Job description
Graduate Project Manager
Job Details
- Locations:London
- Job Type:Graduates
- Closing Date:20 May 2025
- Ref:5344
Interested In This Role?
A Future with purpose
At Arup we’re dedicated to sustainable development and to do socially useful work that has meaning. Our purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.
We solve the world's most complex problems and deliver what seems impossible. We explore challenges with curiosity and creativity - using technology, imagination and rigour to deliver remarkable outcomes.
The Opportunity
At Arup, we shape some of the world's most innovative and iconic projects through our work in infrastructure, building design, and specialist technical services. Independently owned and driven by a shared spirit, we are a global collective of designers, engineers, consultants, and technical experts committed to making a positive impact on the world.
We take an integrated approach to delivering sustainable solutions, helping to design cities and complex urban and rural environments that are fit for the future.
Our Integrated Delivery team is at the heart of winning, leading, and delivering complex, multidisciplinary projects across the City Planning and Design (CPD) portfolio. We aim to harness Arup's full breadth of expertise—nurturing talent, pioneering new ways of working, and expanding our capacity to deliver more and better outcomes for our clients.
Our team brings together landscape architects, urban designers, architects, planners, and sustainability specialists. What sets us apart is our ability to collaborate across disciplines to solve complex, sometimes unconventional challenges, helping clients realise integrated visions and create places that are successful, resilient, and people centred.
We offer a broad and well-established landscape architecture service, supporting our clients with:
- Major infrastructure programme management and delivery
- Concept design through to planning
- Detailed design for construction
- Masterplanning
- Visualisations and 3D modelling
- Design guidelines and best practice
- Feasibility studies and area strategies
- Strategic planning and policy review
We work seamlessly alongside Arup's wide-ranging expertise, including urban design, ecology, architecture, planning, engineering, cost consultancy, and sustainability—ensuring every project benefits from a holistic, multidisciplinary perspective.
As a Graduate Project Manager within Arup's Integrated Delivery team, you'll play a key supporting role in the successful delivery of complex, multidisciplinary projects that a better built environment. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the delivery of high-quality, coordinated, and timely project outputs that align with client expectations and project goals.
- Assisting in the day-to-day management of project scope, programme, and budget, helping to keep everything on track.
- Collaborating with colleagues across disciplines to ensure seamless coordination and integration of design inputs.
- Helping to prepare key project documentation such as reports, client submittals, meeting minutes, presentations, and project plans.
- Contributing to the organisation and documentation of project meetings, including tracking actions and ensuring follow-up.
- Supporting the Project Manager and senior team with project reporting, progress tracking, and risk identification.
- Assisting in the preparation and management of Requests for Information (RFIs), change control documentation, and contractual records under guidance.
- Engaging with a variety of stakeholders, including architects, engineers, clients, subconsultants, and JV partners, to help maintain clear communication and project alignment.
- Helping to develop and maintain project management tools and systems to support efficient delivery.
- Gaining broad technical awareness to effectively support and understand multidisciplinary project teams.
- Contributing to commercial oversight tasks such as budget tracking, expenditure monitoring, and cost reporting, as your experience grows.
- Working as part of a supportive project management community, building strong relationships across Arup and developing your skills under the guidance of experienced professionals.
Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work permanently in the UK without our sponsorship.
Is this role right for you?
We are looking for the following qualifications, attributes and skills.
- Bachelor's degree or a master's degree in the field of Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering or Architecture
- Good communication skills essential for team-based working
- Sound knowledge of engineering fundamentals
- Excellent planning and organization skills required for our fast-paced environment
- Must be highly motivated, proactive and willing to take on new challenges
- Able to work independently or as part of a large team
- Interest in infrastructure and buildings projects
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
This role is based in London, and we will be considering UK based applications only.
We're looking for people who are curious and ready to evolve how you think and work. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. If you can share your knowledge and ideas and encourage others to do the same; whilst having a desire to deliver excellent services for clients – we'd like to hear from you.
You should be able to start this opportunity in September 2025.
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 permanent members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
We also provide for our permanent members Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to 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.
Next steps
Please click on the role that most interests you to find out further information and to apply. We then ask that you complete the application form, attaching any required documents. We will be reviewing applications for this position on a rolling basis. You are therefore strongly encouraged to apply in advance of the application deadline.
Different people, shared values
At Arup, we foster an environment where every individual’s unique perspective and background is valued. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype, mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and family status, including pregnancy and family leave, in compliance with applicable laws. By championing the diversity of our people, we create a stronger, more resilient organisation that positively impacts our people, our culture, our clients and partners, and our communities.
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. Discover more about inclusion at Arup, including our employee resource groups that support our inclusive culture, covering areas such as race, ethnicity, cross-cultural working, gender equity, LGBTQ+ inclusion, and disability inclusion: https://www.arup.com/careers/inclusion-at-arup/
At Arup, we appreciate that everyone’s circumstances are different, and having the freedom to flex the way we work is essential to our wellbeing. If flexibility matters to you, let us know when you apply, and we will discuss how this could work in your role.
We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please contact UKEarlyCareersRecruitment@arup.com 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.
