WSP in the UK & Ireland
Project Controls Manager (PMCM)
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Project Controls Manager (PMCM)
Project Controls Manager (PMCM: Programme Solutions)
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can:
- Access our global scale
- Contribute to landmark projects
- Connect with the brightest minds in your field
- 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
About the Role
As a Project Controls professional, you’ll tackle a wide range of challenges across complex railway and infrastructure projects, from initial feasibility through to delivery and operation.
Key Responsibilities
Your role will include (but is not limited to):
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Supporting the Project Controls function to align with:
- Schedule Management
- Cost Management
- Change Management
- Risk and Opportunity Management
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Engaging with the supply base:
- Ensuring appropriate integration of supplier information
- Effectively measuring suppliers’ progress
- Providing timely cost, progress and programming updates
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Providing technical support for problem-solving across the PM&C portfolio related to:
- Planning
- Controls
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Ensuring best practice project administration is deployed for:
- Close project control
- Accurate forecasting
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Optimising resource planning to achieve:
- Project commitments
- Technical staff utilisation
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Guaranteeing value-for-money delivery, meeting client goals, requirements, cost, and programme targets.
In parallel, you’ll:
- Support major bids.
- Collaborate with clients on upcoming projects.
- Contribute to (and potentially lead) wider business initiatives.
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About the Team
Our Project Management & Controls team supports major rail clients, including Network Rail, HS2, and local authorities, on various complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
- Team composition: Project & Programme Managers, Engineering Managers, and Commercial Management experts.
- Our working environment is flexible and supportive, focused on:
- Knowledge-sharing
- Talent development for team members
- Assisting client growth
You’ll work with project leaders to ensure successful multidisciplinary project delivery through robust data and analysis.
Who You Are
Essential Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in a relevant discipline.
- Pathway towards, or current achievement of, chartership (e.g., Chartered or Chartered Membership of a relevant professional body).
- Preferable experience in client or project delivery (specifically rail, metro, or transport).
- Demonstrated ability to work successfully in multi-disciplinary teams.
- Detail-focused, ensuring high-quality reports and data sets.
- Experience in a consultancy environment with strong client relationship management.
- familiarity with Power Query and Power BI (use alongside reporting, planning, or contract management tools) is highly advantageous.
Key Skills
- Passion for innovation in Project Controls.
- Self-motivation to deploy, deliver, and continuously improve processes/
- Technical and commercial problem-solving expertise.
Benefits
Work-Life Balance
At WSP, we prioritise balance—so you can make time for you, your family, friends, and interests.
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- Hybrid working policy:
- Work from home 2 days per week
- Collaborate in modern offices across the UK.
Inclusivity & Belonging
We emphasise a culture of inclusion and respect, celebrating diverse employees and their backgrounds. Our employee resource groups promote a society-wide sense of belonging.
Health & Wellbeing
- Thrive programme: Offers tools to improve health and wellbeing.
- Virtual GP service for convenient, on-demand medical advice.
- Flexible workplace adjustments to accommodate all employees.
- Gymflex: Up to 40% discount on annual gym memberships.
- Comprehensive menopause support.
Flexible Time
- "WSP My Hour" policy: Take 1 hour per day for personal time, with flexibility to adjust hours.
- Part-time and flexible work options available.
- Option to purchase additional leave.
- Flexible use of bank holiday entitlements.
Professional Development
- Investments in training, mentoring, and support for career growth.
- Opportunities to pursue chartership.
Our Commitment to Diversity
WSP positively encourages applications from all qualified and eligible individuals regardless of factors such as sex, race, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or belief.
As a disability-confident leader, we are committed to interviewing all candidates with disabilities meeting essential criteria. If you require workplace adjustments during your application or interview, please let us know.
Imagine a better future for yourself—and a better future for us all. Work on groundbreaking projects globally and leave a lasting legacy.
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