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Project Manager (Water Projects)
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Project Manager (Water Projects)
Project Manager – Water Asset Design (Municipal/Industrial) – WSP
About the Role
At WSP, you can shape a career as dynamic as your professional aspirations. We offer global opportunities for growth, enabling you to tackle meaningful challenges and collaborate with diverse, talented teams that expand your horizons.
Our Water Asset Design team operates in the municipal water sector and non-regulated (industrial/international) domains, serving key UK water companies and sector contractors. Our workload spans:
- Wastewater and water treatment
- Sewerage and water network schemes
- Support for related industries
- Projects ranging from routine maintenance to some of the largest infrastructure schemes in the UK
Our distributed UK team is backed by outsourced specialists in India, delivering high-impact work through collaborations that deliver excellence in health and safety, commercial accountability, and client-focused outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
As a Project Manager within the Asset Design team, you will:
Project Leadership & Delivery
- Oversee end-to-end project lifecycle, from optioneering to delivery and handover, ensuring alignment with client objectives
- Tell: Work across infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects for water and industrial clients
- Manage multi-disciplinary teams (engineering, procurement, construction, and suppliers) to deliver quality solutions
Core Project Functions
- Scope & Budget Management
- Define requirements, resource allocations, timelines, and cost estimates
- Own P&L responsibility, including revenue delivery, margin management, budget forecasting, and financial controls
- Ensure accounts payable/billing and cash flow optimisation
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Activities & Health & Safety (H&S)
- Develop project management documentation: plans, risk registers, schedules, stakeholder engagements, programme schedules, and Commercial PST
- Monitor schedule adherence, manhours, budgets, and expenditures to prevent scope creep
- Stakeholder Communication: Ensure clarity and timely information flow to both the project team and clients
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Change & Performance Management
- Conduct commercial contracts administration and change control
- Lead work packages and ensure quality outputs from team members (including Assistant Project Managers)
- Rasically manage project asset documentation, records, and deliverables
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Risk & Resilience
- Anticipate issues, proactively mitigate conflicts, and drive continuous improvement
- Chart decisions based on stakeholder expectations, captured lessons learned
What We Require
The right Project Manager will demonstrate:
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Industry Knowledge
- Proven experience in infrastructure project delivery, preferably with exposure to regulated water and non-regulated water sectors (highly advantageous, but not essential).
- Strong understanding and compliance with NEC (New Engineering Contract) contracts and processes.
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professional expertise
- Diploma accredited member of APM - Association for Project Management / PMI/PM - Project Management Institute.
- Membership ICE - Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers or similar. / Consideration of team.
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Certifications and competence in contracts/key tools in WSP’s suite, including safety codes, and other relevant software.
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Technical Competences
- Scheduling proficiency: Primavera Functional Skills/Spider in context?
- Stakeholder and risk management: A flair for identifying and managing interests and risks.
- Ability to apply best practices in commercial planning, contract negotiations, and change management
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Why Join WSP?
Global Impact
Contribute to landmark infrastructure globally and create a lasting legacy in the communities you care about.
Flexibility
- Hybrid working: Work 2 days from home, with access to our modern UK offices.
- "WSP My Hour": 1 hour daily for personal activities, flexible makeup.
Work-Life Balance & Well-Being
Purpose-Driven Culture Global, local, collaborative, yet inclusive, tailoring careers to people’s lives through flexible working arrangements.
Health & Wellbeing
- négligence at purvices with a Virtual GP (NHS/Irish) for quick medical advice.
- Gymflex discount (up to 40% on gym costs).
- Menopause support, and workplace adjustments for those in need of support.
Your Growth
- Invest in cutting-edge training and development, mentoring, and accredited Chevalier programs.
- Opportunity to:
- Engage in professional Charntership programs under qualified practitioners.
- Advance from Assistant Resource to lead PM roles.
You Belong Here
WSP chooses bold, brilliant teams with diverse experiences, expressions, and aspirations.
We actively encourage applications from across race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, marital status, pregnancy, and people with protected characteristics.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we align our processes for meaningful application engagement.
Visualise your trajectory with us – apply today and let’s build the future, together.
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