WSP
Project Manager (Environment)
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Project Manager (Environment)
Environmental Project Manager – New Opportunities
At WSP, tailor your career to pioneer what matters to you. Harness our global reach to unlock fresh challenges and collaborate with diverse, talent-rich teams that will broaden your perspectives and accelerate your growth.
About the Role
We’re scaling our Environmental Project Management team and invite ambitious Project Managers to join our dynamic Project, Programme Management & PMO community.
In this role, you’ll drive critical delivery of multi-disciplinary environmental projects, collaborating closely with Senior Project Managers and Technical Leads to ensure safety, scope adherence, and budget discipline. Gain exposure to a varied and impactful project portfolio across the UK, supporting both public and private sector clients.
Our team covers PMO, Project Controls, Project Management, and Project Directorships, supporting projects across every lifecycle stage. You’ll lead smaller initiatives while scaling into major programmes, fostering growth and resilience in your career.
Beyond delivery, there’s room to mentor junior colleagues, shape team development, and build our Environmental Project Management capability for the future.
This is a platform to hone core project management & PMO expertise, boost confidence, and progress toward Senior Environmental Project Manager. Embedded in a collaborative team prioritising your development, you’ll have the space to learn, progress, and thrive.
Our work ranges from nationally significant programmes like:
- National Grid’s Great Grid Upgrade
- Heathrow Expansion
- East–West Rail
- Sizewell C to portfolio projects shaping communities.
Thrive on structure and efficiency and mastering tools like cut-and-ray —a refreshing spreadsheets-with-a-purpose mindset.
Your New Role: Key Responsibilities
| ▶ Project Development | ▶ Operational Oversight |
|---|---|
| - Define project requirements, scope, resourcing, programme, and budget for successful execution. | - Monitor progress, timelines, budgets, and forecasts to ensure alignment with project goals. |
| - Develop and maintain clear project documentation (plans, cost forecasts, risk registers, schedules). | - Track daily operational costs, time management, and financial forecasting. |
| - Transfer accountability for smaller projects; support senior teams on complex deliverables. | - Enforce health and safety requirements for fieldwork, securing internal approvals. |
| - Manage contract administration and compliance. | |
| ▶ Risk & Change Management | ▶ Collaboration & Liaison |
| - Proactively identify and mitigate risks and changes, working with technical teams to align with scope/contract. | - Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, develop stakeholders, and secure partnerships/supplier relationships. |
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| ▶ Environmental Leadership | ▶ Stakeholder Relations |
|---|---|
| - Champion sustainability, net-zero ambitions, and future-ready solutions within projects. | - Build trusted relationships with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders. |
| - Represent the Environment and Consents team as a key point of contact. |
Requirements & Qualifications
Experience & Competence
- Proven experience as an Assistant Project Manager or Project Manager within:
- Environmental or sustainability sectors
- PMO/project management environments
- Sound grasp of programme management (WBS, dependencies, critical path) and tool proficiency (e.g. MS Project, Primavera P6).
- Commercial acumen: Budget management, performance tracking, and change control experience essential. Familiarity with NEC3/4 contracts is advantageous.
- Confident written and verbal communicator who excels in stakeholder engagement and complex information dissemination.
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Professional Development
- Member, aspirant member, or roleholder within a professional body (PMI, APM, MIEnvSc, MIEMA, MRICS), with achievement of chartership warmly welcomed.
Cultural Fit
- Passion for environmental sustainability and responsible land development.
- Proactive mindset and commitment to personal/career growth.
Not all criteria called? Apply confidently—we’ll evaluate alignment to this role and/or other opportunities within our teams.
Our Commitment to You – What’s in it for You?
Work-Life Balance
- Hybrid working: Two homeworking days weekly + modern offices across the UK.
Inclusivity & Belonging
- Embrace your whole self at WSP; grow where you are by celebrating diversity through employee resource groups (ERGs).
Health & Wellbeing
- Thrive programme: Support for holistic health and mindfulness.
- Virtual GP service: Access NHS or Irish registered medical advice.
- Workplace reasonable adjustments for colleagues requiring accommodations.
- Gymflex (40% discounts on annual gym memberships) + Comprehensive menopause support.
Flexible Time
- WSP My Hour: Daily hour for self-care with flexible recovery anytime.
- Extended leave, part-time roles, and customisable banking of holidays.
Career Growth
- Backed by training, mentorship, and targets toward chartership and leadership.
About WSP
Globally recognised as an engineering tourismism leader, our 11,000+ UK & Irish professionals shape communities through integrity, innovation, and inclusion.
Dedicated to local impact and global impact, we spread inventive approaches for long-term progression.
#WeAreWSP We’re in your corner.
Apply today and carve your legacy among us—professionals creating greater futures for all.
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