Associate Project Manager / Employers Agent - Local Government

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein etabliertes Unternehmen sucht einen Associate Project Manager/Employers Agent, um das Team für lokale Behörden in London zu verstärken. In dieser Rolle sind Sie verantwortlich für die Lieferung hochwertiger Dienstleistungen und die Leitung komplexer Wohnprojekte. Sie werden mit einem engagierten Team zusammenarbeiten, um innovative Lösungen zu entwickeln und sicherzustellen, dass Projekte termingerecht und im Budgetrahmen abgeschlossen werden. Wenn Sie eine Leidenschaft für Projektmanagement haben und in einem dynamischen Umfeld arbeiten möchten, ist dies die perfekte Gelegenheit für Sie.

Qualifications

• Erfahrung in der Leitung komplexer Kapitalprojekte.
• Kenntnisse im öffentlichen Beschaffungswesen und in der Wohnungsentwicklung.

Responsibilities

• Leitung der täglichen Lieferung hochwertiger Dienstleistungen an Kunden.
• Zusammenstellung und Leitung multidisziplinärer Design- und Beratungsteams.

Skills

Projektmanagement

Kommunikation

Stakeholder-Management

Risikomanagement

Vertragsverwaltung

Education

Bachelor in Bauingenieurwesen oder verwandten Bereichen

Tools

Projektmanagement-Software

CAD-Software

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Associate Project Manager / Employers Agent - Local Government, London

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Posted:

29.04.2025

Expiry Date:

13.06.2025

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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 36,000 people, in over 70 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.

We're looking for an Associate Project Manager/Employers Agent to join our Local Authority team in London and the South-East. You'll be leading service delivery and working on a range of exciting projects, predominantly delivering mixed tenure housing-led regeneration promoted by London boroughs.

As an Associate level Project Manager/Employers Agent, you will deliver excellent client outcomes by leading and providing senior thought leadership as part of teams delivering built asset projects, predominantly, but not exclusively, to local authority clients.

This will include complex and challenging housing development and regeneration projects and programmes at all stages. You will be responsible for service quality and lead a team of project managers in this space. You will be expected to drive consistency in project management/employers agent solutions and introduce best-in-class reporting and project management tools into programmes.

• The day-to-day delivery of high-quality, profitable services to clients and working with colleagues to manage multi-million-pound projects and programmes from inception through feasibility, design and planning stages, construction, completion, and occupation/operation
• Helping to create project plans and then executing and managing them effectively for clients, managing risk, change, and programme delivery effectively
• Assembling and leading multi-disciplinary design and consultancy teams, often with a mixture of Arcadis colleagues, sub-consultants, and consultants appointed by the client
• Leading the procurement, appointment, and management of contractors with support from public sector officers and legal advisors
• Leading soft Market Testing with potential Contractors, Delivery Partners, and Operators and providing a report with options and recommendations
• Providing recommendations for and managing procurement of consultants, assessments, and surveys as required in accordance with WCC's procurement requirements
• Managing key stage handovers (e.g., design, construction, and occupation), preparing and reviewing Handover Packs with relevant parties including pre- and post-construction info, consents, certificates, warranties, Home User Guides, snagging, defect procedures, access, and security
• Acting as Contract Administrator, Employers Agent for JCT contracts or Project Manager for NEC contracts. Responsible for all statutory paperwork, consents, and contractual mechanisms (including certification, instructions, and claim recommendations)
• Working with the contractor to establish quality benchmarks and standards to achieve zero defects at completion
• Setting expectations for and monitoring progress and compliance of all handover documentation to ensure smooth handover to the client and new homeowner/occupier

Qualifications & Experience:

First and foremost, you share our passion for improving the quality of life. You pride yourself on the part you play in transforming the world around you and understand the importance of teamwork. You are technically capable and come to us with:

• Experience of leading complex capital projects
• Flexible skills focused on client engagement and a drive to deliver successful projects
• Experience of working in or for local authority clients or other registered providers
• Experience in delivery of residential projects, preferably with a social housing focus
• Ability and desire to communicate well with a diverse mix of stakeholders
• An understanding of public procurement
• Knowledge and understanding of project management and employers' agent services at all stages of projects, with a particular focus on design and construction.
• A hunger to learn and develop and a drive to deliver excellent outcomes for our clients.
• A digital mindset, with the ability to use technology to better manage projects