Location
London (Central London office) with hybrid working - 3 days per week on-site

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Join one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms, where 72,800 passionate people create positive, long-lasting impacts on communities through innovation, integrity, and inclusion. Based in our central London office, you will be part of a diverse, inclusive, and enthusiastic team of Project and Design Managers focused on delivering tailored design management solutions for our clients.

In this role, you will drive clear communication across internal teams and external stakeholders, chair design team meetings (DTMs), and ensure timely completion of actions. You will support coordination and resolution of technical queries considering cost and programme impacts, proactively manage change control through a clear understanding of scope and design responsibility, and strengthen project management processes.

Your responsibilities will include managing RFIs, technical transmittals, and change control, mitigating risks and delays, reviewing design information, quotations, and technical documentation to ensure alignment with scope, budget, and client expectations. You will maintain accurate project records, update delivery programmes, and promote efficiency, innovation, and buildability across all design stages. Additionally, you will oversee multiple work packages and support the Lead Design Delivery Manager with team and delivery oversight.

This role offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity for professional development within a talented team shaping the built environment.

Benefits
We offer a flexible hybrid working policy with two days remote work per week, a strong focus on inclusion and belonging, comprehensive health and wellbeing support including a Virtual GP service, Gymflex scheme, menopause support, and reasonable workplace adjustments. Our "WSP My Hour" initiative allows you to take one hour daily for personal activities with flexible make-up time. We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, options to purchase additional leave, and the ability to customize bank holiday entitlement.

We invest in your development through training, mentoring, and support for professional Chartership. As a Disability Confident leader, we are committed to interviewing all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria and providing workplace adjustments as needed.

Experience
- Degree in a relevant engineering, design, or management discipline such as project or construction management, engineering, science, building, or quantity surveying.
- Chartered or approaching membership of a relevant professional body.
- Experience working on major projects with proven client-side project delivery (design or construction).
- Experience with major UK clients in a design consultancy environment.
- Contract management experience and/or accreditations are advantageous.

About You
- Ability to develop and manage customer and stakeholder relationships through effective listening and influencing skills.
- Naturally curious, solution-focused, and responsive to client problems.
- Strong communication skills to chair meetings and drive clear actions.
- Willingness to maintain an on-site presence 3 days per week.

Qualifications
- Relevant professional certifications such as ARB, RIBA, MICE, MIET, APM, PMI, PRINCE2, or Six Sigma are advantageous.