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Associate Project Manager (Higher Education)

Arcadis


Job Location:

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 29 August 2026 (19 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 26 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Project Management

Job Summary

Description

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description
We are seeking an experienced Associate Project Manager to join our team supporting Higher Education clients across the UK. This role focuses on the delivery of construction capital projects refurbishment fit-out infrastructure and estate development programmes.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in construction project management and experience delivering projects from initial planning and procurement through to construction handover and close out. You will be comfortable working within complex stakeholder environments and building trusted relationships with clients consultants contractors and project teams.
Alongside project delivery you will manage multiple priorities support client account growth contribute to bid activities and ensure projects are delivered safely efficiently and commercially successfully. Experience working with Higher Education clients is highly desirable.
Role Accountabilities
  • Lead construction and capital projects for Higher Education clients from inception through to handover and close out.
  • Manage project budgets programmes risks governance processes and contract compliance requirements.
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary teams consultants contractors and stakeholders to achieve project objectives.
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships supporting account development and long-term partnerships.
  • Contribute to bid submissions tender responses and proposal development activities.
  • Drive high-quality project delivery ensuring programme cost quality and risk objectives are achieved.
Qualifications & Experience
  • Proven experience as a Project Manager within the construction or built environment sector.
  • Experience delivering capital projects refurbishment fit-out infrastructure or estate development schemes.
  • Strong client management commercial awareness and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Experience managing complex projects within live operational environments.
  • Experience working with Higher Education clients is preferred.
  • Bid writing tender management or account management experience is desirable.
  • Experience delivering laboratory research or other specialist technical building projects would be advantageous.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate a successful track record in project management and the ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining excellent client service and commercial outcomes.
Ready to Apply
If you have the construction project management expertise and stakeholder management skills to deliver successful projects for Higher Education clients wed love to hear from you. Apply today to join a team delivering impactful projects across the UK.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll 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.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

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 Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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About Company

Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, who are dedicated to improving quality of life. We do so by developing innovative solutions to create liveable cities, to establish a people-cent ... View more

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