Graduate Project Controls Consultant

Arcadis; Warrington; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in Warrington is launching its two-year Graduate GROW Programme, designed to transition graduates into professional project roles with client work from day one. The scheme blends technical project controls experience with centralized training to grow business acumen and professional skills.

As a Graduate Project Controller, you will monitor project progress, liaise with clients, and identify risks while coordinating with contractors to support delivery and development across sectors.

Qualifications

• You will be graduating in 2027 or have recently graduated in 2025 or 2026, with at least a 2:2 in a relevant master's or bachelor's degree.
• Demonstrates resilience, creativity and being a team player.
• Excellent communication and ability to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Monitor progress of project work and liaise with clients.
• Identify risks and provide timely resolutions to issues.
• Coordinate with contractors and other stakeholders to drive delivery.

Skills

Project Controls

Analytical Thinking

Team Player

Stakeholder Communication

Education

BSc or MSc in Construction/Engineering

Job description

Application Closing Date: 6th November 2026 - Please note we reserve the right to close roles sooner, so Early Application is encouraged.

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

Our two-year Graduate GROW Programme supports your transition from student to professional, sitting along client work and real projects from day one. Each graduate’s journey is unique, shaped by their chosen specialism and the variety of projects they contribute to. You will build your technical expertise by contributing to meaningful client engagements and project work, whilst business acumen and professional skills will be developed through centrally delivered graduate cohort training. Although there are no formal rotations, graduates are encouraged and supported by their managers to proactively seek opportunities, to broaden their experience and support their development.

As a project manager joining GROW, you’ll be working within a diverse team, cultivating a deep understanding of our sectors, building long-term relationships with clients and colleagues, and finding ways to improve ways in which we work. You’ll be responsible for your monitoring progress of project work, liaising with clients, implementing timely resolution to issues, identifying risks in the delivery, coordinating with contractors and given every opportunity to build your skillsets.

Role accountabilities

Project Controls - Project controls includes the data gathering, management and analytical processes used to understand, predict and constructively influence the time and cost outcomes of a project or program through the communication of information that inform effective management and decision making. Control systems for projects are defined and implemented by the project controls team during the definition and mobilisation phase of the project lifecycle.

Our Project Controls colleagues work at the very heart of projects, making sure that teams and clients work together efficiently, have clear direction and are enabled to do their best work. You’ll be supported as you take responsibility for delivering industry-defining work that truly transforms the world and improves quality of life. The Project Controls programme at Arcadis is perfect for graduates aspiring to become key players in the delivery of major construction and engineering projects, utilising their communication, digital, and coordination skills to steer project teams to success. #GradControls

Accepted degrees

• BSc or MSc Project Controls, Construction or Engineering related degree such as Construction Project Management, Civil Engineering or Project Management.
• We also will consider those from a non-relevant background, including courses such as Law, Management and Business-related degrees etc, with view to supporting them through chartership.

Qualifications & Experience

• You will be graduating in 2027 or have recently graduated in 2025 or 2026, with at least a 2:2 in a relevant master's or bachelor's degree
• You will demonstrate typical Arcadian skills including Resilience, Creativity, Analytical Thinking and being a Team Player
• You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to use your technical knowledge to influence and consult stakeholders.
• Willing to travel and stay away from home when required (where possible we embrace virtual working)

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.

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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.