Senior Real Estate Project Manager 12 month Fixed Term Contract
🔍 London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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The Opportunity
At Arup, our Workplace and Facilities Management (WFM) team is dedicated to creating exceptional working environments across our high-end commercial office spaces throughout the UK. We’re seeking a dynamic and experienced Real Estate Project Manager to lead a diverse portfolio of refurbishment and fit-out projects, from single office upgrades to full-floor transformations including server rooms and complex relocations.
This is a pivotal role where you’ll collaborate closely with the Arup Client, Property Team, and WFM stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of projects that are not only functional and beautiful but also sustainable and inclusive. You’ll help shape spaces that support wellbeing, productivity, and innovation ensuring every project aligns with our values and integrates seamlessly with day-to-day operations across our offices.
You’ll lead the full lifecycle of fit‑out, refurbishment, and relocation projects, managing contractors, logistics, and key stakeholder coordination to ensure seamless delivery. Working from initial brief through to close‑out, you’ll develop project scopes, budgets, and financial controls while ensuring compliance with CDM regulations and sustainability goals. You’ll collaborate closely with internal teams including WFM, Property, DTG, AV, and HSEQ to integrate best practice across every stage, maintaining accurate documentation, programmes, and reporting aligned to RIBA and Office Design Guidance. You’ll oversee procurement and tender processes, manage contracts and defect liability periods, and provide guidance and support to delivery teams, contributing to strong governance, risk management, and clear client communication throughout.
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?
We are looking for someone who:
Has proven experience delivering commercial fit‑out, refurbishment, or relocation projects, ideally within live or occupied office environments.
Is a strong communicator with the confidence to engage stakeholders at all levels and manage complex, fast‑moving project environments.
Is skilled in coordinating design teams, contractors, and suppliers, with solid working knowledge of JCT contracts and regulatory requirements.
Has a proactive, solutions‑focused mindset with strong problem‑solving, organisational, and decision‑making capabilities with the ability to balance multiple priorities while maintaining high standards of detail, governance, and client communication.
Holds a professional qualification in Project and Programme Management (e.g. APM PMQ or equivalent)
Not ready to apply just yet or have some questions? Contact Rhian Melaney at rhian.melaney@arup.com - Please note, to ensure we remain GDPR compliant do not send your CV directly to us 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 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.
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 Rhian Melaney at rhian.melaney@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.
Our Application Process
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