National EHS Service Area Leader

Arcadis; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 134,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

EAP

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Arcadis seeks an experienced leader to head and grow its nationwide Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) practice. You will guide a cross-disciplinary team, shape strategy, and strengthen client relationships while expanding the EHS portfolio across industries.

Based in the United States, this role emphasizes operational excellence, responsible growth, and delivering high-value services on time and within budget, with a focus on scalable processes and digital tools to boost productivity and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, a related science, or an EHS-related field.
• 15+ years of relevant consulting or industry experience.
• Strong consulting, client management, stakeholder engagement, and influencing capabilities.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams and delivering complex projects across geographies.
• Experience overseeing project execution, budgets, and implementing scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow Arcadis' nationwide EHS practice with strategic oversight.
• Establish near- and long-term vision, prioritize capabilities, and foster a high-performance culture.
• Cultivate client relationships, identify opportunities, and expand the EHS portfolio.
• Oversee project execution, timelines, budgets, and deliverables with process improvements.
• Lead talent development and collaborate across geographies and disciplines.

Skills

Leadership

Client management

Stakeholder engagement

Influencing

Business development

Team leadership

Project delivery

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

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.

Role description

Arcadis is seeking a dynamic and experienced professional to lead and grow our nationwide environmental, health and safety (EHS) practice. In this role, you will lead a national group of environmental compliance and permitting, health and safety, air quality, product stewardship and sustainability, and environmental due diligence professionals. You will work with a multidisciplinary team that includes environmental permits and planning, digital EHS, industrial hygiene, and hazardous building materials professionals.

You will lead the Service Area group in delivering high-value services and advancing capability development, operational excellence, and client satisfaction through strategic oversight and leadership. You will build and sustain strong client relationships while supporting the generation and conversion of new business opportunities.

This role combines operational leadership, client relationship management, and practice growth and development. You will collaborate with Arcadis client development and technical service leaders to grow the EHS management and compliance client and project portfolios across a targeted range of industries and sectors.

Role accountabilities

In this role, you will establish the near- and long-term vision and strategic goals for the practice, translating them into priorities that strengthen capability, support growth, and reinforce a high-performance culture. You will lead and mentor talent, promote professional growth, recruit and develop the team, and build the capabilities required to meet the practice's growth goals. You will also foster a collaborative environment that enables teams and teamwork across disciplines, stakeholders, and geographies.

The successful candidate will cultivate Arcadis' key and emerging client relationships and identify new business opportunities, with particular focus on enterprise-wide EHS programs. You will partner with client development and technical service leaders to expand the EHS management and compliance portfolio, contribute to the development and winning of new business, and represent Arcadis in industry forums, conferences, and publications. You will strengthen the practice's market position by developing and sharing intellectual capital, including white papers, frameworks, and case studies.

You will oversee project execution and delivery, including timeliness and budgets, and provide the operational and financial management needed to deliver high-value services consistently. You will implement process improvements and scalable systems, while leveraging and promoting digital tools, artificial intelligence, standardization, and automation to support continuous improvements in productivity and market competitiveness. You will guide multidisciplinary teams delivering complex work across multiple stakeholders and geographies and will influence stakeholders to drive outcomes.

Success in this role will be reflected in the practice's ability to achieve its strategic and growth goals; build and sustain strong client relationships; generate and convert new business opportunities; deliver complex projects on time and within budget; strengthen team capability and professional growth; improve operational performance through scalable processes and technology; and maintain high levels of client satisfaction and market visibility.

Qualifications & Experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, a related science, or an EHS-related field.

Required Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of relevant consulting or industry experience.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in EHS compliance and management services.
• Strong consulting, client management, stakeholder engagement, and influencing capabilities, with the ability to drive outcomes.
• A proven ability to build, maintain, and grow client relationships, together with a track record of contributing to the development and winning of new business.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams and delivering complex projects across multiple stakeholders and geographies.
• Experience overseeing project execution, delivery timelines, and budgets, and implementing process improvements and scalable systems.
• Experience leading and developing talent, building team capability, fostering a high-performance culture, and enabling collaborative teamwork.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to represent an organization in industry forums, conferences, publications, and thought-leadership activities.

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. 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 employer. 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 $133,920-223,200. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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