Construction Manager - Nordics

 

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:

To lead and manage the construction phase of data centre projects, ensuring delivery to client requirements, within time, cost, and quality standards, and in compliance with all safety and regulatory requirements. You will be the primary site representative, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to deliver high-availability mission-critical infrastructure.

Working in Country on 11/3 rotation or long term assignment options (Finland or Norway) 

Role accountabilities:

Preconstruction Phase 

- Collaborate with architects and owners to advise on materials, methods, systems, phasing, and cost strategies.
- Support design development by providing constructability reviews and recommendations.
- Assist in developing bid packages and trade contract strategies.

Construction Phase 

- Oversee site operations, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and quality standards.
- Manage subcontractors and coordinate construction activities across disciplines.
- Establish and maintain procedures for shop drawings, submittals, RFIs, and approvals.
- Manage the progress of works  against schedule and budget, reporting deviations and proposing mitigation actions.

-Manage the Arcadis team to ensure attendance and full coverage of of all site activities

General Duties 

- Act as the primary site representative, liaising with clients, consultants, and stakeholders.
- Ensure all work complies with contract documents and statutory requirements.
- Maintain accurate project documentation and support handover processes.

Qualifications & Experience:

- Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or related field.
- Experience in managing large-scale construction projects.
- Familiarity with CDM regulations and environmental compliance.
- Professional certifications (e.g., CIOB, PMP) preferred.

Skills & Competencies 

- Strong leadership and team coordination abilities.
- Excellent understanding of construction methods, sequencing, and safety.
- Proficient in project scheduling tools and document control systems.
- Effective communicator with stakeholders at all levels.

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.

 

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