Senior Project Manager

Role Summary

To provide Project Management support services, within the Energy sector, to our Project Management Team based in the UK.

WSP are looking for experienced Project Manager with minimum 8 years’ experience, to provide Project Management support services, within the Water sector, to our Project Management Team based in the UK.

You will have the opportunity to further develop your career within the organisation, and you’ll be part of a collaborative team where your skills and relevant expertise will guide each project to a successful completion.  These are exciting projects that will offer you the opportunity to shine as a world class Project Manager.

Responsibilities

• Assist our team in fulfilling their contracted Project Management obligations on large construction [RB1] projects across the entire project lifecycle, from inception to completion and occupation;
• Working with the Project Manager to ensure that the revenue, costs estimates are current and all invoicing and payment up todate;
• Support, and report on, the change management process on selected projects, and put in place effective protocols to support successful delivery;Have detailed knowledge and experience of project management processes, including a clear understanding of the key deliverables for a Project Team, as defined under RIBA stages 0 to 7;[RB2] 
• Assist the Project Manager, in developing, monitoring and reporting on key performance metrics by applying tools and procedures that contribute to successful project delivery;
• Make effective contribution to Project Management processes, irrespective of the scale and complexity of a project;
• Be able to operate independently by planning and prioritising their own work, and ensuring that our scope of service obligations are met;
• Support, or champion, excellent health and safety practices on the Projects to achieve safe, sustainable and efficient outcomes that meet agreed objectives;
• Proactively identify and highlight any threats to progress and scope of service obligations;
• Preparation of monthly reports, meeting minutes, and other management documentation to support successful delivery of our commissions.
• Work with the WSP values to ensure that work complies with all necessary corporate, departmental and legislative requirements and procedures, to guarantee that the necessary consistency and quality of delivery is maintained.

We are looking for a staff member with proven experience in all the areas indicated above and experience working within a large and geographically disbursed environment. The position offers an exciting opportunity to develop a career within a large and expanding global corporate environment.

Key Competencies

Mandatory Skills / Desired Skills / Qualifications

Essential:

• Minimum Degree Qualified from an internationally recognised University in an appropriate
• Property or Construction related discipline
• Relevant experience, min. 8+ years, in a Project Management or Construction role;
• Good level of spoken and written English, evidenced by an internationally recognised English language qualification;
• Being confident in obtaining information from people and being sufficiently proactive;
• Possess an ability to analyse information from different sources and assemble into a
• meaningful document in the form of a report, programme, spreadsheet, etc.
• Capable of managing, recording and prioritising their own business activities, recognising and reconciling conflicts to their achievement;
• Be responsive to change and accurately record and communicate variations and their consequences;
• Comfortable with receiving instructions leading to defined tasks and accepting personal responsibility for their actions;
• Understands the criticality of providing support to an overseas manager to fulfil a defined contractual obligation;
• Conversant with Microsoft software such as Project, Excel, Powerpoint and Word;
• Knowledge of industry standards and best practices in Project or Design Management;
• Capable of managing and prioritising own work;
• Possess a commercial awareness;
• Ability to work in a team environment;
• Routinely able to work to tight deadlines for UK and international projects;
• Comfortable working independently and is highly self-motivated;
• Able to communicate across time zones effectively and efficiently;

Preferred

• Experience of working with a team outside of India, from an Indian base location.
• Experience of working on an Oracle ERP system