Principal FM 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

Join Arcadis Places and help create sustainable environments where people live, work and thrive. Due to our continued growth we are now seeking an experienced Principle FM Consultant to join our busy team. As part of the Asset Optimisation practice, you’ll work with public and private sector clients to align property portfolios with organisational objectives, turning property from a cost into a strategic enabler. This is a senior consultancy role offering long-term career development, structured support and opportunities to lead high‑impact programmes.

Key Accountabilities

• Deliver consultancy services across a broad client base, including public sector bodies (Central Government departments, local authorities, Defence, education and health), partnerships and providers (SPVs, lenders/funders, service providers and contractors) and private sector organisations such as financial institutions and banks, conglomerates and consumer goods firms, housing, automotive, pharmaceuticals and infrastructure.
• Lead and manage Asset Optimisation assignments across PFI advisory (including handback), property asset management and portfolio strategy, FM strategic advisory (life‑cycle and backlog modelling), TOTEX optimisation and whole‑life costing, benchmarking and value‑for‑money reviews, and compliance, audits and governance, while championing digital innovation and sustainability‑led asset strategies.
• Oversee strategic reviews, target operating model design and supply chain/procurement support. 
• Drive data analytics, cost estimation, feasibility studies and cost plans. 
• Provide contract support and reviews (including PFIs). 
• Build and maintain client relationships, contributing to business development and thought leadership.
• Mentor junior team members and uphold quality, governance and compliance standards.

Qualifications & Experience

• Previous experience in property‑focused consultancy or equivalent
• Proven track record with public sector clients (Health, Education, Local Authorities) and private sector organisations
• Degree‑qualified property professional or full membership of IWFM, RICS or another relevant professional body
• Demonstrated success leading multi‑disciplinary teams and delivering major programmes or portfolios

Interested? Apply now to join a team shaping the next generation of sustainable, digitally‑enabled property portfolios across the public and private sectors.

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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