Infrastructure Project Manager

Arup; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in design services is seeking an Infrastructure Project Manager to join their Programme & Project Management team in London. This role focuses on managing complex building projects, leveraging strong project management skills to ensure successful delivery across various lifecycle stages. Candidates should have experience leading building projects and be working towards professional accreditation.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

Profit Share

Qualifications

• Post-qualification experience in relevant discipline.
• Progress towards membership of relevant professional body (APM, RICS, ICE, RIBA, CIOB).

Responsibilities

• Drive delivery of strategic and operational projects.
• Oversee multi-disciplinary design teams and support corrective actions.
• Establish risk and value management processes.

Skills

Project Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or Project Management

Job description

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Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

The Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our established and growing Programme & Project Management (PPM) team in London on a hybrid basis! You will be part of a diverse collaborative team responsible for the successful delivery of our project and programme management commissions across all our markets and clients, with an initial primary focus on the delivery of major complex building projects.

The role of a Project Manager will be to drive, challenge and successfully deliver strategic and operational projects using best practice PPM knowledge and advisory skills. Your typical activities will include being the day-to-day project manager on a range of projects, throughout the project lifecycle. You will be overseeing multi-disciplinary design teams, contractor site progress and performance, identifying risks and issues, and supporting corrective actions. You will be involved in contract administration between Arup and our clients, and with our partners and suppliers, developing client relationships, contributing to tenders and market engagement activities, and identifying and monitoring project leads and opportunities.

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.

Is this role right for you?

As a project manager you will be working with client and project team leads to establish a project brief, and the strategy for delivery of the project while managing projects throughout various lifecycle stages from definition, through design, construction, commissioning, and handover. You will define an overall schedule of work, review and integrating consultant and contractor schedules, and monitoring progress (with support from Project Planners).This will include business case development, governance processes, and gateway approvals, while reporting progress directly to clients and project boards.

Other aspects of your role will be to establish risk and value management processes and establishing management strategies for project risks and opportunities. You will get the opportunity to be involved in projects delivering organisational change, while incorporating sustainable development outcomes into our project delivery.

Requirements:

You will be able to demonstrate your understanding, skills, and experience in the following areas:

• Leading and managing the delivery of building projects, with relevant transferable experience, post-qualification in a relevant discipline, including Engineering, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or Project Management.
• Working towards membership of a relevant professional body, such as APM, RICS, ICE, RIBA, or CIOB, with individual chartership or active progress towards achieving it.
• Successful coordination and integration of multiple project delivery disciplines, including cost, schedule, procurement, health & safety, reporting, quality, and planning.
• Managing client and stakeholder engagement in large and/ or complex organisational environments – identifying key stakeholders, developing and executing effective communication arrangements, determining their requirements, and managing their engagement with, and integration into the project.

What We Offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different People, Shared Values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please contact Rachel Connolly at [e-mail] to let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

Our Application Process

To understand what to expect next, please visit https://www.arup.com/careers/recruitment-process/

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Closing Date: 4th of July 2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management

• Industries

  Design Services

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