Assistant Project Manager

Arcadis; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in Glasgow is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead energy projects and a portfolio of programmes. You will drive delivery, safety, budget adherence, and technical compliance while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

You will monitor progress, manage risks, prepare reports for senior stakeholders, and oversee contract administration with support from Commercial Managers. The role requires an engineering degree, chartered status, and proven leadership in complex energy

Qualifications

• Experience delivering energy sector projects in dynamic environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets and schedules.
• Strong governance, safety, and environmental awareness.
• Excellent presentation, influencing, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to collaborate with senior management and clients.

Responsibilities

• Deliver multiple small to medium projects or programmes.
• Drive delivery safely on time and within budget.
• Monitor progress, track milestones, and report to stakeholders.
• Identify risks and manage budget variances.
• Oversee contract administration and variations.
• Provide guidance to colleagues on compliance processes.
• Analyse data to identify trends and support decisions.
• Advise senior management on project issues.

Skills

Project management

Budget control

Risk management

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent

Chartered status

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

Due to growth and demand we have opportunities for Project Manager working with our Energy Sector clients on Major Energy Projects or a Portfolio of projects. Within this account the volume of projects has grown steadily, and we are in a position to expand the current established team.

Role Accountabilities

• Deliver a number of small to medium scale projects or programmes of work
• Drive the project(s) delivery to ensure they are delivered safely on time, to budget, meeting business & technical requirements
• Monitor and manage the progress of the programme – track progress against milestones, deadlines, budget, provide key stakeholders with reports on these matters and ensure all parties are informed and aware of project progress and expectations
• Identify risks and facilitate the resolution of all issues raised, develop and update the programme budget, and escalat[e] any issues to the Senior Project Manager
• Undertake all contract administration activities (with support of a Commercial Manager) including variations, claims, technical queries and instructions
• Work within established financial systems to independently produce plans and schedules and track and manage budgets, highlighting variances
• Provide advice to colleagues surrounding behaviours, to ensure adherence to internal and external compliance processes
• Analyse and review a range of data to identify key existing and emerging themes and trends. Use own and others’ analysis to provide recommendations that support project decision-making
• Use own knowledge and experience of industry best practice to review and analyse project processes and policies, providing insightful recommendations that support senior management to improve processes and systems
• Interact effectively and proactively across the organisation, seeking to develop ways to support collaboration and ensure projects/programmes can be delivered to meet internal customer expectations
• Advise senior management on issues relating to own project, providing subject matter advice in order to support successful delivery in line with project objectives and strategies

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent
• Relevant professional qualification or chartered status
• Track record of delivering projects within a technically complex (small to medium sized) and dynamic environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security and environmental responsibility, ideally within the Energy sector or similar regulated environment
• Able to demonstrate strong management skills including project management, financial management, change management and facilitation. Proficient in the use of estimating scheduling, programming and risk tools.
• Commercial acumen and the ability to manage relationships with clients and external stakeholders
• Good presentation, influencing and facilitation skills. Excellent communication and organisational skills, able to develop relationships and maintain effective networks
• Knowledge of own area managed and an understanding of wider programme and business
• Experience in managing business relationships at senior-management level

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.