OFE/FIA Owner’s Representative - Norway

Arcadis; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the United Kingdom seeks a Project Management Consultant to manage Field Integration & Assembly and Owner-Furnished Equipment. The role requires strong project management skills, with responsibilities including vendor management and risk communication. The suitable candidate will have experience in data centres and relevant engineering qualifications. This position may involve significant international travel.

Qualifications

• Experience with FIA/OFE products such as data hall perimeter and generator sets.
• Data centre experience, especially in hyperscale environments.
• Consulting experience, preferably as a PMC.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Field Integration & Assembly (FIA) and Owner‑Furnished Equipment (OFE).
• Promote schedule risk communication using scenario‑based analysis.
• Manage project risk and report early warnings to the PMC.

Skills

Project management background

Delivery programme management

Quality control

Change management

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

HNC in a relevant field

Tools

Autodesk (ACC)

Job description

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 FIA/OFE OR will be responsible for leading and managing both Field Integration & Assembly (FIA) and Owner‑Furnished Equipment (OFE). As the client’s Owner’s Representative (OR), also known as the Project Management Consultant (PMC), it is key that the individual has strong project management experience with a key focus in Delivery Management and Cross‑Functional Stakeholder Management.

The scope of service will not be limited to just one project but will support multiple projects of various sizes and at different stages.

You can be based either 100% in country, or there will be significant international travel to Norway.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the project‑specific vendor sandbox with Time to Site (TTS) durations.
• Update the external schedule with Time to Site (TTS) and Time to Deploy (TTD) durations.
• Promote schedule risk communication using scenario‑based schedule analysis.
• A key focus for this role is Delivery Management and Cross‑Functional Stakeholder Management.
• Provide feedback on cost estimates and gather cost estimates from vendors at relevant stages for submission to the Owner’s commercial team.
• Manage the FIA and OFE Product/Equipment Status Tracker’s.
• Ensure products are commissioned at the factory (FAT) and delivered to site with sign‑off.
• Manage the development and input of the FIA/OFE vendors to meet schedule requirements.
• Validate contractor assessments on constructability, move‑in, move‑out (MIMO), and logistics.
• Manage project risk, report any early warnings to the PMC system and lead Risk & Escalation.
• Manage design changes and ensure the rollout is captured via the PMC process.
• Scope Management, review scopes of work (SOW) for PMC and vendor deliverables.
• Ensure and check interface and integrations with site contractors for trade‑to‑trade handover.
• Experience with FIA/OFE products, including data hall perimeter, trestle interconnects, PCW headers, electrical room skids, fire alarm, generator set, fuel systems, fill system connections, and system connections.

Qualifications & Experience

• Project management background.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering (minimum of a HNC “Higher National Certificate” in a relative field).
• Data centre experience (hyperscale would be advantageous).
• Consulting experience (PMC experience would be advantageous, although time served would be acceptable).
• Quality control.
• Change management.
• Delivery programme management.
• Autodesk (ACC).
• OFE experience.
• FIA experience.

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 maximise 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.