Senior Project Manager

at  Arup

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THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our Advisory Services Midlands Group in Birmingham. The role is focused on delivering growth in the Transport and Major Projects team. The candidate will be joining at a truly exciting time as the team seeks to strengthen and expand a portfolio of strategically important commissions with key regional clients. The role will entail a healthy mix of client-facing programme and project delivery and advisory work, internal coordination and management of major projects, business development activities, and line management and development of junior colleagues. The candidate can expect to join a skilled, diverse, and motivated team that delivers excellent and sustainable outcomes for clients and enables the continued development of one another.
In this role you will be providing a range of programme and project management advisory and delivery services, leading the day-to-day delivery of our commissions for clients. This will include providing robust advice around programme and project management of infrastructure capital works, including performance reporting, scope, change, schedule, cost, risk, issue, stakeholder, and contract management. You will analyse current project and programme management arrangements within client organisations and recommend and implement robust and sustainable improvements. Supporting transformational change initiatives, including designing and establishing new operating models and process mapping.
As an experienced member of our team, you will represent Arup directly with clients, forming long-term “trusted advisor” relationships and influencing socially useful outcomes, leading and managing multi-disciplinary Arup and supplier teams on client commissions. You will also get the opportunity to contribute to business development activities, including the preparation of expressions of interest, tenders, proposals, and thought leadership pieces, and represent Arup at industry events and conferences, disseminating learning within the firm.
At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Chartered with the Association for Project Management (APM) or equivalent professional body, or actively working towards achieving this.
• A well-rounded background in programme and project management roles in the built environment across the typical project lifecycle.
• Client-facing skills, including communication, negotiation and influencing.
• Leadership and team management skills, including coaching, conflict resolution, setting clear goals, and driving successful delivery.
  Not ready to apply just yet or have some questions? Contact Rachel Connolly at rachel.connolly@arup.com - Please note, to ensure we remain GDPR compliant, do not send your CV to us directly via this email.

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