Senior Project Manager - Water

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to support ongoing Capital Programmes in the Water Industry. Take the lead in driving multi‑disciplinary projects within a dynamic and regulated industry environment. In this role, you will guide project teams through every phase of the project life cycle, ensuring optimal business solutions for our clients. Collaboration with a diverse range of stakeholders, both internal and external, will be key to delivering projects to the highest standards.

Your expertise will be crucial in managing and assuring the performance of design and build contractors, ensuring project outcomes are achieved within cost, time and quality parameters from design to commissioning.

As part of our Programme and Project Management team, you’ll help deliver some of the biggest, most iconic projects imaginable, with some of the best talent around. With your energy, agility and a keen eye for detail, you’ll deliver transformational outcomes for multiple clients every day.

Our Resilience team works to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects of climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large‑scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.

Role Accountabilities:

• Deliver sustainable financial out‑performance against approved budgets.
• Manage all contract matters commercially to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Develop and deliver optimized projects to meet all regulatory, statutory and internal outputs, deadlines and targets.
• Provide successful technical solutions that deliver optimal value for money on a capital and whole life cost basis.
• Oversee performance management of service providers to ensure service levels and value for money are met.
• Proactively manage project risks and issues to minimize impact and maximize opportunities.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders for project related matters.
• Ensure compliance with quality systems and processes so outcomes meet all standards.
• Establish and promote a culture of health, safety and environmental responsibility.
• Embrace digital and sustainable solutions in day‑to‑day project delivery.

Qualifications &

Experience:

• Chartered status or working towards chartership.
• Experience in successfully delivering portfolios of programmes or projects, ideally in the water sector and / or regulated industry.
• Strong commercial approach with a solid understanding of contract management, experience with IChemE or NEC Contract Management is a plus.
• Ability to build and manage key relationships with external stakeholders.
• Experience in making risk decisions and understanding implications to minimise consequences for projects.
• Proven experience in leading multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver successful project outcomes.
• Relevant engineering degree; postgraduate qualifications are an advantage.
• Project management qualifications (e.g., PMP, Prince2) are preferred.
• Experience in water and wastewater projects is desirable.

Other requirements:

• Driving licence

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills‑based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximise the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life…