Senior Project Manager - Ports and Maritime, London

Senior Project Manager – Maritime team

WSP is hiring a Senior Project Manager to join the Maritime team based in the UK. You will play a pivotal role in delivering medium to large‑scale and complex capital infrastructure projects in the UK and internationally for a variety of clients.

Day‑to‑day responsibilities

• Lead high‑performing project teams across multiple workstreams and engineering disciplines. Your expertise will be crucial from project inception to project completion, overseeing design, procurement, construction, commissioning, integration and handover in line with WSP governance.
• Deliver your projects to the agreed success criteria, reporting on KPIs on a monthly basis, focusing on time, budget, scope, resources, risk, safety and quality.
• Promote WSP culture, build and maintain high engagement, be a role model of the Ports & Maritime team and support personal and professional development of the team.
• Administer, implement and maintain relevant contract and commercial administration systems and procedures together with project controls functions.
• Provide direction and leadership to the team to successfully deliver their project responsibilities.
• Coordinate and collaborate between disciplines and project stakeholders. Key to this is leveraging the business’ expertise, minimising silos and safeguarding the delivery of an integrated project.
• Work in a highly inclusive and dynamic environment where collaboration, enthusiasm and empathy are highly valued. With support and guidance of our team members, you will broaden your existing skills and knowledge which will support your career path with WSP.
• Understand maritime client needs by driving technical delivery to align with client priorities and overall project constraints.

Requirements and qualifications

• Hold chartership status with a professional association or an advanced project, programme or portfolio management qualification (e.g. ChPP, PMP or equivalent).
• Experience in managing FIDIC / NEC contracts or equivalent as Junior Project Manager.
• Experience of capital projects within infrastructure or engineering‑led environments.
• Strong analytical capability, comfortable working with schedule, risk, cost and performance information to extract decision‑relevant insights.
• Familiarity with lean performance concepts such as leading indicators, visual management and continuous improvement.
• First‑hand experience in the use and critical review of project management tools across areas including project management plan, risk, change, contracts, schedule (P6), requirements, assumptions and performance.
• Continuous opportunity identification and optimisation of project scope, timeline and budget to realign (if necessary) with changing client drivers or to deliver improved performance against the current project success criteria.
• Responsible for delivering at least two large‑scale and complex capital infrastructure projects (over £50 million in construction costs). Demonstrable experience leading or heavily involved in the creation of construction contracts for a large‑scale, complex project.

Benefits

Work‑life balance: hybrid working policy offering flexibility to work from home two days a week and opportunities to collaborate in modern offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & belonging: welcoming applicants from varied backgrounds, supporting authenticity and promoting a culture of inclusion and belonging.

Health & wellbeing: support through the Thrive programme, virtual GP service, reasonable workplace adjustments, gym membership scheme, and a comprehensive menopause support package.

Flex time: WSP My Hour, part‑time and flexible working arrangements, additional leave options and the ability to use bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

Your development: supportive environment investing in training, mentoring and chartership.

Equal 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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