Project Manager; Roads

Join WSP
’s Roads Northwest business unit as a Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex, multi‑disciplinary highways, infrastructure, and public‑realm schemes across the region.

• Champion a strong culture of health, safety, quality, and sustainability, fully aligned with WSP’s guiding principles.
• Lead and manage the delivery of multi-disciplinary projects under the National Highways Scheme Delivery Framework (NH SDF) and other regional frameworks, ensuring robust governance, performance, and client satisfaction.
• Coordinate design, environmental, commercial, digital, and construction specialists to ensure seamless, integrated project delivery.
• Develop, maintain, and manage project programmes, budgets, risk registers, and financial forecasts, ensuring projects remain on track and within approved parameters.
• Lead commercial and financial planning activities, including cost control, early warnings, change management and performance reporting.
• Prepare, review and manage all key project documentation in line with WSP governance and client requirements.
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with clients, stakeholders and supply chain partners, acting as a trusted advisor and key point of contact.
• Ensure full compliance with NEC4 contract management processes, including communication management, programme acceptance and compensation event administration.
• Provide leadership across internal and external stakeholder groups, supporting strategic decision-making and proactively resolving emerging issues.
• Promote continuous improvement, innovation and best practice across all projects and teams.

• APM PMQ (or equivalent) achieved or in progress; MAPM or chartership is advantageous.
• Proven experience leading multi‑disciplinary infrastructure and/or public‑realm schemes, ideally within highways or transportation.
• Strong understanding of commercial, financial and contract management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Robust working knowledge of NEC4 contracts, with hands‑on experience delivering projects within an NEC environment.
• Competent user of Microsoft 365 and MS Project; experience with Primavera P6 is desirable. Confident in the use of a range of AI tools including MS Copilot.
• Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills, with the ability to manage complex stakeholder environments.
• A proactive, solution‑focused mindset with the ability to think critically, manage competing priorities and lead teams to successful outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to drive project performance, manage risks and deliver high‑quality outputs.

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