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

As a Project Manage within Arcadis Rail North team you will be responsible for managing and delivering small to mediumscale projects or discrete packages of work within larger programmes. You will operate within defined scope commercial and governance parameters working closely with clients internal disciplines and delivery partners to ensure projects are delivered safely efficiently and to the highest professional standards.

The role provides a strong foundation for progression into more senior project leadership positions with increasing exposure to complex project delivery commercial accountability client relationship management and people leadership.

Key Accountabilities

Project Delivery & Quality

• Manage the delivery of assigned projects or work packages in line with agreed scope programme budget and quality requirements.
• Apply appropriate project management tools and techniques to plan monitor and control delivery performance.
• Identify project risks and issues implement agreed mitigation measures and escalate where required.
• Lead or actively contribute to regular project reviews and ensure actions are tracked to completion.
• Work collaboratively with discipline leads and subjectmatter experts to ensure coordinated highquality project outcomes.

Financial & Commercial Management

• Work within established financial and project control systems to produce and maintain project plans budgets and forecasts.
• Monitor financial performance highlighting variances and supporting corrective actions as required.
• Demonstrate a sound working understanding of key financial concepts such as WIP cashflow net versus gross revenue and utilisation.
• Support the commercial management of projects including fee changes assumptions and exclusions and the coordination of subconsultants.
• Contribute to optimising commercial performance through efficient resource use and timely support to invoicing and cash collection activities.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders on project matters demonstrating awareness of client drivers priorities and expectations.
• Support the development and maintenance of positive working client relationships through professional timely and accurate communication.
• Liaise and collaborate with thirdparty contractors suppliers and delivery partners to ensure clarity of roles responsibilities and interfaces.

Risk Safety Health & Sustainability

• Actively support the management of project risks and compliance obligations.
• Ensure projects are delivered in line with safety health and environmental requirements promoting a positive safety culture at all times.
• Support the identification and implementation of sustainable project solutions consistent with Arcadis environmental and social commitments.

People Collaboration & Communication

• Work effectively as part of multidisciplinary teams contributing positively to project and team objectives.
• Provide daytoday support and informal guidance to junior colleagues where appropriate.
• Actively engage in personal and professional development activities.
• Communicate clearly and professionally across a range of audiences using appropriate written verbal and digital communication methods.

Digital & Continuous Improvement

• Use Arcadis project management systems data and digital tools to support efficient and evidencebased project delivery.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing lessons learnt and identifying opportunities to enhance project management practices.

Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant experience delivering projects or workstreams within the rail transport or wider infrastructure sector in a consultancy or comparable environment.
• Demonstrated capability in core project management disciplines including planning cost control risk management and stakeholder engagement.
• Sound commercial awareness with experience working under standard forms of client and subconsultant contracts.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret information to support informed project decisionmaking.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and stakeholder groups.
• Membership of or working towards chartership with a relevant professional body (e.g. APM ICE or equivalent) postgraduate qualifications in project management business or finance are advantageous but not essential.

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.

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