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Project Manager (Environment)

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Job Summary

Lead delivery of multi-disciplinary environmental projects within the Project, Programme Management and PMO community. Support proposal development and create/maintain core project documentation including plans, cost forecasts, risk registers, and schedules. Monitor progress against timelines, manage project costs and budgets, and ensure health & safety and compliant contract administration. Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, proactively manage change and risk, and champion sustainability and net zero outcomes across a varied UK portfolio.

Location: Edinburgh

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Support development of project proposals by defining requirements, scope, resourcing, programme, and budget for successful delivery.
•Create and maintain project documentation (project plans, cost forecasts, risk registers, and schedules), taking ownership on smaller projects and supporting Senior Project Managers on larger ones.
•Monitor project progress and drive delivery against agreed timelines.
•Manage project costs day-to-day by tracking time, budgets, forecasts, and spend aligned to progress.
•Ensure health and safety requirements are in place for site visits and support contract management and administration, including change and risk management.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Gym MembershipAdditional LeaveMenopause Support

Key Requirements

•Experience working as an Assistant Project Manager or Project Manager in a project or PMO environment within environmental or sustainability sectors.
•Knowledge of programme management principles, including work breakdown structures, dependencies, and critical path, and ability to interpret outputs from MS Project or Primavera P6.
•Commercial awareness to manage budgets, track performance, and support effective change control, delivering projects within budget (NEC3/4 familiarity advantageous).
•Confident written and verbal communication to share key information clearly and keep project teams and stakeholders informed.
•Working towards or holding membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. PMI, APM, MIEnvSc, MIEMA, MRICS).

Experience:EnvironmentalSustainabilityPublic sectorPrivate sectorPMO

Skills:CommunicationCollaborationStakeholder managementRisk managementCommercial awareness

Tech Stack:MS ProjectPrimavera P6NEC3NEC4

Company Brief

WSP

Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.

Industry: Professional Services

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 1959

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