WSP UK

Assistant Project Manager, Liveable Places - London

Job Description

We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready!:

In today’s world it’s important to work for a company that has clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world.

When considering a career move it’s vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong. See what WSP stands for in 2023 and beyond…

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To provide a range of project management support services to site based projects, working from our London head office mainly as well as within collocated site project teams. We have been successful in securing an extension for multi-disciplinary transportation and engineering services contracts with Westminster City Council running to 2026 and West Sussex County Council for the next 5 years with a potential 5 year extension. We have also recently secured a 4-year professional services framework with the City of London Corporation covering transport, highways and streetscape improvements.

Our services have a strong focus on innovative sustainable transport solutions including the preparation of business cases and design development of a wide range of projects, such as the Major Public Realm Improvements in central London and various others cycling and active travel schemes in Reading, Southampton and Chichester, just to name a few.  

The Assistant PM roles will support our Project Managers and Project Directors to ensure that these long term multi-disciplinary projects continue to be managed effectively and delivered within budget and to programme. The preferred candidates will ideally have experience in cost, risk and programme management on transport infrastructure projects.

Your new role, what's involved?:

• Proactively engaging with project teams to support the general operational requirements of projects
• Provision of general administration support to the project teams
• Assisting in the preparation of progress and financial reports
• Attendance at client and internal progress meetings and maintaining actions trackers
• Liaison with discipline leads and preparing updates to scheme programmes ensuring inter-dependencies and programme logic are applied
• Implementing the correct QA//QM procedures for projects, assisting with the completion of Project Execution Plans and to carry out any actions as a result
• Maintaining project commercial risk registers
• Supporting the preparation of design H&S risk management plans and schedules
• Coordinating inputs from technical disciplines and ensuring that project information is disseminated throughout the teams
• Coordinating technical decision logs
• Supporting the preparation of fee proposals and change control documents
• Compilation of task assignment documents and arranging internal approvals
• Supporting the management of internal processes for financial reporting including forecasting
• Preparation of Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) for site surveys and participating in site visits as required
• Taking ownership of updating project plans and managing document control using SharePoint
• Planning and delivery of project deliverables and milestones
• Raising orders for supply chain partners’ technical support
• Supporting in management of Key Performance Indicators

We'd love to hear from you if you have::

• Degree in relevant engineering subject.

The following skills are desirable:

• Excellent communication skills;
• Ability to prepare technical documents under limited supervision, including progress reports;
• Experience in using programming software such as MS Project
• Experience of preparing scheme risk registers
• Knowledge of H&S legislation including CDM 2015
• Strong numerical and analytical skills and excellent working knowledge of MS Office tools
• Experience of administering NEC forms of contract

We will support the successful candidates in working to achieve a Project Management qualification with a professional body such as the APM.

What's in it for you?:

• Work-life balance?

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

• Inclusivity & Diversity?

We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.

• Health & Wellbeing?

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.

• Flex your time?

For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

• Your development?

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring.

Apply now and be the future of WSP!:

#WeAreWSP

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.

Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

How to Apply

Please follow the link below to apply:

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