Principal Consultant – Investment Advisory (Transport & Aviation)

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.

UK Investment Advisory, which sits in Arcadis’ Advisory team, is a growing team, with over 40 team members. We advise financial investors on the acquisition, divestment and management of infrastructure businesses across a wide range of global asset classes – including road and rail networks, international airports, ports and logistics assets, data centres, energy and utilities infrastructure. We are proud to have supported our clients on flagship projects in the UK and internationally, including:

• Vendor’s Technical Advisor for Sizewell C
• Lenders’ Technical Advisor for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP)
• Lenders’ Technical Advisor for Silvertown Tunnel
• Vendor’s Technical Advisor for High-Speed 1 (HS1)
• Technical Due Diligence and Environmental, Health and Safety Review for the acquisition of a stake in Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm
• Technical Due Diligence supporting the investment in SkyNRG, a leading Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) company

Working closely with legal and financial advisors, our team works on M&A transactions and divestments globally, drawing upon the in-depth experience of Arcadians worldwide. We play a critical role in achieving successful outcomes by assisting banks, equity and debt providers, asset managers and infrastructure developers in assessing the technical, commercial and financial viability of projects.

We are seeking a Principal Consultant to join our UK Advisory team, specializing in Transportation Infrastructure Technical Due Diligence and Advisory, with prior aviation experience being highly valued. In this role, you will work alongside Directors and peers across the UK Investment Advisory team, as well as the wider Arcadis Advisory capability and technical teams globally. As part of the Investment Advisory team, reporting to an Associate Director/Director, you will play a key role in shaping and growing our dynamic and expanding team. We are looking for individuals with a growth mindset who are eager to help build a unified, forward-looking investment advisory offering.

Role accountabilities

• Deliver projects successfully – apply your skills, knowledge and insight to assist or lead the delivery of high‑quality Transportation Technical Due Diligence (buy‑side, vendor‑side, lenders), while striving to exceed client expectations.
• Manage small projects or sections of large commissions and contribute to the review of technical, operational and commercial aspects of proposed infrastructure investments.
• Based on experience, you may be asked to lead full projects and act as main point of contact with Clients.
• Work effectively with identified Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across different teams and capabilities within global Arcadis.
• Contribute to business development through preparation of technical and commercial offers for Transportation Due Diligence and Advisory services.
• Contribute to internal development of the team and the wider Arcadis through knowledge share and assistance in improving Arcadis’ advisory process and standards.

Qualifications & Experience

Whether you come from a technical or consulting background, you will join an entrepreneurial and inclusive team with an ambition to grow fast. You will be a problem solver and output‑focused individual, who can understand clients’ business needs and deliver solutions.

Essential

• STEM degree (preferred: civil/structural/mechanical/electrical/chemical engineering, physics, chemistry) – other qualifications will be considered in the wider context of experience and skills.
• Significant experience in Transportation Infrastructure Due Diligence and Advisory, gained through roles in consulting, investment, operations, or asset management.
• Experience on technical due diligence of airport assets and operations, master planning and development planning, capacity assessment and phasing, Capex and Repex, operating model and Opex, will be highly regarded.
• Excellent communication and report writing skills.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English, with additional language skills being desirable.
• Flexibility and capacity to work on tight deadlines.
• Excellent organisational skills, self‑motivation, self‑sufficiency and the ability to work successfully in a fast turnaround team environment.
• You must be a team player, able to deliver projects in a collaborative and inclusive manner.

Desirable

• Further experience in other infrastructure sectors such as Transport, Renewables, Oil & gas, Digital and Datacentres, Manufacturing, Water and Regulated Power, Manufacturing.
• Exposure to financial modelling, project finance and/or commercial advisory (e.g. demand and revenue forecasting, contract commercial review, etc).
• Exposure to bid preparation and Client development.
• Chartership to a relevant professional body would be favourably considered, although not strictly necessary for the role (e.g. IET, IMechE, ICE, CFA, MCA).

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.