Associate/Associate Director Project Manager (Planning, Property and Advisory)

This is your opportunity to manage the delivery of large-scale projects in our Planning, Property and Advisory (PPA) discipline. Our clients are leading names in the aviation, highway, rail, energy & water industries, who rely on WSP to provide them with expert Planning and Consents advice to ensure their large-scale infrastructure projects get off to the best possible start.

For this role, our client, based in the Greater London area, is about to embark on a large scale expansion that will require the expertise of technical specialists across many of WSP’s disciplines. Working within our Project Management Office (PMO), based in our London or Guildford offices, but with frequent visits to our client’s office, you will manage a multi-million-pound project for our Land Services team, which is based in offices around the UK and in India.

You will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of the project and ensuring the objectives are clearly defined, appropriately resourced and successfully delivered within the agreed time, cost, and quality constraints. You will follow our Business Management System in terms of project and commercial governance and will work with external and internal stakeholders to ensure that project success criteria are managed and realised. You will work with the Project Director and Technical Leads to support the client through complex processes, anticipating their needs, managing their and our risks and ensuring that everyone’s expectations are aligned. You will have an assistant project manager and a project coordinator at your disposal and be responsible for ensuring their tasks and objectives are clearly defined and are being met within the workload.

You, along with the Project Director will be responsible for the Safety, Health and Well-being of everyone working on the project. You will enable a diverse environment and culture where everyone feels included and follow WSP’s guiding principles at all times.

Core Functions

• Ensure safety, health and wellbeing of the project team.
• Management of the project scope and change control process.
• Management and review of project programme timelines including monitoring of critical path, resource pinch points, delivery of milestones, reporting internally and to the client.
• Primary interface with client team to provide regular updates and manage expectations. 
• Management of project budget, financial performance and associated reporting 
• Forecasting, cost to complete and earned value management reporting to client (using client specified method and processes where specified). 
• Management of project risks and opportunities in line with client and business expectations. 
• Management of project resources and costs to ensure alignment between forecasts and actuals. 
• Implement scheduling controls to ensure the project is appropriately resourced to meet the demands of the programme.
• Overall management of project controls using both WSP and client systems
• Ensure that quality procedures are being adhered to through discussion with technical delivery teams.
• Provide leadership on opportunities and bids as required by the business.
• Identification of process improvements that would have positive effects on delivery.
• Management of contracts and supplier / subcontractors. 
• Manage a delivery team of technical specialists.
• Provide leadership and guidance to others within the PMO.
• Undertake contract management tasks by raising Early Warnings, monitoring client instructions and general communications via a management platform such as CEMAR.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

We are looking for an energetic individual who can demonstrate extensive experience in being a client-facing Project Manager on high value projects. You will need a degree, appropriate PM qualifications and experience of NEC contracts. If you are not a member of a Professional Institution, you will need to demonstrate an ability and willingness to become one. Ideally, you will have some knowledge and experience of Development Consent Orders or demonstrate your ability to learn quickly.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Work-life balance

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.

Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Diversity

We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.

Health & Wellbeing

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 offers you and your family unlimited telephone access to an NHS doctor, available 24/7, with options for face-to-face video consultations. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.

Flex your time

To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.

We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

Your development

We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.

#WeAreWSP

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.