Principal Project Manager- Planning Property & Advisory

WSP in the UK; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Principal Project Manager, where you will lead diverse teams and manage landmark projects in the infrastructure sector. This role offers the chance to work with leading clients in aviation, rail, and energy, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. With a hybrid working policy, you can balance home and office work while making a significant impact in your field. If you are passionate about project management and ready to take on a leadership role, this is the opportunity for you to thrive and grow your career.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant discipline and membership of a professional institution required.
• Experience in managing cross-functional teams and understanding NEC contracts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee project delivery ensuring objectives are defined and met within constraints.
• Manage project scope, budget, timelines, and resources effectively.

Skills

Project Management

Client Management

Budget Management

Risk Management

Team Leadership

Microsoft Office Suite

Contract Management

Planning Process Knowledge

Education

Relevant Degree Qualification

Membership of a Professional Institution

APMP Project Management Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Word

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 Planning, Property & Advisory team. 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. 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.
• APMP 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 is required.

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. Apply today.

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