Energy Client Director

Poutrix; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 176,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401K retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking an Energy Transition Programs Director to shape and grow its North America Energy Transition practice. You will work with Arcadis leadership to define growth strategies and oversee a portfolio of large-scale energy and infrastructure programs.

You will build executive relationships with utilities, developers, owners, and regulators, lead strategic pursuits, ensure technical and commercial excellence, and represent Arcadis at industry events, publications, and conferences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required or strongly preferred; PMP certification preferred.
• Minimum 20 years of experience leading large-scale energy, power, infrastructure, industrial, or capital project programs, including significant consulting leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute growth strategies for the Energy Transition business in North America.
• Build executive-level relationships with utilities, developers, owners, investors and regulators.
• Provide executive oversight for large, multidisciplinary programs and ensure delivery excellence.
• Lead strategic pursuits, major client accounts, and grow capital programs.
• Represent Arcadis via thought leadership, conferences, and industry engagement.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic account management

Executive stakeholder engagement

Large-scale program delivery

Energy/Power industry expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related

MBA / MEng / MS preferred

Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred

PMP certification preferred

Tools

PMP certification

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 36,000 people, in over 70 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.

Role accountabilities

As Energy Transition Programs Director, you will work closely with Arcadis leadership to define and execute growth strategies for the Energy Transition business across North America. You will be accountable for growing and managing a significant portfolio of business through strategic client engagement, market expansion, key account leadership, and development of high-value opportunities.

You will establish and maintain executive-level relationships with utilities, developers, owners, investors, industrial organizations, regulators, EPC contractors, and public-sector stakeholders while serving as a trusted advisor on large-scale energy and infrastructure initiatives. Through these relationships, you will identify emerging opportunities, lead strategic pursuits, influence market positioning, and support the continued expansion of Arcadis’ Energy Transition practice.

You will monitor market trends, policy developments, regulatory changes, investment drivers, and emerging technologies to help shape business strategy and identify opportunities for growth. As a recognized industry leader, you will represent Arcadis through conference presentations, professional associations, technical committees, publications, and client-facing industry events, enhancing the firm's visibility and reputation within the market.

From a delivery perspective, you will provide executive oversight for large, multidisciplinary consulting and engineering programs, maintaining accountability for technical excellence, commercial performance, client satisfaction, risk management, and successful project outcomes. You will serve as a key escalation point for significant project and client matters while helping to strengthen delivery performance and integration across Arcadis’ global network.

You will also play a critical role in identifying and addressing capability gaps, developing new service offerings, strengthening relationships with strategic delivery partners, and building the organizational capability required to support future growth. Particular emphasis will be placed on expanding Arcadis’ capabilities in large capital project delivery, power generation, commissioning, owner’s engineering, and long-term operations and asset management support.

Additional Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of regional and national growth strategies for the Energy Transition practice, supporting expansion into emerging Energy and Power markets.
• Serve as executive sponsor for strategic client accounts, major pursuits, and high-value capital programs while strengthening Arcadis’ position in Powered Land, data center, and energy infrastructure sectors.
• Provide executive oversight of major programs and portfolios, ensuring achievement of technical, financial, operational, and client objectives while strengthening multidisciplinary engineering and global delivery capabilities.
• Establish and promote technical excellence, innovation, quality standards, commissioning capabilities, owner’s engineering services, and best practices across the business.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop future leaders while building the technical and project delivery capability required to support long-term growth, succession planning, and market expansion.
• Represent Arcadis as a recognized industry leader through thought leadership, professional associations, conferences, publications, and strategic market engagement, helping shape the future direction of the Energy Transition business.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline; advanced degree (MBA, MEng, MS, or equivalent) preferred.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required or strongly preferred; PMP certification preferred.
• Minimum 20 years of experience leading large-scale energy, power, infrastructure, industrial, or capital project programs, including significant consulting leadership experience.

Additional competencies

• Proven success leading business growth, strategic account management, executive-level client relationships, major pursuits, and large capital project delivery programs.
• Extensive experience managing multidisciplinary teams and overseeing EPC, EPCM, Program Management, Owner’s Engineering, commissioning, and complex project execution engagements.
• Recognized industry leader with strong commercial acumen, a broad professional network, deep expertise across both power and energy markets, and demonstrated success developing future leaders, building high-performing teams, and advancing technical excellence.

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. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions.

These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.

We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year.

The salary range for this position is $176,000-264,000.