Senior Renewables Advisor

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:

We are seeking a Senior Renewables Construction Manager with 10+ years of experience delivering utility-scale and industrial renewable energy projects, including solar PV, battery energy storage systems (BESS), substations, and related infrastructure. This part-time, as-needed role splits time between business development and billable construction management, providing constructability, schedule, cost, quality, safety, and site leadership from development through commissioning and closeout.

Role accountabilities:

• Construction Management: Lead construction management for solar PV, BESS, substation, transmission, and civil infrastructure projects, including constructability and design reviews, execution planning, contractor strategies, and schedule, cost, and risk optimization.
• Schedule, Cost, and Project Controls: Develop and monitor schedules, milestones, and critical paths; manage budgets, changes, forecasts, progress, and contractor performance; maintain document control and reporting systems.
• Execution, Quality, and Turnover: Oversee procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and turnover; review submittals, RFIs, and turnover packages; lead QA/QC inspections, audits, deficiency tracking, and corrective actions.
• Site Supervision, Client Reporting, and Compliance: Supervise sites and coordinate contractors and stakeholders; report to clients on progress, cost, risk, and safety; ensure regulatory, permit, environmental, and contractual compliance; help avoid claims and resolve disputes.
• Health, Safety, and Site Leadership: Champion a safety-first culture by reviewing safety plans, hazard assessments, and contractor programs; participate in inspections, audits, and investigations; lead site logistics, sequencing, and work-face planning.
• Business Development and Market Growth: Pursue opportunities with developers, utilities, industrial clients, Indigenous communities, EPC contractors, and public-sector organizations; contribute to proposals, fee estimates, staffing plans, and marketing materials; represent the firm at client meetings and conferences; and act as a trusted advisor to grow solar, storage, grid modernization, transmission, and decarbonization work.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Education and Experience: Diploma or degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field, with 10+ years of construction management experience in renewable energy, power, or industrial projects such as utility-scale solar, BESS, substations, or transmission.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong knowledge of EPC contracts, construction execution, commissioning, turnover, QA/QC, and Canadian health, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements; proficient with scheduling, cost control, risk management, and reporting tools.
• Leadership and Business Development: Proven ability to manage contractors, consultants, and multidisciplinary teams; experience in pre-construction planning, proposals, and client relationship development; excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Designations and Travel: PMP, Gold Seal, P.Eng., CET, or equivalent is an asset; willingness to travel to project sites as required.
• Industry Insight: Established relationships in the renewable energy, utility, Indigenous, industrial, or EPC sectors; practical knowledge of solar, storage, substation, and interconnection challenges; owner's engineer, owner's representative, or construction advisory experience; skill in identifying and mitigating risks early.
• Leadership and Passion: Proven ability to balance technical excellence, client service, delivery, and business development; strong presence to mentor teams and influence stakeholders; passion for renewable energy and the energy transition.

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.