YOUR TEAM

The Rail International team is currently delivering Projects across all continents from feasibility to detailed design, construction support and hand over of Rail and light rail projects for a wide variety of clients. We deliver Projects where we are both the lead organisation and also where we support our colleagues in other countries where we have a strong presence; Drawing on resources from around the UK and wider business to support our technical capabilities and deliver excellence for our clients.

• Joining a specialist Project delivery focussed team ranging in Project Management experience from early career professionals to 20+ years.
• Working collaboratively with clients and our international colleagues to deliver programmes of strategic regional and national importance.
• Roles offer development opportunities both within the UK team and internationally with the Global community of WSP.
• Opportunity to gain formal PM qualifications through the APM pathway including mentorship and guidance.
• Modern offices in great city centre locations.
• Working as part of our International Rail team supporting project managing as well as pursuit and delivery of international projects utilising our UK and related iCRC resources
• Maximising opportunities for WSP
• The role will involve both work from the UK with opportunities to work internationally for periods on a typical 70:30 basis over a period of time
• Provision of support and assistance to others in the Rail team on a variety of cross sector schemes and commissions
• To manage WSP Business Management Systems and contract set up, reporting and controls
• To manage contract change control, cash flow and financial risk

Your new role – what’s involved:

• Typical role covers all aspects of project leadership including client management, scope, schedule, commercial, change and risk & issue management.
• Leading tenders and seeking out opportunities for the Rail business
• Developing solutions to issues and executing plans to mitigate them;
• Managing multidisciplinary teams over an international and diverse group to deliver;
• Reporting of progress and escalation of issues;
• Supporting other Project Managers through change requests and managing their implementation
• Experience of working within the International Rail and Light Rail environment, specifically in the management of international clients and cross business processes will be advantageous.
• This role would suit experienced professionals with Project Management experience, now seeking to develop their career further.

We’d love to hear form you if you have:

• A degree and Chartered status of a relevant professional body
• Experience of project, design, technical management and tendering, of rail projects internationally
• Awareness of the use of standard forms of Contract, in particular NEC and/or FIDIC
• Strong commercial awareness
• Multi Discipline leadership Capability
• Excellent communication skills, beneficial if multi-lingual
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and with minimal support
• Additional experience in one or more of the following sectors is beneficial
  • Highways & Transportation
  • Civils, Bridge & Ground Engineering
  • Intelligent Transport Systems
• Entrepreneurial and proactive approach to tasks
• Flexible and committed to completing the tasks in hand
• Organised with effective time management capability
• Flexible and prepared to work away from home office, either visiting or on short-term assignment to other offices or sites, approximately 30% of the year
• Experience of working on international projects

Qualifications

• Focus on essential qualifications, skills and experience to provide greater scope for inclusion.