Arcadis
Senior Project Manager - Highways & Aviation
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Arcadis
Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 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
We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our growing Project Management team, leading the successful delivery of major infrastructure projects and programmes across the London & South East region.
Working closely with clients, stakeholders, and multidisciplinary teams, you'll take ownership of projects valued up to £30m, ensuring they are delivered safely, efficiently, on time, and within budget. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially-minded project professional with a strong track record in infrastructure delivery, ideally within the Highways & Aviation sectors.
You'll play a key role in delivering projects that improve vital infrastructure across the London & South East, working alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment that supports career development, professional accreditation, and long-term progression.
Role accountabilities
- Leading the delivery of infrastructure projects and programmes of varying complexity, with project values up to £30m.
- Developing and implementing project delivery strategies, governance structures, and delivery plans.
- Managing and mentoring Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers, building high-performing teams.
- Acting as the key point of contact for clients and stakeholders, building trusted relationships throughout the project lifecycle.
- Managing project performance across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk.
- Establishing and maintaining effective project controls to drive successful delivery.
- Identifying, managing, and mitigating project risks and issues, escalating where appropriate.
- Providing strategic advice to clients and senior stakeholders on project delivery challenges and opportunities.
- Ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
- Driving continuous improvement through the application of industry best practice and lessons learned.
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Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience).
- Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ or equivalent).
- Chartered status, or working towards chartership, is desirable.
- Previous experience in Rail, Highways, or Aviation industries.
- NEC accreditation or significant NEC contract experience.
- Experience managing small to medium-sized infrastructure projects and programmes.
- Knowledge of project delivery processes within regulated infrastructure environments.
- Experience working with National Highways frameworks and systems would be advantageous.
- Familiarity with tools such as CEMAR, Primavera P6, and RiskHive.
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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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