Principal Project Manager

WSP Global Inc.; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. in Auckland, New Zealand is seeking a Senior/Principal Project Manager to lead medium to large, multidisciplinary water projects. You will guide scope, planning and delivery, ensuring safe, on-time, within-budget results while coordinating resources, budgets and risks with both local and remote specialists.

You will build strong client relationships, work with contractors and partners, and apply practical judgment to complex water-delivery challenges across a matrix environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Addition qualification in Project Management is advantageous.
• Minimum 10-15 years of professional experience with a focus on Infrastructure, Transport or Water related civil projects.
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands, meet deadlines and see responsibilities through to completion.
• A collaborative, client-focused approach and confidence working with people at all levels, across a matrix environment and with external partners.
• A current clean driver licence, with availability to travel when required.

Responsibilities

• Lead medium to large, multidisciplinary water projects from scope and planning through delivery.
• Guide projects to achieve quality outcomes safely, on time and within budget.
• Coordinate resources, programmes, budgets, risks, change and quality processes with specialists locally and remotely.
• Build trusted client relationships and collaborate with contractors, sub-consultants and industry partners.

Skills

Organisational skills

Prioritisation

Client-facing

Education

Civil Engineering degree

Project Management qualification (advantage)

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. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives enabling you to do the best work of your life. You can experience a world of opportunities to shape a career as unique as you.

WSP is one of the world’s top professional services firms, bringing together some of the brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe. We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. We see the world through a Future Ready® lens, fuelled by a shared commitment to making a positive impact—one project and community at a time.

Senior/Principal Project Manager - Water | Auckland, New Zealand

Join our Auckland Water team as a Senior/Principal Project Manager and lead medium to large, multidisciplinary projects that combine technical, commercial and delivery-focused thinking. You will guide projects from scope and planning through to delivery, helping teams achieve quality outcomes safely, on time and within budget.

Collaborating with specialists locally and remotely, you will coordinate resources, programmes, budgets, risks, change and quality processes.

This is an opportunity to build trusted relationships with clients, contractors, sub-consultants and industry partners while making complex challenges easier to understand. Your leadership and practical judgement will help create valuable business solutions and improve the effectiveness of water project delivery.

About you:

• Relevant qualification in Civil Engineering or related field
• Addition qualification in Project Management is advantageous
• Minimum 10-15 years of professional experience with a focus on Infrastructure, Transport or Water related civil projects
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands, meet deadlines and see responsibilities through to completion.
• A collaborative, client-focused approach and confidence working with people at all levels, across a matrix environment and with external partners
• A current clean driver licence, with availability to travel when required.

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

We are proud to have the blueprint of Aotearoa New Zealand in our DNA and our 2,000+ expert professionals in 24 offices are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 75,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.