TITLE - ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER 

LOCATION - DOWNTOWN BOSTON, MA

Arcadis is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to join our team in Boston, MA. 

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role description:

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will be joining a talented team of professionals that focus on delivering outstanding client service helping them program, plan, and deliver their capital projects. In this role, you will have the opportunity to support large public works projects in the city of Boston. We seek candidates that want to change the industry through determination, education, and leadership.

Role accountabilities:

• Perform civil inspections on site
• Provide proactive planning and project management to assist project teams
• Manage project procurement activities
• Verify inspection and testing is performed and documented
• Maintaining and catalogue inspection records, photos and shop drawings
• Project coordination among all parties and stakeholders
• Monitor contractor progress against baseline schedule
• Review contractor change order requests
• Review and approve contractor pay applications
• Hold project meetings as required and disseminate information and action items
• Manage project turnover documents and project closeout
• Contribute to culture of health and safety on the project

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Civil Engineering or related field is required
• Must have a minimum of 1 year of experience with an architectural, construction management, or facilities team
• Public works experience is a plus
• Aware of construction health and safety standards 
• Strong communication skills 

 Key Attributes:

• Ability to read and interpret construction plans and documents
• Our ideal candidate is proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), P6 and PMWeb (nice to have)

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

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 are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer seven paid holidays and potentially up to two floating holidays per calendar year depending on start date, and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $81,420 to $122,130 per year.