Job Description
WSP’s Land team is seeking a talented senior project manager to join what is already the largest and most successful team in our industry. This is an exciting opportunity to take the next step in your career, build on your experience and qualifications and achieve your ambitions. We offer excellent support in personal development and growth as part of our local teams and across the wider WSP business, including, for example, the opportunity to gain formal project management qualifications through the APM pathway.
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Project Management Office (PMO) function and support the delivery of numerous projects within WSP’s Land Team. Our clients are leading names in the aviation, highway, rail, energy & water industries, who rely on WSP to provide expert Land Assembly advice to ensure their large‑scale infrastructure projects get off to the best possible start. The role is part of a team delivering major strategic infrastructure projects across the UK and Ireland through support provided by land referencing, urban and rural landowner engagement, consultation management, land access, formal consents, statutory orders, compensation agreements and land acquisition.
Supporting a diverse team of technical specialists, you will be responsible for proactively managing the delivery of the project and ensuring the objectives are clearly defined, appropriately resourced and successfully delivered within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. You will lead in project and commercial governance, work with external and internal stakeholders to ensure that project success criteria are managed and realized, provide leadership support on your projects and mentor junior members of the PMO where required. You will also build strong relationships with existing and emerging clients, strengthen the WSP opportunity pipeline and ensure project delivery and commercial performance remain within the company’s success criteria.
Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from home as well as collaborating in contemporary offices across the UK.
Responsibilities
* Management of the project scope and change control process.
* Management and review of project programme timelines including monitoring of critical path, resource pinch points, delivery of milestones, reporting internally.
* Primary interface with the client teams to provide regular updates and manage expectations.
* Management of project budget, financial performance and associated reporting.
* Forecasting, cost to complete and EVM reporting to client (using client specified method and processes where specified).
* Management of project risks and opportunities in line with client and business expectations.
* Management of project resources and costs to ensure alignment between forecasts and actuals.
* Implement scheduling controls to ensure the project is appropriately resourced to meet the demands of the programme.
* Overall management of project controls using both WSP and client systems.
* Ensure that quality procedures are being adhered to through discussion with technical delivery teams.
* Ensure safety, health and wellbeing of the project team.
* Provide leadership on opportunities and bids as required by the business.
* Identification of process improvements that would have positive effects on delivery.
* Provide leadership and guidance to junior/assistant project managers both locally and across the UK business.
* Management of contracts and supplier/subcontractors.
Qualifications
* An appropriate degree qualification in a relevant discipline.
* Membership of a Professional Institution.
* Ability to interrogate, question and challenge information.
* Ability to coordinate the submission of highly detailed deliverables to predetermined deadlines.
* Understanding of project management, project controls and procedures normally associated with a major project.
* Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite including Excel, Project and Word.
* Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with colleagues, landowners and clients at all levels.
* Demonstrated financial literacy, with the ability to understand and manage project financial information.
Desirable
* Project Management experience and working knowledge of the land consents and planning process.
* APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or Project Fundamentals Qualifications.
* Experience that has provided an understanding of land use and ownership (Geography, Land/Estate management, Surveying & agricultural).
Location
Our Scotland team consists of land consultants, property specialists, and utility/topographical surveyors working across our Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth offices. We work closely with over 300+ Land colleagues across the UK, Ireland and India delivering land services on a variety of projects across the energy, water, road, rail and active‑travel sectors. As part of our Land team, you will combine office, home and on‑site working to deliver components of land‑consenting projects, ensuring the validity, accuracy and auditability of information collected. The role can be based in one of our offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Perth, with the flexibility of hybrid working between one of these locations and from home.
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