Senior Project Manager - Water

WSP USA; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Christchurch is seeking a Project Manager for Water to lead multidisciplinary projects across planning, delivery, budgets and scope. You will build strong client relationships, allocate resources, and ensure quality across the project lifecycle.

Ideally you’ll bring a relevant engineering or project management qualification and at least six years’ experience in engineering, infrastructure, or a related field, with Water-sector exposure preferred and a familiarity with NZ contract forms.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in engineering, project management or a related discipline.
• At least six years’ professional experience in engineering, infrastructure or a related field.
• Water-sector experience is preferred, with knowledge of NZ contract forms an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Guide projects from planning through to delivery, managing budgets, resources and quality.
• Build trusted client and stakeholder relationships and coordinate project teams and sub-consultants.
• Communicate project performance clearly to key stakeholders.
• Contribute to project management and quality practices across the Water sector.

Skills

Project management

Water sector

Stakeholder mgmt

Driver licence

Contract knowledge

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MS Project

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.

Project Manager - Water | Christchurch

Join our Water team in Christchurch as a Project Manager and help deliver key multidisciplinary projects. This is an opportunity to bring together technical insight, commercial awareness and delivery-focused thinking in collaboration with local and national teams.

You will guide projects from planning through to delivery, keeping budgets, resources and quality on track. You’ll build trusted client and stakeholder relationships, coordinate project teams and sub-consultants and communicate project performance clearly.

Alongside project leadership, you will contribute to strong project management and quality practices across the Water sector, share knowledge with emerging Project Managers, and support technical work such as investigations, feasibility reporting, practical design and project documentation.

About you:

Ideally you’ll bring:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in engineering, project management or a related discipline

• At least six years’ professional experience in engineering, infrastructure or a related field

• Demonstrated experience delivering multidisciplinary projects across scope, programme, budget, risk and client relationships.

• Water-sector experience is preferred, while experience in professional services consultancy or infrastructure delivery would be valuable.

• A practical understanding of New Zealand contract forms, including NZS 3910, would be an advantage, as would project management accreditation or certification.

• A current, clean driver licence

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.