Associate Director – Project Management (Local Government)

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:

Join our Local Government team as an Associate Director – Project Management, delivering high-profile projects across London and the South-East. We’re looking for someone with a consultancy background and proven experience managing Local Government projects. You’ll lead service delivery on complex housing and regeneration schemes, providing strategic direction and senior leadership for local authority clients from project inception to completion.

Role accountabilities:

• Deliver high-quality, profitable consultancy services on multi-million-pound Local Government projects
• Develop and manage project plans, risk, change, and programme delivery
• Lead multi-disciplinary consultancy teams, including Arcadis colleagues and external partners
• Act as Employer’s Agent (JCT) or Project Manager (NEC), administering contracts and safeguarding client interests
• Manage stakeholder relationships and negotiations with local authorities and partners
• Ensure compliance with public sector procurement processes and drive innovation in project delivery

Qualifications & Experience:

• Consultancy background is essential with substantial experience on Local Government or public sector projects
• Relevant professional qualification (e.g., RICS, APM, CIOB, or equivalent)
• Experience leading housing, regeneration, or mixed-use projects
• Strong knowledge of public sector procurement, contract administration, and multi-disciplinary team leadership
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills
• A digital mindset and passion for delivering outstanding client outcomes

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.

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