Project Manager Higher Education Projects
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Job Location:
Manchester - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
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
Were looking for an experienced Project Manager with previous experience in delivering projects within Higher Education laboratories or museums across the UK.
You will oversee complex building and refurbishment projects liaising with onsite contractors and multidisciplinary teams. This role needs handson construction understanding specialist some technical knowledge (labs and museums) and the capability to handle the varied complexities of occupied educational and cultural environments.
Role accountabilities
- Manage construction delivery on Higher Education laboratory and museum projects coordinating multiple trades and subcontractors on live occupied sites
- Oversee scopes of work contractor engagement site supervision and quality control to ensure compliance with technical specifications and safety standards
- Lead site coordination meetings manage programme schedules and track budgets ensuring projects stay on time and within financial targets
- Work closely with estates teams academic staff curators and other stakeholders to handle the challenges of operating in sensitive and complex environments
- Understand and resolve typical construction challenges including access restrictions phasing noise control and protection of specialist equipment or collections
- Identify and manage risks or issues early escalating where necessary to senior management to maintain project momentum and compliance
- Monitor and analyse site progress and resource allocation to anticipate delays or cost impacts and adjust plans accordingly
- Advise on construction best practices and continuous improvement opportunities based on experience with similar sectors and environments
Qualifications & Experience
- Proven hands-on experience managing construction or refurbishment projects within Higher Education laboratories or museums
- Strong understanding of working with multiple trades and contractors on live sites with complex access and operational constraints
- Experience dealing with specialist environments such as labs (including fume cupboards gas containment) or museum spaces (environmental controls collections protection) is highly desirable
- Familiarity with construction health and safety requirements (CDM regulations risk management permits)
- Confident communicator with ability to engage effectively with tradespeople contractors clients and internal teams
- Commercially aware with strong time and cost management skills able to handle the complexities of multistakeholder projects
- Project management qualification (MAPM or equivalent) is preferred; construction-related qualifications (CIOB RICS HNC/HND) also welcomed
If you have construction knowledge and experience successfully managing the complexities of Higher Education laboratory or museum projects working closely with tradespeople to deliver high-quality outcomes we want to hear from you.
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 maximise 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.
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About Company
Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, who are dedicated to improving quality of life. We do so by developing innovative solutions to create liveable cities, to establish a people-cent ... View more
