Design & Engineering Workforce Planner – EU/UK

Arcadis; Sint-Agatha-Berchem; On-site; EUR 77,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Workforce Planner in Europe UK to drive planning and deployment across Design & Engineering. You will partner with sector and service leaders to optimize talent, forecast demand, and ensure data quality while supporting mobilization across EUK.

You will build networks, provide actionable insights from dashboards, and escalate risks to Directors, playing a pivotal role in aligning client needs with resource availability.

Qualifications

• Experience in workforce planning, resource planning, deployment coordination or similar operational planning roles within the AEC or related professional services industry in EUK.
• Deep understanding of workforce analytics and forecasting, including demand signals, forecast accuracy and billability influence deployment decisions.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management, with ability to build relationships with Team Managers, Project Managers, Pursuit Leaders, Account Leaders and Talent Acquisition partners.
• Knowledge of regional talent trends, labor markets and basic employment law relevant to workforce planning and deployment.
• Analytical and data-driven, with ability to identify data gaps and improve completeness of workforce information.
• Change management and transformation experience, with ability to support evolving processes and adoption of workforce planning tools.

Responsibilities

• Engage with team managers in Europe UK to maximize billability and forecast reliability.
• Manage demand within remit and support wider network for missed requests.
• Own the 12-week look-ahead quality for team managers within remit.
• Identify work and demand for pre-planning in Design & Engineering.
• Provide dashboards insights to stakeholders for informed decisions.
• Identify recruitment needs and engage stakeholders timely.
• Maximize soft booking and pre-planning within Design & Engineering.
• Support mobilization and demobilization of talent to projects across Europe UK.
• Be the primary contact for talent opportunities in EUK and document in the system.
• Build strong relationships with pursuit leaders and project managers to identify resource options.

Skills

Workforce planning

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Change management

Resource deployment coordination

Education

Degree in a relevant technical or commercial discipline

Tools

WFP Tags system

Job description

Arcadis is seeking a Workforce Planner in Europe UK to drive planning and deployment across Design & Engineering. You will partner with sector and service leaders to optimize talent, forecast demand, and ensure data quality while supporting mobilization across EUK.

You will build networks, provide actionable insights from dashboards, and escalate risks to Directors, playing a pivotal role in aligning client needs with resource availability.