Junior Project Controls Consultant

Junior Project Controls Consultant

Manchester Warrington Newcastle Upon Tyne

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:

Resilience is one of Arcadis core business lines and operates across several sectors including water energy environmental and industrial. We provide valued advice and support to leading clients who supply the population with the resources used in our daily lives.

The Resilience team is recruiting for aProject Controls Consultant in a developing role to join us and provide support and guidance for our clients and internal teams. The successful candidate will join an industry leading team learning and sharing ideas with talented people and enjoying opportunities to work on a variety of projects and develop a thriving career.

We are diverse and versatile responding to our clients needs and shaping exceptional outcomes for them. As a Project Controls Consultant in Resilience you should have the capability and confidence to add value at all stages of a project or programme lifecycle from front-end strategic planning to detailed development and control.

Our projects range from nationally significant infrastructure schemes to mass volume utility works the role of theProject Controls Consultant is to steer project teams through the planning and execution phases by applying best practice principles communicating effectively and collaboration

Role Accountabilities:

As a Junior Project Controls Consultant you will receive comprehensive training from Arcadis gaining expertise in all aspects of project controls. You will collaborate closely with a wider team contributing to a dynamic and supportive work environment. This role is office-based in either Manchester Warrington or Newcastle Upon Tyne with an expectation of three days per week dedicated to in-office collaboration. Arcadis is committed to providing you with the necessary training and skill development to excel in this position.

You will be supported by a team of Senior Project Controls Professionals to develop your skills across the full spectrum of project controls disciplines to deliver:

• Effective support to the delivery of complex energy programmes across the full project lifecycle - from initiation through to close-out - by applying core project controls principles.
• Development and maintenance of structured resource-loaded project schedules progressing from high-level activity networks to detailed working plans.
• Contribution to the design and implementation of project control systems standard operating procedures and digital transformation initiatives.
• Exposure to governance and assurance frameworks including stage gate reviews compliance assessments and audit support.
• Assistance in managing project information within Common Data Environments (CDEs) ensuring data integrity and supporting digital handover.
• Participation in risk identification assessment and mitigation planning including the creation of risk registers and support for QSRA/QCRA modelling.
• Support for cost control activities including budget tracking variance analysis and integration of cost data with schedule and risk metrics.
• Development of skills in delay analysis techniques such as time impact assessments and schedule forensics.
• Engagement in collaborative planning sessions and workshops to align teams on milestones constraints and delivery strategies.
• Contribution to portfolio-level oversight through integrated reporting KPI tracking and dashboard development.
• Use of advanced tools such as 4D modelling predictive analytics and performance dashboards to support project decision-making.
• Delivery of clear concise and actionable insights to project teams and stakeholders enabling informed decisions and proactive risk management.
• Proactive collaboration across disciplines to identify and resolve issues fostering team success and alignment.
• Management of schedule change control processes including documentation of change history and securing appropriate business authorisations.
• Development of strong working relationships with internal and client stakeholders at all levels ensuring effective communication and engagement.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Educated to degree level/HND or equivalent experience.
• Ability to work on tasks unsupervised whilst applying sound judgement to effectively collaborate and communicate with others.
• Confidence and acumen when speaking to project teams clients and stakeholders. Ability to facilitate discussions between different disciplines teams and parties.
• Understanding and experience of the principles of project / programme management design engineering and construction (desirable but not essential)
• Strong IT Skills with respect to Excel and Office 365.

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.