Joining Arup
The Opportunity
Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world. We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director to join our established and growing Programme & Project Management (PPM) team, based in London. The role of an Associate Director will be to win, resource and deliver complex strategic and operational projects using best practice PPM knowledge and advisory skills.
You will be managing major complex building projects for both private and public sector clients in science and industry, higher education, healthcare, or commercial property projects. You’ll be part of a diverse collaborative team responsible for the successful delivery of our project and programme management commissions across all our markets and clients.
At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.
Is this role right for you?
As an Associate Director your key activities will include managing key client relationships, finding new work opportunities with current and new clients. You will act as the day‑to‑day Project Director on projects and programmes in sectors including science and industry, higher education, healthcare, or commercial property projects, delivering high‑quality outcomes and client satisfaction.
You will have a background in leading multidisciplinary design teams and contractor performance throughout the project lifecycle, including project inception, design, procurement, and construction stages of a project or programme. If you have demonstratable professional project management experience, either having had a significant role in a very large £500m+ capital project or have acted as Project Director on projects of £200m+ we’d love to hear from you!
Requirements
- BSc in relevant discipline and professional qualifications in relevant profession, e.g. with APM, RICS, CIOB, RIBA or Engineering chartership, and continuing professional development.
- The ability and confidence to advise our clients on delivery strategy, leadership and engagement, vision and outcomes, business case development, establishing governance, structuring a programme organisation, developing delivery models, sustainability and resilience, stakeholder management, and engagement.
- A background in agreeing and setting delivery plans and targets for teams, including developing resourcing plans for work, establishing and leading networks and teams outside your line of command.
- Experience in working on politically complex programmes, having the right combination of skills that show respect, humility and understanding of client organisations, and the political and organisational sensitivities involved.
Additional qualifications
- Defining a programme to deliver digitally enabled change.
- Setting the strategy to establish new advisory services for clients.
- Responsible for developing and delivering strategies for delivering projects with sustainable development outcomes.
What We Offer you
At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. We provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. In addition to competitive pay, we offer benefits supporting health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities, and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do. Private medical insurance, life assurance, accident insurance, income protection cover, and flexible benefits are also available.
Different People, Shared Values
Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates.
For any special assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, please contact Rachel Connolly at rachel.connolly@arup.com. Our recruitment process is transparent and will never request bank details.
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