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Project Manager / Senior Project Manager - PMCM Defence

WSP Cambridgeshire Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking Project Managers and Senior Project Managers to deliver high-value, complex projects and programmes within the Defence and Security sector. You will report to the Project Lead and be responsible for delivering projects in line with the project plan. Depending on experience, you may lead smaller projects or support larger programmes.

Responsibilities include:

  • Scope and resource management
  • Financial and schedule monitoring
  • Change control
  • Risk management
  • Client management

Requirements:

  • Proven experience in the Defence, Security or related sectors sector supporting project delivery for construction or infrastructure projects
  • Recognised qualifications (PMP, APM, PRINCE2, or equivalent) and experience managing diverse, multidisciplinary infrastructure projects
  • Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and negotiation skills
  • Commercial acumen, including financial discipline and experience with NEC4/ECC contract management
  • Proficiency in risk, change, and commercial management
  • Ability to support or lead multidisciplinary teams in dynamic environments
  • Experience working with clients across sectors such as highways, rail, urban infrastructure, energy, flood, water, wind, carbon capture, nuclear, defence, or large-scale utilities
  • Progression towards chartership or current membership of professional institutions
  • Commitment to professional development, sustainability, and contributing to WSP's wider initiatives
  • Experience managing health and safety, quality, and environmental aspects of projects
  • Eligibility to obtain Security Clearance

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • MOD policy
  • USVF Infrastructure Programme
  • JSPs
  • NEC3/4 Project Manager accreditation
  • existing network within the Defence and Security sector

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/81549

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