Construction Project Controls Program Manager - Data Center Construction- Remote

JOB TITLE - CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CONTROLS PROGRAM MANAGER -  USA DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM 

LOCATION - UNITED STATES - REMOTE ROLE  (domestic travel up to 75%)

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 description:

Arcadis's data center construction program in the United States is growing, and it is looking to add a Construction Project Controls Program Manager to its team. 

The Construction Project Controls Program Manager will provide strategic oversight, leadership, and accountability for the American data center construction program, ensuring its successful delivery, alignment with client expectations, and adherence to Arcadis' Global operational and strategic goals. Our ideal candidate will possess a range of career experience focused on data center project controls program management and account leadership and have a background that can demonstrate the building of strong professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

This role will require the successful candidate to travel domestically inside the USA up to 75%.

Is this position the next step in your career? If so, please apply as soon as you can!

Role accountabilities:

• Full accountability for the successful delivery of the data center controls program in the United States                           
• Provide leadership, strategic direction, and decision-making across the portfolio, ensuring program alignment with client objectives and its adherence to Arcadis’ operational and strategic goals
• Program lead providing leadership and quality controls with an emphasis on project management, project controls, operations model, client engagement, and team performance and management. The successful candidate should be comfortable and able to provide executive-level reports to internal and external stakeholders that include performance updates, risk identification and mitigation, and potential growth opportunities while also contributing as the individual contributor role as a Working/Operations Foreman when needed
• Ensure effective quality management and implement continuous improvement practices across the program to drive innovation and best practice adoption
• Responsible for the set-up and management of contracting processes, ensuring the effective management of all contractual obligations, including resource trackers, expense reclaim management, invoicing, etc. 
• Work closely with the Account Leadership team to identify and capture growth opportunities within the client’s data center American construction program 
• Support the Business Director, Account Leadership, and Program Director in commercial and operational leadership matters including fee creation and management, contract management and revenue forecasts
• Ensure the Arcadis employees are encouraged to grow and develop to the best of their abilities. Track and manage workforce planning, mobilization, and deployment
• Maintain a strong presence at all locations of the data center program by regularly visiting all data center projects.  The successful candidate should expect up to 75% domestic travel 

Qualifications & Experience:

• 12 + years of relevant experience leading project control programs for major data center construction or construction programs (>$750M) under a lump sum contract model
• Subject matter expertise in own discipline with proactive problem-solving skills
• Experience managing business relationships with both external and internal teams at a senior level. Able to build positive relationships to encourage professional and quality growth opportunities within client and internal teams
• Cultural understanding of agile project management and time-driven delivery
• Strong change management and business partnership skills 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Membership in a relevant professional body (e.g., PMP, PgMP, APM, or equivalent) is preferred

Why Arcadis?

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