Associate/Associate Director – Project Manager

Overview

As Associate Project Manager in Arup’s Programme & Project Management team, you help shape and deliver major infrastructure programmes. You’ll develop client relationships, shape programme formation, and support strategic leadership opportunities. Your work combines delivery discipline with commercial awareness to solve complex challenges and enable sustainable outcomes. This role offers the chance to influence projects across water, energy and transport sectors and to grow Arup’s PPM capability in the North-West.

Pay / Benefits

• Profit Share
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Accident insurance
• Income protection
• Flexible benefits

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage client relationships, identify opportunities, and support bid development
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver major infrastructure projects, programmes or frameworks
• Provide strategic leadership in client programmes and influence decision-making
• Collaborate with Arup capabilities to create integrated solutions for clients
• Coach and support the development of junior colleagues
• Deliver projects on time, within cost, and with quality and sustainable outcomes

Key requirements

• Proven track record delivering complex, client-facing infrastructure projects or programmes
• Strong client relationship management and ability to understand client requirements
• Experience deploying construction contracts (NEC3/NEC4 or bespoke forms)
• Procurement experience for design and construction contracts
• Commercial awareness, effective communication, and collaborative approach
• Background in successful business development and winning work

• leadership
• communication
• collaboration
• NEC3/NEC4 or bespoke contract forms
• procurement of design and construction contracts
• client-facing project management in PPM environments

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