Principal Project Manager

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Principal Project Manager to lead the PMO function and support the delivery of numerous projects across the WSP Land team in the UK. The role requires effective management of a diverse team, ensuring projects meet time, cost and quality objectives while maintaining strong client relationships.

You will mentor junior PMO staff, drive governance, and help strengthen the client pipeline through proactive stakeholder engagement and delivery excellence.

Qualifications

• An appropriate degree qualification in a relevant discipline.
• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ).
• Membership of a Professional Institution.
• Ability to interrogate, question and challenge information.
• Ability to coordinate the submission of highly detailed deliverables to predetermined deadlines.
• Understanding of project management, project controls and procedures normally associated with a major integrated infrastructure project.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite including Excel, Project and Word.
• Evidence of experience within regulated industries.
• Experience of managing cross-functional teams and engagement with engineering disciplines.
• Understanding contracts and experience of NEC contracts.

Responsibilities

• 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 EVM 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
• Ensure safety, health and wellbeing of the project team
• 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 a team of junior project and assistant project managers

Job description

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.

We are looking for a talented Principal Project Manager to join our Project Management Office (PMO) function and support and lead the delivery of numerous projects across the WSP Land team. Our clients are leading names in the aviation, highway, rail, energy & water industries, who rely on WSP to provide them with expert advice to ensure their large-scale infrastructure projects get off to the best possible start. We are seeking to appoint a Principal Project Manager who can effectively manage a diverse team whilst providing the primary interface to our clients in the delivery of their projects.

Supporting a diverse team of technical specialists, our Principal Project Managers are 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. They will have a key role in project and commercial governance and will work with external and internal stakeholders to ensure that project success criteria are managed and realised. They will provide a sole point of leadership on their projects and provide mentorship and guidance to junior members of the PMO where required. They will also take responsibility for building strong relationships with existing and emerging clients, strengthening the WSP opportunity pipeline and ensuring project delivery and commercial performance remain within the company’s success criteria.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

A Little More About Your Role…

• 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 EVM 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


• Ensure safety, health and wellbeing of the project team


• 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 a team of junior project and assistant project managers

Desirable

• Working knowledge of the planning process including, but not limited to, Development Consent Orders, Compulsory Purchase Orders, Town and Country Planning Acts or the hybrid bill processes, to support technical delivery.

What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate…

• An appropriate degree qualification in a relevant discipline


• Membership of a Professional Institution


• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ),


• Ability to interrogate, question and challenge information


• Ability to coordinate the submission of highly detailed deliverables to predetermined deadlines


• Understanding of project management, project controls and procedures normally associated with a major integrated infrastructure project


• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite including, Excel, Project and Word


• Evidence of experience within regulated industries


• Experience of managing cross-functional teams and engagement with engineering disciplines.


• Understanding contracts and experience of NEC contracts

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