Senior Project Manager (Building Services)

WSP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking an experienced Design Manager for the Services South team, primarily based at Heathrow. You will lead and mentor engineers across MEP, structural and architectural disciplines to deliver coordinated, compliant and robust design solutions.

You will develop design delivery plans, monitor progress against programme and budget, and support bids from a technical and design management perspective. This role offers exposure to major aviation projects and client-facing opportunities.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in design management within the Building Services sector, within aviation or similarly complex, regulated environments.
• Experience in leading and coordinating multidisciplinary design.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor design team members across MEP, structural, and architectural disciplines.
• Develop design delivery plans, including programmes, deliverables and review stages.
• Monitor design progress against programme and budget with project and commercial teams.
• Support tender bids from a technical and design management perspective.
• Build and maintain client relationships to align design outputs with requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Design leadership

Coordination

Client relations

Regulatory compliance

Tools

BIM

MS Project

Job description

Feltham, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom

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.

A little more about your role...

You will be central to the highly collaborative Services South team; based across the Heathrow 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 leading the teams senior engineers in their day to day project management activities.

What you'll be doing:

• Leadership: Leading and mentoring design team members, ensuring effective communication and coordination across multidisciplinary design teams. Driving collaboration between MEP, structural and architectural disciplines to deliver coordinated, compliant and technically robust design solutions aligned with programme, budget and quality expectations.
• Design Management: Developing and managing design delivery plans, including design programmes, deliverables, and review stages. Leading the setup and coordination of design scopes, managing design inputs within Task 99 structures, and ensuring appropriate allocation of time and resources across design activities and deliverables.
• Technical & Design Performance: Supporting the monitoring of design effort against programme and budget, working closely with project and commercial teams to track design progress, resource utilisation, and alignment with cost constraints. Contributing to monthly project reviews with a focus on design performance and risks.
• Business Development: Supporting tender bids from a technical and design management perspective, including development of design methodologies, programmes, and resourcing strategies. Collaborating with wider WSP teams to bring in specialist capability and support integrated design solutions across opportunities.
• Client Relations: Building and maintaining relationships with client technical teams, contractors, and stakeholders. Communicating design intent clearly, responding to technical queries, and aligning design outputs with client requirements to support effective and coordinated delivery.
• Compliance & Assurance: Supporting design governance processes, including design reviews, coordination checks, and stage gate requirements. Contributing to compliance with relevant standards, Heathrow requirements, and internal quality processes, while maintaining clear documentation of design decisions and changes.

Your Team

• Our team is comprised of approximately 60 engineers working across the Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health specialisms
• Our team is split across our Brighton, Southampton, Heathrow, Basingstoke and Guildford offices giving the flexibility or work in either location on any given day. Many of our team choose to alternate the office they work in to suit personal and client needs.
• As part of our team, you would be working on some of our major projects predominantly at Heathrow Airport. This will be as part of a multi-disciplinary offering and so experience in building services, structural and civil engineering disciplines will be an advantage.
• You will be reporting to our Director that manages the various Frameworks at London Heathrow.
• You will be able to utilise graduate, assistant, senior and principal engineers in supporting roles around you, as well as dedicated BIM and Sustainability specialists to contribute to the successful delivery of your projects.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate...

• Extensive experience in design management within the Building Services sector, within aviation or similarly complex, regulated environments.
• Experience in leading and coordinating multidisciplinary design