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:
Arcadis is seeking a highly skilled and creative Senior Workplace Designer to join our growing London team. As a key leader within our Workplace Practice, you'll shape the future of workspace environments for high-profile clients across the UK. You'll bring extensive industry knowledge, a strong design portfolio, and proven leadership in delivering end-to-end workplace projects, from strategy through to execution. This is an exciting opportunity to work on diverse, complex projects, mentor emerging talent, and play a major role in our business growth and reputation. We work effectively in a hybrid environment, balancing on-site project requirements in London and client locations with off-site collaboration.
Role accountabilities:
* Lead and deliver multi-disciplinary workplace projects with a fee value from £500k
* Interpret client briefs and coordinate the design process from concept to completion, ensuring alignment with client expectations, Arcadis standards, and regulatory requirements
* Oversee project planning, resource allocation, and timely delivery, collaborating with internal teams and external consultants.
* Coordinating project design, construction, and management with both internal and external stakeholders while ensuring quality control and project execution
* Ensure technical delivery, quality assurance, and commercial performance-driven design across all RIBA stages
* Prepare and present design solutions and project updates to clients and key stakeholders
* Manage project teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment
* Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor throughout the project lifecycle
* Assist in preparation of proposals & bid documents
* Business development to help support growth of the workplace team
* Workplace Strategy - analyse client needs, provide solutions, and implement alternative workplace strategies
Qualifications & Experience:
* Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Interior Design, Architecture, or Design Management
* Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., BIID, RIBA, ARB, or similar) preferred
* 10+ years' experience with a strong record of leading workplace design projects in the UK
* Demonstrated experience across all RIBA Work Stages, with a deep understanding of workplace design principles and strategy
* Proficiency in Revit, CDE platforms, and knowledge of other industry-standard design software
* Experience delivering projects in a BIM environment
* Exceptional leadership, team management, and mentoring skills
* Strong analytical, problem-solving, organisational, and time-management skills
* Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills, with proven capability in client presentations
* Accredited with or actively pursuing BREEAM, WELL, or equivalent sustainability credentials (advantageous)
* Creative, innovative thinker with a passion for delivering transformative, people-focused work environments
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.