Project Scheduler in Leeds

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

We’re looking for an Associate Scheduler to join our UK Defence & Security Sector. You’ll play a key role in some mission critical projects and long‑term engagements that will provide a lasting positive impact on the UK’s defence capability.

Role accountabilities:

• Lead and mentor project scheduling teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and high performance.
• Work closely with clients to understand their needs, providing regular updates, tailored advice, and proactive solutions to ensure satisfaction and alignment with project objectives.
• Develop, implement, and enhance service delivery processes, championing quality and consistency in all aspects of schedule management and client interaction.
• Oversee resource allocation across projects to optimize team performance and ensure schedules are adequately staffed to meet client needs.
• Review and analyse complex construction schedules and provide opinions, advice and reports as necessary on project progress as well as predictions of the work using scheduling software.
• Recruit, onboard, coach, and retain scheduling talent. Set clear objectives, conduct performance reviews, and identify training needs.
• Manage the Integrated Master Schedule and develop/maintain project schedules using industry‑standard scheduling software (e.g., Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Asta PowerProject), applying Critical Path Method techniques for effective project controls, progress tracking, and delay analysis.
• Visit active construction projects to assess and confirm work progress against the project schedule and other records; advise the client of actual progress and related cost implications.
• Develop potential recovery plans for both time and cost deviations identified during project reviews.
• Review and analyse construction claims, providing expert opinions, advice, and reports on contractual entitlement and quantification of damages, suitable for use in dispute resolution (negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation).
• Prepare reports, charts, and graphs to support and present schedule and claim analysis to clients and stakeholders.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Demonstrable experience leading teams and scheduling service.
• Demonstrable experience working in a scheduling role.
• Demonstrable experience working with clients, including building and maintaining strong client relationships, understanding client needs and objectives, and delivering tailored solutions.
• Good written and verbal communication skills as well as organisational skills.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6, Asta PowerProject and Microsoft Project.
• Familiarity with working with NEC contracts.
• Previous experience working in the Defence and Security sector, government projects or other major projects is desirable.
• In‑depth knowledge of built asset and infrastructure.
• Ability to obtain BPSS clearance.
• Ability to obtain SC clearance.

Why Arcadis:

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills‑based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

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 believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.