Senior Project Manager - Complex Buildings

Arup; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Arup is hiring senior project managers to join the Programme and Project Management team across Birmingham and Nottingham. You will act as a key client contact, lead multi-disciplinary coordination and manage contracts and reporting while supporting growth in the Midlands region.

The role offers opportunities to develop skills, working with senior colleagues to deliver projects across healthcare, higher education, government and property sectors while contributing to a vibrant local business

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant discipline with professional body membership or chartership pursuit.
• Capital project management experience with mentoring junior colleagues.
• Strong project management knowledge and commercial awareness; ability to support line reports.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key client contact and build long-term relationships.
• Lead multi-disciplinary coordination with Arup and partner organisations.
• Track scope changes, risks, issues and escalate as needed.
• Lead day-to-day contract management, including change management, warnings, reporting and invoicing.
• Support project control systems covering cost, schedule, risk and performance reporting.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Education

Relevant degree in a discipline

Tools

CEMAR

FastDraft

Job description

Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

The Opportunity

We are hiring talented project managers at senior levels to join our Programme and Project Management team to support ongoing workload and our ambitious growth plans in Birmingham and Nottingham. We are part of a broad and diverse group of Programme and Project Managers in both our city centre offices and are passionate about supporting the sustainable growth and enhancement of the Midlands and seek to apply that enthusiasm to contribute to a vibrant local business community. The roles offer opportunities to develop your skills, working closely with senior colleagues in a wide variety of project and programme management and advisory roles to support our public and private sector clients. Our team are engaged in exciting building projects and programmes across healthcare, higher education, government and property sectors. If you are a project management professional with relevant experience in areas such as higher education, healthcare/life sciences and industrial sectors, we’d like to hear from you! 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 senior project manager you will act as a key client contact, fostering long‑term relationships and positioning Arup as a trusted advisor. This will include building and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will be leading coordination with multi‑disciplinary teams across Arup and partner organisations, tracking and managing scope changes, risks, and issues, escalating complex matters as needed. You will also lead on day‑to‑day contract management activities, such as change management, early warnings and risk management, documentation and reporting, and invoicing and payments, and supporting the establishment and operation of project control systems, including cost, schedule, risk, and performance reporting.

Requirements

• A relevant degree qualification in a relevant discipline and a member of a relevant professional body or interested in pursuing professional chartership.
• Relevant experience of working in a project management role on capital projects and a background in supporting/mentoring junior colleagues on our project management activities.
• Have demonstrable project management knowledge, commercial awareness, and motivated to support line reports in their project management skills development.
• Knowledge and experience of managing NEC and/or JCT form of contracts.
• Experience in utilising contract administration software (CEMAR, FastDraft).

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 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.