Job Description

Overview

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading the successful delivery of complex landscape architecture and public realm projects throughout all project phases, from concept design through construction administration and project closeout. The role combines project leadership, client management, commercial oversight, resource planning, and technical coordination to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest design and quality standards.

Your role

• Lead the overall planning, management, coordination, and delivery of complex landscape architecture and public realm projects from inception through design, tender, construction administration, handover, and project closeout.
• Develop and maintain project execution plans, delivery strategies, programmes, resource plans, and project management procedures.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, risks, and contractual deliverables to achieve agreed project objectives.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams comprising landscape architects, urban designers, architects, engineers, BIM specialists, technical consultants, and other project professionals.
• Coordinate closely with Project Directors and Discipline Leads to establish project priorities, resource requirements, delivery strategies, and key milestones.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for clients and build strong, collaborative, and trusted client relationships.
• Lead client meetings, project progress reviews, design coordination meetings, technical workshops, and stakeholder presentations.
• Ensure client requirements, project objectives, design intent, and key deliverables are clearly understood and communicated across the project team.
• Manage projects through concept design, schematic design, detailed design, tender, construction administration, handover, and closeout stages.
• Monitor project programmes, deliverables, critical milestones, dependencies, and resources and implement corrective measures where required.

About you

• Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Urban Design, Planning, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline from a recognized university.
• Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline is highly desirable.
• PMP (Project Management Professional), PRINCE2, or equivalent internationally recognized project management certification is desirable.
• Chartered status or professional registration with a recognized landscape architecture, architecture, engineering, construction, or project management institution is highly advantageous.
• Relevant professional training or certification in project controls, commercial management, contract management, design management, or risk management would be advantageous.
• Professional qualifications or training in sustainable landscape design, BIM, digital project delivery, environmental design, or related disciplines would be an added advantage.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Tax-free salary.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Medical insurance.
• Annual leave balance.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution.
• Transportation & housing allowances.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, familycare, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Worker Type

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At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.