development and market profile of the Infrastructure Advisory team; and
• Working collaboratively with technical disciplines across Arcadis to develop integrated client solutions and successful proposals.

Skills

Client relationships

Business development

Economic appraisal

Report writing

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Team leadership

Education

Economics/Commerce/Finance degree

Job description

Arcadis is seeking an experienced economist to shape the growth of our Infrastructure Advisory team across Australia, including Victoria, NSW and Queensland. You will manage client relationships, lead business development, and deliver business cases and options analyses for major projects.

The role requires strong communication, project management and the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams. Experience in transport, infrastructure and government sectors is highly regarded.