Assistant Project Manager (Building Services)

WSP; Guildford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. invites professionals to join our building services team in the UK for project management and financial planning roles. You will coordinate across project teams, develop plans, and manage reports to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while maintaining quality standards.

The role emphasizes governance, tender support, and strong client relationships within a collaborative environment across offices in Basingstoke and Guilford. A proactive, independent work approach is valued.

Qualifications

• Experience in building services project management and financial planning.
• Experience with ERP and related systems.
• Understanding of commercial and financial project management.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Ability to communicate technical details clearly.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project team to deliver on time, budget and quality.
• Develop project management plans including scope, baseline programme, fee estimates.
• Produce control and financial reports.
• Support invoicing, cash collection and monthly reviews.
• Assist in tender bids and business development.
• Maintain client relationships and cross-team coordination.
• Set up prospects/opportunities and manage task orders.
• Ensure governance and audit compliance checks.

Skills

Building services PM

Business administration

Financial planning

Independent worker

Clear communication

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

You will be central to the highly collaborative Service South team; based across Basingstoke and Guilford office primarily.

Your role will be at the heart of our high performing team, using your skills and expertise to help us continue driving forward in terms of both technical quality and service efficiency; whilst supporting the teams senior engineers in their day to day project management activities.

A little more about your role…

• Coordination between various project team members ensuring projects are delivered on time, to budget and to the agreed quality standard with the correct resource requirements.
• Developing and contributing to project management plans including project scope, baseline programme, fee estimate, roles and responsibilities, technical review requirements and managing progress meetings, producing weekly/monthly reports, taking minutes and preparing agenda’s, this is to focus on where it has an impact on financial performance.
• Producing project control reports for the internal team to meet client and business requirements.
• Producing financial reports for the internal team to meet client and business requirements.
• Assist the wider team and lead Project Managers in ensuring invoicing, cash collection and Monthly Project Reviews are undertaken in accordance with business process and procedures.
• Assistance to the team to setup prospects / opportunities, and manage the project conversion process once successful. This will include developing the work breakdown structure in Task 99 and applying time and cost limits to particular task orders.
• Participating in tender bids and business development opportunities as they arise and supporting governance processes and management activities such as baseline programmes, fee estimates, work break down structures and cash draw downs.
• Prioritising client satisfaction through building and maintaining strong relationships with key clients, whilst forming trusting relationships with colleagues to ensure effective co-ordination for mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Developing relationships with other WSP teams to utilise additional resources as required, and to help manage any potential cross selling opportunities.
• Assistance with the setup of new Clients and Suppliers on Horizon and liaison with the procurement team to manage the process.
• Assist the wider team and lead Project Managers in ensuring projects adhere to relevant governance and controls to meet client and business requirements. Periodic assistance to complete audit compliance checks against the standard questions that are raised by internal auditors for compliance with the BMS.
• Assisting the wider team to manage contract budgets and costs to complete.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Experience of working within the building services sector in either project management and/or business administration and financial planning.
• Experience in managing a range of project management activities, systems (including enterprise resource planning) and processes
• A good understanding of commercial and financial project management.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Have an ability to communicate technical and project management details graphically and effectively

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can.

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