Location
Westferry Circus (Canary Wharf), London with flexible hybrid working

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
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.

We are seeking an experienced Associate to join our Liveable Places team. This senior role is part of WSP’s strategic partnership with Westminster City Council, helping to lead the delivery of a flagship programme of highways and public realm improvements across central London. You will work on high-profile schemes such as Strand Aldwych, Hanover Square and Bond Street, alongside a broader pipeline of complex urban realm and active travel projects.

In this role, you will provide leadership across project delivery, client relationships and programme performance. Our Liveable Places team combines expertise in public realm, active travel, transport planning and urban design to create places that respond to community and client needs. You will oversee multidisciplinary projects, guide delivery teams, build strong client relationships and ensure robust commercial, governance and risk management.

You will provide senior leadership across major highways and public realm projects, ensuring effective delivery from concept through construction and handover. The role focuses on a small number of large, complex schemes and wider programme priorities, providing direction, assurance and leadership to multidisciplinary teams. You will work closely with Westminster City Council, contractors and senior design leads as a trusted senior adviser, ensuring projects align with programme objectives, are governed effectively and deliver high-quality outcomes.

Beyond project delivery, you will support strong client relationships, contribute to framework success and help foster a high-performing team culture.

Experience
- Extensive experience leading complex highways, public realm or active travel projects and programmes within a local authority or consultancy environment
- Strong track record of overseeing major or high-profile schemes from concept through to construction, including governance and assurance
- Excellent client and stakeholder management skills, with credibility to operate confidently with senior local authority stakeholders
- Proven ability to manage programme, commercial, financial and risk matters across complex multidisciplinary commissions
- Strong experience working within NEC contract environments and overseeing delivery interfaces with contractors and consultants
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, providing direction, challenge and support to achieve high performance
- Strong understanding of health and safety legislation, including CDM, and its application to project delivery
- Commercial awareness and ability to contribute positively to long-term client and framework success

About you
Confident senior professional with excellent leadership and communication skills, able to build trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders. Motivated to drive continuous improvement and best practice across project and programme delivery. Committed to fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture.

Qualifications
Relevant professional qualifications and demonstrable experience in project and programme management within highways, public realm or active travel sectors are expected. Specific qualifications were not detailed but a strong commercial and governance understanding is essential.