Senior Project Manager - Civil

Senior Project Manager – Civil (WSP)

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What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.

As a Senior Project Manager in our Civil team, you will manage complex projects or multiple concurrent projects, ensuring successful delivery in line with client and WSP expectations, while proactively driving health, safety, quality, and commercial performance.

• Lead complex projects with significant scope, risk, and stakeholder interfaces.
• Shape delivery strategies, challenge technical assumptions, and validate scopes and sequencing.
• Drive effective risk and issue management, embedding mitigations into cost and programme decisions.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance to optimise commercial outcomes.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams, resolving conflicts and mentoring junior staff.
• Ensure high-quality deliverables and adherence to governance frameworks.

You will be part of our wider Civils team, made up of over 600 professionals across the UK and sit within our Transport & Infrastructure business unit. Your future development will be actively supported with access to WSP’s full range of training, development tools and resources and be part of transforming UK infrastructure. You will integrate into our team’s flexible working culture, offering a balance of home and office working, where safety and wellbeing are paramount.

• ChPP qualification or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in managing complex projects, ideally within structures, civil, or infrastructure sectors.
• Strong commercial acumen with proven ability to manage project finances and resource allocation.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain senior-level client relationships.
• Experience leading teams, promoting positive HS&W behaviours, and aligning delivery with strategic objectives.

Work‑life balance – Hybrid working policy offering flexibility to work from home two days a week. Inclusive & Belonging – Encouraging diverse backgrounds. Health & Wellbeing – Thrive programme, virtual GP service, reasonable workplace adjustments, Gymflex scheme, menopause support. Flex your time – WSP My Hour, part‑time and flexible arrangements, additional leave, bank holiday entitlement. Development – supportive environment with training, mentoring, and chartership opportunities.

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

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