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
Our vision is to be the leading asset management organization supporting facilities owners and operators optimize the performance and value from their physical assets through the lifecycle of design, build, commission, operate, maintain, refurbish and disposal.. We combine our digital, engineering, data analytics and advisory expertise to deliver sustainable and predictive asset management solutions for asset intensive organisations, enabling operational, tactical and strategic asset management decision making in a continually changing environment that improve Facilities Operations and Maintenance performance.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Facilities Operations and Maintenance Advisor to join our O&M Advisory team and help achieve this vision.
In this role you will advise and support facility owners and operators to optimize and extend the life of their facilities, through the application of ISO55000 and ISO31000 methodologies and best pract ices coupled with your practical skills, knowledge and experience gained through managing and operating complex and facilities and supporting assets.
Located in Canada and primarily focused but not limited to Canadian clients, you will leverage your skills in Operations and Maintenance, knowledge of EAM and other Information Management systems and experience in leading people and managing complex operations to advise and support clients to achieve improved performance and productivity, improve asset reliability and lower operational and capital costs with measurable results.
You will also Working across the Arcadis business spectrum will provide support to the wider asset management consulting and advisory business through our global business areas, Mobility, Resilience and Places.
You will be a key member of our Advisory team .Reporting to one of our Senior Asset Management Leaders, you will play a key role in developing new business opportunities and delivering successful
projects to our clients. O&M Advisory is a newly established team in Canada, pulling together our already strong capability in asset management into a unified offering with an opportunity to work across a diverse set of asset classes. There will be opportunities for growth and career development for individuals with a growth mind set, and as the team develops, you may manage and direct more junior staff, acting as a technical subject matter expert in Industrial Manufacturing Operations and Maintenance.
Role Accountabilities
- Applying your Facilities Operations & Maintenance Management skills, knowledge and insight to oversee the delivery of Facilities Management related projects on time, meeting both quality and budgetary targets, whilst building hi-trust relationships through routinely meeting or exceeding client expectations.
- Applying Asset Management and Risk-Based decision-making best practices and standards ,
- Applying Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) concepts, process and best practices to improve asset reliability, availability and maintainability
- Meeting with and presenting to clients, innovative solutions and concepts that help them choose Arcadis as a preferred service provider and trusted advisor
- Functioning as a valued team member in a respectful and collaborative organization and team with integrity and regard for other’s perspectives.
Qualifications & Experience:
- 10-15 years’ experience and a sound understanding of Facilities Management, Operations and Maintenance ideally associated with multiple and varied applications (Transportation, Municipal and Industrial sectors), helping resolve strategic, tactical and / or operational challenges. Examples include but are not limited to life cycle plans, asset risk and condition assessments, operations and maintenance planning, decision support tools and asset data quality assessments.
- Experience having worked as a client or in a leadership and or advisory capacity.
- Good understanding and familiarity with industry standards and best practice such as ISO55000 principles, GFMAM methodology.
- Tender management and bid experience
- Good understanding of risk management (e.g FMECA, Bow Tie, Fishbone)
- Sound understanding of Canadian Health, Safety and Environmental regulations and practices.
- Sound understanding and practical experience in CMMS, EAM and other related systems.
- Working towards Chartered status or membership of Professional Institution (e.g IAM. PEMAC, SMRP )
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.