Senior Project Manager - Buildings/Infrastructure

ZipRecruiter; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex building projects in London. This role involves managing delivery for clients across diverse sectors including healthcare, technology, and higher education. The successful candidate will oversee project teams, ensure quality, and drive client satisfaction while contributing to innovative strategies within the industry.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection cover

Flexible benefits

Profit share

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex projects and multidisciplinary design teams.
• Evidence of formal professional development or training.
• Membership of a professional body such as APM, RICS, ICE, RIBA, or CIOB.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day project activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee multi-disciplinary design teams and contractor performance.
• Drive delivery of complex strategic and operational projects.

Skills

Project Management

Client Relations

Risk Management

Education

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

Job description

Job Description

Joining Arup

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

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The Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join our established and growing Programme & Project Management (PPM) team in London. 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. You will be managing major building projects for both private and public sector clients in scientific research laboratories (particularly life science), higher education, healthcare and technology (particularly data centres), and commercial property.

The role of a Senior Project Manager will be to drive, challenge and successfully deliver complex 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 complex projects, throughout the project lifecycle.
• Overseeing multi-disciplinary design teams, contractor site progress and performance, identifying risks and issues, and supporting corrective actions.
• Contract administration between Arup and our clients, and with our partners and suppliers.
• Integrating diverse skills and experiences into a team to deliver commissions to a high standard of quality, and client satisfaction.
• 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.

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

• Working with client and project team leads to establish a project brief, and the strategy for delivery of the project.
• Managing business case development, governance processes, and gateway approvals.
• Reporting progress directly to clients and project boards.
• Defining an overall schedule of work, review and integrating consultant and contractor schedules, and monitoring progress (with support from Project Planners).
• Project or programme manager for projects delivering organisational change.
• Incorporating sustainable development outcomes into project delivery.

Requirements:

• Degree in a relevant discipline, including Engineering, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or Project Management.
• Membership of a relevant professional body, such as APM, RICS, ICE, RIBA, or CIOB, with individual chartership or active progress towards achieving it.
• Evidence of formal professional development / training.

Not ready to apply just yet or have some questions? Contact Rachel Connolly at [e-mail] - Please note, to ensure we remain GDPR compliant, do not send your CV to us directly via this email.

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 benefitsto 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 (within legal limits), or expression, marital status, , neurotype or mental health, or , faith or belief, , socioeconomic background, and whether you’re 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 , and cross-cultural working to equity and + and – 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: 10th of July 2025