Graduate Project Manager 2025

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

Arup's managed clients programme is a strategic driver of excellence, enabling our relationship teams to transform client challenges into new opportunities while driving higher levels of satisfaction and long-term, purposeful relationships. The programme supports our work with Arup's key clients, enabling our client teams to develop meaningful relationships that lead to lasting partnerships and strong commercial outcomes.  

This programme requires dedicated project management to ensure its ongoing success and continuous improvement.   

This graduate role supports the delivery and coordination of initiatives across the global managed client's programme. The project manager will report to the global clients lead and will provide project management support to deliver the goals and objectives of the programme.   

This role is highly varied and provides the opportunity to work on a global scale, supporting a range of activities relating to best practice relationship management and client-centric initiatives. The successful candidate will work with diverse teams, including client-facing leaders, and will build relationships at all levels, helping to implement impactful client-focused strategies.   

Location: London, but other UK locations would be considered. 

 Key responsibilities include

• Supporting the global client programme leader in the development and management of the programme workplan and initiatives, including tracking milestones and monitoring progress.  
• Assisting in fostering a client-centric culture by supporting initiatives that promote collaboration, empathy, and alignment with client goals throughout the firm.  
• Supporting improved use of CRM and other client systems by client teams to optimise the managed clients programme. This will include collaborating with the client systems team to analyse data, improve integration, support training sessions for client-facing teams, and enhance the usability of client dashboards.  
• Coordinating with global teams to support the delivery of the programme's client-centric initiatives in line with programme objectives.  
• Providing administrative support, including meeting coordination, agenda preparation, AI-enabled note taking, and follow up on action items.  
• Managing small-scale programme projects independently, ensuring they are delivered on time and to a high standard.  
• Maintaining and updating the global clients hub on SharePoint, including filing structures, updating documents, and ensuring content is well-organised and accessible to all members.  
• Acting as a key liaison for regional managed client programme leads, helping to integrate initiatives into the business.  
• Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders, external clients, and partners to foster collaboration and alignment.  
• Supporting the monitoring and reporting on Arup managed clients, including preparation of the quarterly performance reports.   
• Contributing to process improvements to enhance the effectiveness of the programme.  

Is this role right for you? 

For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, knowledge, skills and attributes:  

• Degree-level qualification (any discipline welcome, but project management, business, or related fields are advantageous).  
• Demonstrated interest in project management and client engagement and willingness to learn and develop project management skills further, including the adoption of new tools and methodologies.  
• Proactive and collaborative approach to work.  
• Strong organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.  
• Detail-oriented behaviours, supported by excellent written and verbal communication skills. English as a first language is not a requirement.  
• Flexibility , with an ability to work across multiple projects and teams.  
• Good knowledge of Microsoft packages  

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. 

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 sponsorship.  

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.