Associate​/Senior Project Manager - Local Government

Associate / Senior Project Manager - Local Government

We have an opportunity for an Associate Director - Project Management to join our Local Government team, delivering projects across London and the South‑East. You’ll be leading service delivery and working on a range of exciting projects, including complex housing development and regeneration projects and programmes at all stages. As an Associate‑level Project Manager/Employer’s Agent, you will deliver excellent client outcomes by leading and providing senior thought leadership as part of teams delivering built‑asset projects, predominantly, but not exclusively, to local authority clients.

The team is currently working on several housing‑led mixed‑use regeneration projects, with projects sized 100‑350 units and construction values of £40m‑£385m.

• The day‑to‑day delivery of high quality, profitable services to clients and working with colleagues to manage multi‑million projects and programmes from inception through feasibility, design and planning stages, construction, completion and occupation/operation.
• Helping to create project plans and then executing and managing them effectively for clients, managing risk, change and programme delivery effectively.
• Assembling and leading multi‑disciplinary design and consultancy teams, often with a mixture of Arcadis colleagues, sub‑consultants and consultants appointed by the client.
• Acting as Contract Administrator, Employer’s Agent for JCT contracts or Project Manager for NEC contracts.

• A relevant professional qualification.
• Experience of leading housing, regeneration, mixed‑use and new settlement projects in London from inception to completion including planning processes, land‑use and development viability.
• Experience in programme management of complex portfolios of sites.
• Experience of change management within complex regeneration environments.
• Ability to align projects with economic development strategies and sustainability goals, helping build the business case for development.
• A track record of project delivery excellence, client care and commission growth.
• Experience of working in or for London local authority clients or other registered providers.
• Experience of effective and collaborative leadership of multi‑disciplinary teams (internal and external).
• Ability and desire to engage and negotiate effectively with stakeholders including a broad range of local authority clients, statutory bodies, funding bodies, developers, residents and users.
• Experience of public sector procurement strategy, processes, contract negotiation, and compliance.
• Experience managing partnerships and third‑party contractors.
• Knowledge and understanding of project management and Employer’s Agent services at all stages of projects, with a particular focus on design and construction.
• A hunger to learn and develop and a drive to deliver excellent outcomes for our clients.
• Ability to incorporate innovative solutions into regeneration schemes.
• A digital mindset, with the ability to use technology to better manage projects.

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 and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Work streams:
Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Other

• Professional Services