Project Manager; Roads

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

WSP are seeking an enthusiastic and talented Project Manager to join the Roads team based in Exeter.

Your role will be at the heart of our high performing team, using your project management skills and expertise to help us continue to successfully deliver projects effectively and efficiently for our clients.

Your role will involve:

• Managing the delivery of highways projects for public and private sector clients across the UK, through planning, design and construction stages. Clients include local authorities, National Highways, MOD and contractors through Design and Build partnerships.
• Ensuring compliance with quality management systems and driving efficiencies throughout project execution.
• Working with limited supervision to plan, execute, monitor and control projects, as well as effectively managing project change.
• Undertaking contract management and administration under a range of framework and standalone contracts.
• Being active on several varied multidisciplinary project/client accounts at any given time.
• Working collaboratively with clients, key stakeholders and internal teams to deliver the schemes/projects.
• Providing guidance and support to technical staff of various grades and helping them develop professionally towards professional qualifications.
• Contributing to the development of the team’s internal knowledge base.
• Your team will comprise engineers in Exeter and the wider South West region, supported by remote resources in India.

• Professional qualification in project management, and/or an engineering discipline.
• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths (STEM) or similar disciplines.
• Undertaken NEC accreditation and the necessary technical and practical skills to lead and administer NEC Contracts.
• Membership of professional institutions such as APM, PMI, MRICS or MICE.
• Background in highway/linear infrastructure projects is beneficial, but the focus is on your ability and desire to develop your project management career.
• Demonstrated competence in stakeholder management, risk, planning/scheduling and commercial management.
• Proficiency in use of project management tools and software.
• Experience of complying with Designers Duties under CDM regulations.

The opportunity is suitable for an individual with previous experience in Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or Civil Engineering with a desire to focus on Project Management and develop a career in this area.

Don't quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

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

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community. Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

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