Assistant Project Manager (Rail Design and Engineering)

Poutrix; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to deliver elements of projects and support programmes of work. You will assist in planning, reporting and stakeholder coordination to ensure projects meet time, cost and quality requirements.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and experience in large projects, with strong communication, data reporting and project controls skills. Proficiency with relevant software is expected, and chartered status or certification is desirable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
• Relevant experience supporting large and/or complex projects.
• Good communication skills and confidence working with data, reporting and project control systems.
• Proficiency in relevant software and systems; working towards a relevant professional certification or chartered status is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver distinct elements of projects and contribute to overall programmes of work.
• Assist in producing plans and schedules to support time and quality standards.
• Coordinate project information (actions, risks, issues, dependencies, deliverables) and escalate exceptions.
• Collate and interpret data to prepare project documents and reporting outputs.
• Analyse project data and trends to support decision‑making with practical recommendations.
• Monitor project financial information and support basic commercial administration within defined authority.
• Proactively monitor and evaluate project management processes to identify improvement opportunities.
• Liaise with stakeholders to provide advisory support and ensure alignment between policy and practice.

Skills

Communication

Data reporting

Project controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

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

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will deliver distinct elements of projects and contribute to overall programmes of work. You will work independently on defined tasks and outputs, supporting effective planning, reporting, controls and stakeholder coordination to help deliver projects to time, cost and quality requirements.

Key Accountabilities

Project Delivery & Work Package Support

• Work within established procedures to assist in producing plans and schedules for projects, supporting delivery to time and quality standards.
• Take an active role in coordinating project information (actions, risks, issues, dependencies, deliverables) and escalating exceptions as appropriate.

Planning, Reporting & Insight

• Independently collate and interpret data to prepare project documents including plans, schedules and reporting outputs.
• Analyse project data and trends to develop simple, practical recommendations to support senior colleagues’ decision‑making.

Financial & Commercial Support

• Monitor and review project financial information to identify anomalies or discrepancies and ensure management has access to accurate, up‑to‑date information.
• Support day‑to‑day commercial administration activities (e.g., tracking changes, assumptions/exclusions, and basic contract communications) within defined authority and guidance.

Process Improvement & Assurance

• Proactively monitor and evaluate project management processes to identify opportunities to improve processes and systems.
• Complete complex professional tasks as requested, prioritising workload and interpreting established policies to support the project management function.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication

• Liaise with stakeholders across the business to provide advisory support to internal clients, acting as a focal point for operational project queries.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with colleagues and stakeholders, supporting alignment between policy and operational practice.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
• Relevant experience supporting large and/or complex projects.
• Good communication skills and confidence working with data, reporting and project control systems.
• Proficiency in relevant software and systems; working towards a relevant professional certification or chartered status is desirable.

Why Arcadis?

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 maximize 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.

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.