Wsp
WSP provides engineering, design, and consulting services across diverse sectors worldwide.
Environmental Project Manager
Manage environmental projects, budgets and stakeholders across UK infrastructure programmes.
Job Highlights
About the Role
In this role you will lead smaller projects independently while supporting senior managers on major programmes, gaining exposure and development opportunities. You may also line‑manage and mentor junior colleagues and help shape the team’s strategy. • Develop project proposals, defining scope, resources, programme and budgets. • Create and maintain project management plans, cost forecasts, risk registers, schedules and stakeholder registers. • Monitor and control project schedule, staff hours, budgets and expenditures. • Ensure health and safety documentation for site visits and obtain necessary internal approvals. • Manage contract administration and oversee contractual obligations. • Identify, assess and manage project changes and risks in line with governance standards. • Lead, mentor and develop multidisciplinary environmental project teams and suppliers. • Promote environmental betterment, future‑ready and net‑zero strategies. • Represent the Environment and Consents function with internal teams, clients and stakeholders, building strong relationships. • Apply programme management knowledge, including work breakdown structures, dependencies and critical path, using tools such as MS Project or Primavera P6.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸project planning
- ▸schedule control
- ▸budget monitoring
- ▸contract admin
- ▸risk management
- ▸ms project
What You Bring
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP you can access global scale, contribute to landmark projects, connect with the brightest minds, embrace curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. Experience a world of opportunity and shape a career as unique as you. We are looking for candidates with proven experience as an Assistant Project Manager or Project Manager, preferably in environment or sustainability sectors, a genuine interest in land‑based sustainable development and a positive, can‑do attitude. Strong communication skills, programme management knowledge, commercial and contractual awareness, and membership of a relevant professional institution are required. • Demonstrate proven experience as an Assistant Project Manager or Project Manager, preferably in environmental or sustainability sectors. • Exhibit strong written and verbal communication skills to keep teams and stakeholders aligned. • Possess commercial and contractual awareness with financial acumen and experience in change control; familiarity with NEC3/4 contracts is advantageous. • Hold membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g., PMI, APM, MIEnvSc, MRICS) or be working towards chartership.
Requirements
- ▸project manager
- ▸sustainability
- ▸communication
- ▸commercial
- ▸nec contracts
- ▸chartership
Benefits
Our environmentally focused Project Management team is friendly, supportive and collaborative, enabling members to develop, feel empowered and thrive. As a recognised centre of excellence within Environment & Consents, we provide tailored project management support across the full project lifecycle, from business case development to design and construction. WSP offers work‑life balance through a hybrid working policy, inclusive culture, health and wellbeing programmes, flexible working options such as "WSP My Hour", and strong development support including training, mentoring and chartership pathways.
Work Environment
Hybrid