Lead Project Manager

SupportFinity™; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 98,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking a Project Manager to join our Earth & Environment Project Management group on the West Coast. You will oversee projects from initiation through closure, coordinating multi-discipline teams and ensuring budget and schedule adherence.

The role emphasizes client-facing leadership, risk management, and adherence to PMI standards, with travel as needed and the requirement to operate across diverse environments along the West Coast.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Environmental, Business or related discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of post-education work experience.
• Minimum of 7 years in environmental/mining consulting.
• 10 years work experience with private sector clients including mining, environmental, manufacturing, power, aggregates, and/or water.
• Demonstrated experience with project financial tracking and change management.
• Understanding and adherence to PMI framework.
• Experience identifying and mitigating project risks and developing risk registers.
• Expertise in project planning, tracking and analysis (e.g., using MS Excel or similar programs).
• Highly organized, adaptable, a developing leader, and calm under pressure.
• Experience in managing multi-discipline teams.
• Proven focus on management of clients and subcontractors.
• Experience using MS Project and/or P6 Primavera.
• Commitment to workplace safety and to WSP policies.
• Ability to work schedules that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Manage budgets, scope, schedules, resourcing and client satisfaction.
• Coordinate activities across cross-functional teams.
• Use project management tools and best practices to align with stakeholder needs.
• Maintain strong client-facing communication with integrity.
• Be action-oriented, resourceful and accountable.

Skills

Budget management

Client management

Risk management

Team coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Environmental, Business or related discipline

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

MS Excel

Job description

This Opportunity

We are seeking a Project Manager to join our expanding, Earth and Environment (E&E) Project Management group in the Western United States. WSP is open to the Project Manager being based in any one of our West Coast offices from Alaska to California.

Job Description

The Project Manager will be involved in all stages of a project’s life cycle (i.e. Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Control, and Closure) for consulting services related to earth and environment projects including site characterization and remediation, environmental permitting and compliance, water/wastewater treatment, and mining. Most components of this role will relate to engineering and/or environmental consulting scopes. The role will be focused on technical practice areas in our earth and environment business such as site assessment and remediation, geotechnical engineering, geosciences, surface water and groundwater in aspects of projects ranging from site characterization, permitting and planning, desktop analyses, feasibility studies, research and detailed design. This project management role will work closely with technical managers and ensure the correct delivery of projects within budget and schedule.

Your Impact

• Responsible for managing budgets, scope, schedules, resourcing and client satisfaction while working closely with professionals from WSP's teams across the United States and supported by trained project coordinators.


• Must be familiar with the project scope and objectives, as well as the role and function of each team member to effectively co-ordinate the activities of the team.


• Use project management tools, methods, and best practices to plan and manage projects in a way that aligns with the expectations of stakeholders and meet business needs.


• The role is client-facing, and strong interpersonal skills combined with direct communication, ethics and integrity is a must.


• Must be action-orientated, resourceful and has the ability to hold self and others accountable.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science, Environmental, Business or related discipline


• Minimum of 10 years of post-education work experience


• Minimum of 7 years of experience in environmental / mining consulting industry


• Minimum of 10 years work experience with private sector clients working in industries including, but not limited to, mining, environmental, manufacturing, power, aggregates, and/or water.


• Demonstrated experience with project financial tracking, and change management related to scopes of work


• Understanding and adherence to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMI)


• Experience in identifying and mitigating against project risks and developing risk registers.


• Expertise in project planning, tracking and analysis (e.g., using MS Excel or similar programs)


• Highly organized, adaptable, a developing leader, and calm under pressure


• Experience in managing multi-discipline teams


• Proven focus on the management of clients and subcontractors


• Experience in the use of MS Project and/or P6 Primavera


• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.


• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.


• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMI Project Management Professional


• Experience managing coordinated program-level portfolios of projects


• Alaskan engineering project experience

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $98,300 - $176,800

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About the company

WSP in the U.S.