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 description: Arcadis has worked on some of the world’s leading heat network projects and energy masterplanning/transformation schemes, including supporting the Government in pilot studies for heat network zoning and helping to deliver the City of London Corporation’s Climate Action Strategy. We are looking for an experienced heat network / energy decarbonisation strategic project manager, with a passion for district heating and ambition to help achieve our national heat network deployment targets. We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Role accountabilities: Under the guidance of our UK Heat Networks Lead, this role will be responsible for providing project management, stakeholder engagement and strategy development expertise, in support of building our District Heating Strategic Advisory Services. At a high-level, the primary focus of this role will be providing a range of services to Local Authority and other public sector clients to progress the development of heat networks in their area, such as the development of heat network development strategies, internal and external stakeholder engagement, governance support, managing implementation of heat network zoning, submitting grant funding applications, management of studies and sub-consultants on behalf of the client, and various other tasks specific to each clients we support. In addition to this, the role will include key responsibilities and accountabilities to lead on the delivery of high-priority projects, manage and develop existing client relationships, support work winning and key pursuits, and assist internal strategic planning – all of which will contribute to growing our ambitious team, in an exciting and quickly developing sector. Qualifications & Experience: Required: Minimum Master’s or Bachelor’s degree qualification in relevant engineering/technical field, and or project management Experience working on district heating schemes and government (BEIS/DESNZ/GLA) grant funded projects at various stages, from heat Masterplanning to detailed feasibility Knowledge of the impending heat network zoning regulations in the UK Experience working with local authority clients in the UK and an understanding of their governance structures Knowledge of the commercial models available to develop heat networks Experience conducting stakeholder engagement activities (either internally and/or externally) Knowledge of low-carbon heat generation technologies (air, ground, water and river source heat pumps, and electric boilers) and waste heat sources (inc. mechanisms to recover waste heat) Experience of interacting with clients and involvement with business development including the development of business cases, define scopes, plan, and delivery of energy projects Strong engineering/technical background, with work experience in the energy sector Grant funding application and management experience Desired: An understanding of district heating energy centre and network operation, relating to performance and energy assessments Experience of Local Area Energy Planning Knowledge and understanding of the energy market, electricity networks, distributed/urban energy systems and renewable energy technologies Experience in procurement and commercial activities, especially developing tender specifications/technical requirements and procuring contractors. 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 believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success. LI-MM3 SA