Structural Design Engineering Solutions Consultant

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:
Provide tactical and technical advisory services to ensure Arcadis' Structural Design & Engineering teams derive maximum value from the portfolio of structural engineering applications, platforms, and services. The role acts as a bridge between Structural Engineering business stakeholders, software vendors, and Arcadis Technology teams to drive adoption, innovation, operational excellence, and effective software utilization across project delivery, digital engineering, and design workflows.

Role accountabilities:
 

• Support software governance initiatives including licence optimisation, application rationalisation, and platform standardisation. 

• Ensure platform knowledge management through the creation and maintenance of Knowledge Base Articles (KBAs), technical guidance, and best practice documentation. 

• Help administer, maintain, and optimize engineering project data and workflows within Common Data Environments (CDEs), including the application of AI-enabled capabilities. 

•  Support vendor performance reviews, software evaluations, contract renewals, and commercial negotiations to ensure value realization and alignment with Arcadis objectives. 

• Provide consultancy, best practices, and subject matter expertise to global Structural Design & Engineering teams and related business stakeholders. 

• Act as a technical and functional advisor for structural engineering platforms, applications, and associated workflows. 

• Engage with Structural Engineering leaders, technical specialists, and project teams to understand business requirements and translate them into platform and application improvements. 

• Assist with application patches, upgrades, enhancements, and lifecycle management activities.

• Help track, forecast, and analyse platform utilisation, licence consumption, and adoption trends.

  Qualifications & Experience:
  Degree in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline. 
  Good knowledge of structural engineering design processes, digital delivery workflows, and engineering project lifecycles.  Experience working with, supporting, or administering structural engineering software platforms and associated technologies.  Ability to independently solve problems and accomplish tasks in a logical, methodical, and efficient manner.  Strong interpersonal, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.  Experience working collaboratively within global and multidisciplinary teams.  Project management skills with the ability to lead small to medium-scale initiatives from inception to delivery.   Understanding of software licensing, vendor management, and contract administration within an engineering environment.