Project Manager - Defence & Security

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, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

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, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We are excited to be growing our project management capability within our UK Defence team and seeking a Project Manager to join us based in London, Guildford or Bristol. You will be responsible for delivering your scope of work in line with budgetary, compliance, regulatory and planning controls, and will deep technical knowledge and broad business experience. Additionally, you will operationally manage core projects or programmes of work to deliver defined objectives

Role accountabilities:

Oversee an agreed scope of work and/or the operational workload of a team or contractors; ensuring allocated work is completed/resources are fully utilised in order to deliver against an agreed programme of work

Work within established financial systems to independently produce plans and schedules and track and manage budgets, highlighting variances in order to manage and control project delivery targets

Deliver a number of small to medium scale projects or programmes of work, ensuring appropriate use of resources and budgets to deliver the required scope of work within set deadlines

Present any project risks or issues to senior managers to ensure the project is not adversely impacted, and ensure the delivery of projects to compliant standards

Provide advice to colleagues surrounding behaviours, to ensure adherence to internal and external compliance processes

Analyse and review a range of data to identify key existing and emerging themes and trends. Use own and others’ analysis to provide recommendations that support project decision-making

Use own knowledge and experience of industry best practice to review and analyse project processes and policies, providing insightful recommendations that support senior management to improve processes and systems

Interact effectively and proactively across the organisation, seeking to develop ways to support collaboration and ensure projects/programmes can be delivered to meet internal customer expectations

Advise senior management on issues relating to own project, providing subject matter advice in order to support successful delivery in line with project objectives and strategies

Liaise and collaborate with clients and stakeholders, in order to ensure all parties are informed and aware of project progress and expectations

Responsible for setting project delivery approach and plan in consultation with key stakeholders

Establish project delivery plans and appropriate control mechanisms to assure delivery

Responsible for performance management of project team / resource

Qualifications &

Experience:

Possess the skills and experience to actively support the internal team and manage more junior staff on technically complex projects/programme of works typically ranging between £5m and £150mAble to work closely with external stakeholders to build client relationships, and manage business relationships at middle-management level

Experience in NEC Contract Suites In depth knowledge of the Defence & Security sector and construction/built asset sector.

Capable of taking a project through from inception to completion

Ability to obtain BPSS clearance

Ability to obtain SC clearance

Advantageous:

Experience of coaching and mentoring more junior colleagues and emerging leadership skills

Ability to obtain DV clearance

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their…