Project Manager (SIR)

WSP Global Inc.; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking an Environmental Project Manager to lead projects across the Earth and Environment space, focusing on site characterization, remediation, and permitting. You will coordinate multi-discipline teams, manage budgets and schedules, and ensure safe, compliant delivery for client satisfaction.

The role emphasizes PMI-aligned practices, MS Project/Primavera usage, and strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science, Environmental, or related discipline.
• 3–5 years of post-education work experience in the Earth and Environment space.
• Experience with project financial tracking and change management.
• Understanding and adherence to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMI).
• Experience in identifying and mitigating project risks and developing risk registers.
• Expertise in project planning and analysis (e.g., MS Excel or similar).
• Experience managing multi-discipline teams and coordinating clients and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Manage budgets, scope, schedules, and resourcing while ensuring client satisfaction.
• Coordinate with professionals from WSP’s teams across the United States and support from coordinators.
• Use project management tools, methods, and best practices to plan and manage projects that align with stakeholder needs.
• Maintain a client-facing role with strong communication, ethics and integrity.
• Ensure project delivery on time, within budget, and with quality outcomes.

Skills

Project management

Budget & scheduling

Team leadership

Client management

Risk management

Education

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

Tools

MS Excel

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

This Opportunity

The Environmental Project Managerwill 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 that 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, or related discipline
• Minimum of 3-5 years of post-education work experience in the Earth and Environment space.
• 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): $93,300 - $121,800

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.