Company Overview
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. Everyone has an important role to play; with the power of many curious minds, we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role Description
We are recruiting a Project Manager to join our UK Climate Adaptation team, managing a portfolio of water, civil engineering, and environmental projects. As part of our Programme and Project Management team, you will oversee delivery from mobilisation through to close-out, managing scope, programme, cost, risk, and quality to achieve measurable client outcomes. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to deliver transformational results for multiple clients daily.
Our team delivers flood defence and adaptation schemes and supports clients to protect and enhance environmental outcomes across England. The Senior Project Manager will manage Water, Civil Engineering and Environment projects with a strong focus on NEC4 contracts, providing contractual advice and leading contract administration through the appraisal phase.
Role Accountabilities
- Project manage civil engineering, water, and environment projects using NEC4 Professional Service Contract (PSC) and/or Engineering and Construction Short Contract (ESCS), including contract administration in accordance with the role of the Service/Project Manager on NEC contracts.
- Collaborate with all stakeholders—clients, contractors, consultants, and third parties—to ensure on-time, within-budget, high-quality delivery in accordance with the NEC contract administered.
- Provide high-level advice and support to resolve appraisal issues, ensuring decisions are made on sound technical grounds in line with best practice, required standards, and timeframes.
- Monitor progress, identify risks, and implement timely resolution to reallocate time, finance, and effort, enhancing service delivery.
- Deliver high-quality management reporting to support operational planning, inform business decisions, and provide a sound basis for communication with and influence of internal/external partners.
- Lead or support project teams to achieve well‑planned integrated solutions that progress effective change and improvement, supporting optimal environmental outcomes.
- Provide effective leadership on health, safety and wellbeing matters, actively promoting safety awareness and ensuring safe working practices.
Qualifications & Experience
- Experience in project management and PSC contract management, delivering larger‑scale, complex, and demanding projects according to agreed outcomes.
- Background in Civil Engineering, Water, Environment, or Infrastructure projects.
- Track record of leading integrated and multi‑disciplinary project management teams.
- Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Association of Project Management (APM), ISA Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).
- Desired: Flood Risk Management experience and/or a background within Civil Engineering.
Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We are an equal opportunity employer. We want you to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, providing a great place to work for all our people, and we hold ourselves accountable for our actions. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of how we improve quality of life.
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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. Everyone has an important role to play; with the power of many curious minds, we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role Description
We are recruiting a Project Manager to join our UK Climate Adaptation team, managing a portfolio of water, civil engineering, and environmental projects. As part of our Programme and Project Management team, you will oversee delivery from mobilisation through to close-out, managing scope, programme, cost, risk, and quality to achieve measurable client outcomes. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to deliver transformational results for multiple clients daily.
Our team delivers flood defence and adaptation schemes and supports clients to protect and enhance environmental outcomes across England. The Senior Project Manager will manage Water, Civil Engineering and Environment projects with a strong focus on NEC4 contracts, providing contractual advice and leading contract administration through the appraisal phase.
Role Accountabilities
- Project manage civil engineering, water, and environment projects using NEC4 Professional Service Contract (PSC) and/or Engineering and Construction Short Contract (ESCS), including contract administration in accordance with the role of the Service/Project Manager on NEC contracts.
- Collaborate with all stakeholders—clients, contractors, consultants, and third parties—to ensure on-time, within-budget, high-quality delivery in accordance with the NEC contract administered.
- Provide high-level advice and support to resolve appraisal issues, ensuring decisions are made on sound technical grounds in line with best practice, required standards, and timeframes.
- Monitor progress, identify risks, and implement timely resolution to reallocate time, finance, and effort, enhancing service delivery.
- Deliver high-quality management reporting to support operational planning, inform business decisions, and provide a sound basis for communication with and influence of internal/external partners.
- Lead or support project teams to achieve well‑planned integrated solutions that progress effective change and improvement, supporting optimal environmental outcomes.
- Provide effective leadership on health, safety and wellbeing matters, actively promoting safety awareness and ensuring safe working practices.
Qualifications & Experience
- Experience in project management and PSC contract management, delivering larger‑scale, complex, and demanding projects according to agreed outcomes.
- Background in Civil Engineering, Water, Environment, or Infrastructure projects.
- Track record of leading integrated and multi‑disciplinary project management teams.
- Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Association of Project Management (APM), ISA Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).
- Desired: Flood Risk Management experience and/or a background within Civil Engineering.
Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We are an equal opportunity employer. We want you to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, providing a great place to work for all our people, and we hold ourselves accountable for our actions. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of how we improve quality of life.
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