Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 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:
You will work side-by-side with Project Managers to plan and coordinate activities of delivery teams across multiple projects in our Digital Transportation portfolio. You will support Project Managers in planning, programming and executing projects according to agreed processes, deadlines and within budget. This role sits within our global business area Digital Intelligence. We use digital intelligence and deep human knowledge to create products and solutions in a holistic way. We empower our clients with agile, data-driven insights and technologies that complement our sustainable design, engineering and advisory expertise.
Role accountabilities:
This role requires a proactive individual who can coordinate team efforts, manage resources, and communicate effectively with stakeholders, including external clients.
- Project Planning: Assist in defining project requirements, scope and deliverables. Help in developing project plans and associated documents.
- Resource Management: Assist in coordinating resources and team members to ensure efficient project execution. Monitor resource utilisation and coordinate updates to resource plans.
- Scheduling and Budgeting: Support the creation and management of project schedules and budgets. Monitor project progress and costs to ensure projects remain on track.
- Risk Management: Identify potential project risks, assess impacts and develop mitigation strategies in collaboration with the Project Manager.
- Communication: Liaise between the project delivery team, client, and the Project Manager. Facilitate regular meetings and ensure efficient communication flow between parties.
- Documentation and Reporting: Assist in maintaining comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, status reports, action logs and other necessary records.
- Problem-Solving: Assist in resolving any issues or challenges that arise during project execution, identifying potential solutions and remedies with the Project Manager.
- Reporting: Prepare regular status reports and updates for client and management.
- Project Delivery: Assist in project delivery activities where necessary (e.g. business/requirements analysis, testing, configuration)
Qualifications & Experience:
You are a multitasker with excellent verbal and written communication skills comfortable with and the complex nature of digital and software project delivery. You are resilient and good at working collaboratively with all styles of team members. This is typically a role for a candidate with the long-term potential and ambition to grow into a senior Project Manager role with Arcadis.
In addition, you have the following qualifications and competencies:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Business Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field is preferred but not required; relevant professional experience will also be considered
- 2+ years of experience in project management or a related role.
- Strong organisational and multitasking abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in project management software and tools, including Microsoft Office packages (specifically Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- A resilient, positive and flexible approach to working in a global environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Willing to perform varying duties depending on the shifting needs of projects and the wider team
- CAPM or PMP certification is preferred but not required
- Quality driven, with good attention to detail
- Proactive and can work autonomously
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt to processes and specific project requirements
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.
