Senior Associate or Associate Principal - Masterplanning in Manchester

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.

The Placemaking sector within our Architecture and Urbanism team is expanding. We are seeking a Senior Associate or Associate Principal Masterplanner to help drive our next phase of growth. This role will involve both client‑side design assurance and contractor‑side technical delivery, working across multi‑disciplinary teams on complex projects in the UK.

Role accountabilities:

• Lead the delivery of estate optimisation plans, establishment management plans, and site masterplans.
• Develop and deliver innovative, data‑driven masterplans for large estates, campuses, and portfolios which align with client objectives and long‑term aspirations.
• Assess current estate(s) performance, identify opportunities for rationalisation, enhancement, and efficiency, and recommend actionable strategies that maximise asset value.
• Prepare establishment management plans, including space planning asset lifecycle management, and future‑proofing strategies to support long‑term operational capabilities on client sites.
• Lead diverse multidisciplinary teams including liaison with project management and commercial functions.
• Facilitate workshops, consultations, and presentations with clients, user groups, and partner organisations to ensure alignment and buy‑in throughout the duration of the project(s).
• Work with colleagues within Arcadis and external clients to secure follow‑on work from estate management/rationalisation plans.
• Engage directly with clients in a technical advisory position, providing clear, strategic asset management leadership and communicating complex solutions effectively.
• Support in the preparation of fee proposals, and tender submissions through authoring responses to technical questions.
• Manage project programmes, budgets, and resource allocation to meet delivery targets.
• Mentor and develop team members, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and design excellence.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, or another relevant field.
• Experience of working in the defence sector is desired but not a requirement.
• Eligible to achieve NSV clearance is a requirement.
• Proven leadership, organisational, and communication skills.
• A willingness to travel to client sites across the UK.

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.