Project Manager Design

Arcadis; Berchem; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking an Industrial Engineer with strong project management skills to lead large, multidisciplinary projects from design to implementation in Belgium. The role emphasizes planning, quality monitoring, and budget control, with close collaboration with the Pursuit Leader and Resource Manager.

You will manage scope, schedule, and client communications, ensuring the project delivers value while maintaining cash flow and meeting commercial targets.

Qualifications

• Multidisciplinary project management experience.
• Strong resource planning capability.
• Experience with quality monitoring and budget control.

Responsibilities

• Complete the handover with the Pursuit Leader.
• Establish a Project Management Plan aligned with the Initiate and Plan Project phase and project risk.
• Ensure the project plan is followed by the team.
• Deliver or exceed the commercial plan and identify margin improvements.
• Maintain positive cash flow through invoicing and chasing receivables.
• Collaborate with Resource Manager to allocate resources effectively.
• Ensure client quality expectations are reflected in the project.
• Monitor and update scope, schedules and budgets.
• Communicate variations to the client that may affect scope, budget, schedule, content, or quality.
• Communicate change processes with the team when not addressed by PM.

Skills

Project management

Resource planning

Quality monitoring

Budget control

Client communication

Education

Industrial Engineer in Electromechanical Engineering or equivalent (MEP/HVAC)

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

What challenge will you take on?

As Project Manager you are accountable for the large and complex projects, watching over quality, scope, schedule and budgetary performance according to the Project Management Plan set during the plan project phase.

Your tasks

• You are responsible for the completion of the handover with the Pursuit Leader.
• You establish a Project Management Plan as defined in the Initiate and Plan Project phase of the Delivery to Results Quality Procedures. This should consider the fit to size principal stating that the plan should be commensurate with the project risk.
• You ensure the Project Management Plan is followed by team members.
• You deliver or exceed on the commercial plan for the project and identify margin improvement opportunities.
• You aim to maintain a positive cash balance through prompt invoicing and chasing of aged receivables/debt.
• You work with the Resource Manager/Planner to identify the best person for the project and ensure resources are correctly allocated to project and tasks.
• You assure that client’s quality expectations and needs as defined by the PM are properly understood and reflected.
• You monitor and update scopes of work, with appropriate schedules and budgets.
• You communicate with the client variations that may impact planned scope, budget, schedule, content, and quality during execution.
• You communicate the change process (internal and external) with team, where appropriate, i.e., not addressed by PM.

Does your profile match?

• You are an Industrial Engineer in Electromechanical Engineering or equivalent through your experience in MEP or HVAC.
• Your solid experience as a project manager enables you to manage multidisciplinary projects, from design to implementation phase. You are also familiar with resource planning, quality monitoring and budget control.
• You are communicatively strong, persuasive, results-oriented and above all customer-oriented.
• You are fluent in Dutch and you have a good proficiency in English.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.