Overview

WINEP Project Manager - Senior/Principal (Water Resources) role at WSP in the UK & Ireland. The position sits within the Catchment Science team in our Sustainable Water Management Consulting group and involves working with multi-disciplinary technical experts to manage WINEP water resources projects.

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Your Role

Are you ready for the next step in your career? Are you eager to develop and help deliver and grow our portfolio of high-profile projects, solving environmental and water resources challenges faced by the water industry? Your role will involve working with experienced multi-disciplinary teams, including hydrogeologists, hydrologists, geomorphologists and hydro-ecologists, to manage WINEP investigations and provide robust technical assessments and high-quality reporting. The role will be varied and include:

• Working across the Sustainable Water Management and Aquatic Ecology teams to manage and support the delivery of robust technical assessments and high-quality reporting
• Leading day-to-day client and regulator engagement for delivery of WINEP investigations
• Project management including financial and change control and quality assurance through checking and reviewing
• Working with Service Area leads to support development and delivery of our pipeline of WINEP projects
• Generating high-quality bid proposals and developing innovative solutions to meet our clients' needs
• Displaying and promoting a 'safety first' attitude in line with WSP's health and safety policy and procedures

We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic self-starters who are capable of both independent work and working as part of a team. You will be a highly motivated candidate with excellent communication skills. You will have the ability to both apply your own technical knowledge and work with others to maximise collective expertise, to analyse problems and find solutions to new challenges. There is opportunity to shape this role and related seniority to suit the right candidate.

Team and Projects

We encourage our teams to work across discipline so there will be opportunities to work on wider projects such as water resources, hydrogeology, water quality, flood risk management and environmental impact assessment. Our Catchment Science team works across a wide spectrum of services covering water resources and security, hydrology and hydraulics, water quality, hydro-ecology and hydrogeology. Through our projects we provide high-quality technical services and advice to high-profile customers in the UK and overseas, including government departments and agencies, the water industry, and a wide range of other industrial sectors.

Over AMP7 there has been growth in demand for our skills across the UK Water Company Sector and regulators, and we are recruiting Senior/Principal level technical and Project Management specialists to meet AMP8 needs.

What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate

• Experience of managing WINEP investigations or similar, including project and technical management, with the ability to effectively manage a wider team of experts to deliver robust technical assessments
• A clear understanding of regulatory requirements and expectations of WINEP investigations, particularly in relation to the Water Framework Directive
• Ideally, some experience in projects involving assessing impacts of abstraction on the water environment and the ability to work with relevant technical experts to deliver projects
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the potential to engage and influence at all levels
• A sound understanding of client needs and strong commercial awareness. Experience of identifying and developing business opportunities and winning proposals
• Excellent report-writing and technical review skills

We have multiple roles to fulfil and are open to a range of skills and experience to strengthen our team’s capacity and capabilities.

Qualifications

• MSc and/or BSc degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. earth sciences, environmental science, geography)
• You will have gained, or be working towards, chartership with a relevant professional body.

What’s In It For You

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working to make a difference in communities around the world. We offer work-life balance with a hybrid policy (work from home two days a week) and modern offices across the UK.

Benefits

Inclusivity and Belonging: varied backgrounds welcomed, with employee resource groups and a culture of inclusion. Health & Wellbeing: Thrive programme, Virtual GP, menopause support, Gymflex and reasonable workplace adjustments. Flex your time: WSP My Hour, part-time and flexible working, option to purchase additional leave, and flexible use of bank holidays. Your development: training, mentoring, and Chartership support. #WeAreWSP and Disability Confident commitments are in place.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Project Management and Information Technology
• Industries
• Professional Services

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