Project Manager – Construction Delivery

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Location:

London, Greater London, United Kingdom | Bristol, United Kingdom Department:
Construction Management Business Unit: AUK UKWork Type:
On-site

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

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Role Description As a Project Manager – Construction Delivery, you will support and coordinate the successful delivery of construction-related activities within complex, highly regulated programme environments. The role is focused on providing construction delivery leadership, coordinating and delivering project management capability across defined packages, site areas or technical interfaces.

This is a management-level role, working across client, contractor, consultant and multidisciplinary delivery teams. You will help ensure construction activities are planned, coordinated and delivered in line with agreed scope, programme, cost, quality, safety and governance requirements.

The role requires a balanced approach between site engagement, project management discipline and stakeholder coordination. You will be expected to understand delivery constraints, support practical and technical issue resolution, maintain strong relationships with delivery partners, and provide clear reporting and recommendations to support effective decision-making.

You will act as a key interface between construction delivery, project management, engineering, commercial, project controls, H&S, quality and wider stakeholder teams. You will help integrate construction delivery into wider programme governance, supporting a collaborative, controlled and outcome-focused delivery environment.

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Role Accountabilities Construction Delivery Leadership Lead and support the delivery of defined construction packages, site areas or interfaces, ensuring alignment with agreed scope, programme, cost, quality, safety and regulatory requirements.

Provide visible leadership across contractors, delivery partners and multidisciplinary teams, setting clear expectations for collaboration, accountability and reliable delivery.

Coordinate construction delivery activities, ensuring works are appropriately planned, sequenced, monitored and progressed in line with project governance and delivery priorities.

Identify and help resolve delivery constraints, interface issues and risks, ensuring actions, decisions and escalations are clearly recorded and managed.

Construction Readiness, Assurance and Close-Out Support construction readiness, delivery planning and assurance activities to help confirm works are appropriately prepared, coordinated and progressed.

Work with engineering, H&S, quality and delivery teams to support safe, compliant and practical construction delivery.

Support the review and close-out of construction evidence (i.e. Inspection Test Plan adherence), handover information and completion documentation required to demonstrate compliant delivery.

Support the identification and resolution of technical queries, non-conformances, change items and field engineering issues.

Commercial, Contract and Performance Management Support the management of construction delivery performance against agreed scope, programme, cost, quality and productivity expectations.

Work with commercial and project controls teams to report progress, forecast positions, emerging pressures and delivery implications.

Support contract and commercial management activities, including change control, early warnings, compensation events and contractor performance reviews where applicable.

Provide clear input to reporting, governance forums and decision-making processes, ensuring delivery risks and commercial implications are understood.

Interface and Stakeholder Leadership Act as a key interface between construction delivery, project management, engineering, commercial, project controls, H&S, quality, contractors and client stakeholders.

Lead and support the management of construction interfaces across assigned packages, work areas or delivery scopes.

Build effective working relationships with contractors, clients, internal teams and delivery partners to support collaborative and timely delivery.

Maintain clear and timely communication across relevant stakeholders, ensuring construction activity is understood, coordinated and appropriately reported.

Team Development and Continuous Improvement Contribute to the development of delivery teams…