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Senior Project Manager Highways & Aviation

Arcadis


Job Location:

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 1 October 2026 (18 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 29 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

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

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 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:

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 youll 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.

Youll 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 organisational requirements.
  • Driving continuous improvement through the application of industry best practice and lessons learned.

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Bachelors 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.

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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Required Experience:

Senior IC


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

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