Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. We are seeking an experienced Associate Project Manager to join our team, supporting Higher Education clients across the UK. This role focuses on the delivery of construction, capital projects, refurbishment, fit-out, infrastructure, and estate development programmes. The successful candidate will manage projects from initial planning and procurement through to construction, handover, and close out. You will work within complex stakeholder environments, building trusted relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, and project teams. Alongside project delivery, you will manage multiple priorities, support client account growth, contribute to bid activities, and ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and commercially successfully. Experience working with Higher Education clients is highly desirable.

Role Accountabilities
Lead construction and capital projects for Higher Education clients from inception through to handover and close out. Manage project budgets, programmes, risks, governance processes, and contract compliance requirements. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, consultants, contractors, and stakeholders to achieve project objectives. Build and maintain strong client relationships, supporting account development and long-term partnerships. Contribute to bid submissions, tender responses, and proposal development activities. Drive high-quality project delivery, ensuring programme, cost, quality, and risk objectives are achieved.

Experience
Proven experience as a Project Manager within the construction or built environment sector. Experience delivering capital projects, refurbishment, fit-out, infrastructure, or estate development schemes. Strong client management, commercial awareness, and stakeholder engagement skills. Experience managing complex projects within live operational environments. Experience working with Higher Education clients is preferred. Bid writing, tender management, or account management experience is desirable. Experience delivering laboratory, research, or other specialist technical building projects would be advantageous.

About you
Demonstrates a successful track record in project management with the ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining excellent client service and commercial outcomes. Comfortable working in complex stakeholder environments and building trusted relationships. Motivated to contribute to client account growth and support bid activities.

Qualifications
Relevant qualifications in construction project management or related disciplines are expected. Candidates should be able to demonstrate commercial awareness and governance knowledge relevant to construction and capital projects.