Senior Project Manager – Highways & Aviation

Overview

As a Senior Project Manager at Arcadis, you will lead major infrastructure programmes in the London and South East region, delivering projects up to 30m in a safe, timely and on-budget manner. You’ll mentor project teams, manage client and stakeholder relationships, and provide strategic delivery advice. The role supports Arcadis’ mission to deliver sustainable infrastructure through collaborative, cross-disciplinary work. This is an opportunity to shape critical infrastructure and contribute to career development within a supportive, inclusive environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of infrastructure projects and programmes up to 30m in value
• Develop delivery strategies, governance structures and delivery plans
• Manage and mentor Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers
• Serve as primary client/stakeholder contact and build trusted relationships
• Monitor performance across scope, schedule, budget, quality and risk
• Establish and maintain project controls to enable successful delivery
• Identify, mitigate risks and issues; escalate when needed
• Provide strategic advice to clients and senior stakeholders on delivery challenges and opportunities
• Ensure compliance with contractual, regulatory and organizational requirements
• Drive continuous improvement through best practice and lessons learned

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)
• Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ or equivalent)
• Chartered status is desirable
• Experience in Rail, Highways or Aviation industries
• Experience managing small to medium infrastructure projects/programmes
• Knowledge of delivery processes in regulated infrastructure environments
• Experience with National Highways frameworks and systems advantageous
• Familiarity with CEMAR, Primavera P6 and RiskHive

• Stakeholder management
• Leadership and mentoring
• Strategic advisory
• Project delivery governance and controls
• Risk management and issue resolution
• Regulated infrastructure delivery

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