Senior Project Manager

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Project Manager to support the successful delivery of small to medium-sized projects within our Digital Transportation portfolio. This role sits within our global business area Digital Intelligence. We use digital intelligence and deep human knowledge to create products and solutions in a holistic way. We empower our clients with agile data-driven insights and technologies that complement our sustainable design engineering and advisory expertise.

As a Project Manager you will serve as a key point of coordination between clients delivery teams and internal stakeholders. Youll help ensure projects are delivered on time on budget and to a high standard of quality while gaining valuable experience managing diverse teams and complex client relationships.

Role accountabilities:

• Project Planning: Define project requirements scope and deliverables. Develop project plans and associated documents.
• Project Delivery: Coordinate and support the planning execution and delivery of transportation-focused digital solutions - Help manage cross-functional delivery teams across internal staff and external partners. Track progress monitor milestones and contribute to ensuring projects meet time scope and budget requirements.
• Client & Stakeholder Engagement:Serve as a key point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. Facilitate meetings status updates and documentation to ensure transparency and alignment. Build and maintain positive client relationships and support change management as needed.
• Risk & Issue Management:Identify and escalate risks or blockers in a timely manner. Support the development of mitigation plans in collaboration with senior team members.
• Problem-Solving: Lead in resolving any issues or challenges that arise during project execution identifying potential solutions and remedies with the project team.
• Team Collaboration: Collaborate with colleagues in the UK and Ireland and internationally including engineers analysts and technical leads. Participate in project retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support for Business Development:Assist with proposal development including timelines resourcing inputs and project documentation. Support the preparation of presentations and demos for prospective clients.

It is fundamental that you can utilise your project management experience in delivering high value projects to coordinate your delivery team in all aspects of the project in accordance with our contractual obligations including:

• Budget management
• Milestone delivery to agreed schedule
• Resource management
• Contract administration
• Change management / negotiation
• Reporting
• Quality Control
• Project controls
• Supplier management
• Stakeholder Management

In addition to this you are responsible for the coordination and supervision of your project team maintaining project team accountability for tasks and the day-to-day delivery of the project. You also have a key role to play in the development of others both within your project team and the wider business.

Qualifications & Experience:

You will play a key role in delivering complex multi-year programs across diverse geographies. This role offers the opportunity to lead cross-functional teams support proposal development and contribute to the growth of key client accounts.

As a mid-level leader you will gain and apply deep knowledge of Arcadis project management processes and tools while supporting high-profile client engagements and ensuring delivery excellence.

Education:

• A Bachelors degree in Business Administration Business Systems Software Engineering or a related field is preferred but not required; relevant professional experience will also be considered.

Experience:

• 5 years of relevant project management experience preferably in digital solutions transportation or infrastructure sectors.
• Active experience in delivering projects through various delivery best practices (Agile Waterfall or Hybrid).

Skills:

• Strong organisational skills; able to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Experience coordinating diverse stakeholders including clients internal teams and subcontractors.
• Proficiency in project management software and tools including Microsoft Office packages (specifically Project PowerPoint Excel Word) and tools such as Jira Confluence or similar platforms.

Certifications:

• PMP or CAPM certification is a plus (or willingness to pursue).

Personal Attributes:

• Quality driven with good attention to detail
• Proactive and can work autonomously
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to processes and specific project requirements

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its 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.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll 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.