Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary, commensurate with experience

About the Role
At WSP, you will have the opportunity to work on landmark projects that make a positive impact on communities worldwide. As a Senior Project Manager within our expanding team, you will focus on delivering diverse projects across infrastructure, natural environment, water, flood defence, and earth and environment sectors. You will be part of the Civil Infrastructure and Utilities Group and the wider Project Management and Commercial Management Team (PMCM), which includes over 400 professionals across the UK.

You will enjoy a flexible working culture balancing home and office working, with safety and wellbeing as priorities. Your role will involve ensuring compliance with quality management systems, driving efficiencies throughout project execution, and providing leadership and guidance to multidisciplinary project teams. You will work autonomously to plan, monitor, and control projects valued between £1m and £100m, manage project change, and deliver within agreed commercial fee arrangements.

Additional responsibilities include contract management and administration under various frameworks, chairing client meetings, supporting marketing efforts, and undertaking line management responsibilities for Assistant, Graduate, and Undergraduate Project Managers. You will be accountable for delivering projects within financial metrics and making decisions on complex issues to provide direction on approach and priorities.

WSP offers a supportive environment for your career growth with access to extensive training, development tools, and resources to help you reach your full potential.

About WSP
We are one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms, with over 72,800 passionate people globally and more than 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland. We are united by a purpose to create positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through innovation, integrity, and inclusion.

What's in it for you?
Work-life balance
Our hybrid working policy offers flexibility to work from home two days a week alongside collaboration opportunities in modern offices across the UK.
Inclusivity & Belonging
We celebrate diversity and encourage people to bring their authentic selves to work, fostering a culture of inclusion supported by employee resource groups.
Health & Wellbeing
We provide tools and programmes such as the Thrive programme, Virtual GP service, Gymflex scheme, and menopause support to promote your wellbeing.
Flex your time
Benefit from "WSP My Hour" allowing one hour daily for personal activities, flexible working arrangements, part-time options, additional leave purchase, and flexible bank holiday usage.
Your development
We invest in your growth through training, mentoring, and support for professional Chartership.

Join a global team of over 69,000 employees dedicated to making a difference. Apply today and shape a career as unique as you.

Experience
- Proven experience in Project Management, Civil Engineering Quantity Surveying, or Commercial Management with a focus on project delivery.
- Experience managing projects valued from £1m to £100m.
- Competence in stakeholder management, risk management, planning/scheduling, and commercial management.
- Experience in contract management and administration under NEC and other frameworks.
- Background in water, linear infrastructure, and/or environmental projects is beneficial but not essential.

About you
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to guide multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to work autonomously with limited guidance.
- Excellent communication and client management skills.
- Agile and adaptable with a desire to develop your project management career to its full potential.
- Commitment to safety, quality, and wellbeing in the workplace.

Qualifications
- Professional qualification in project management, quantity surveying, and/or an engineering discipline.
- Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Maths (STEM) or similar.
- NEC accreditation and technical skills to lead and administer NEC contracts.
- Membership of professional institutions such as Association for Project Management (APM), Project Management Institute (PMI), Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), or Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE).
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and higher attainment in project management or related fields.