Senior Project Manager

Job-ID: 97473

Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Posted:

Create confidence. Lead delivery. Own outcomes.

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.

This is a critical leadership role within a growing portfolio of work and is suited to a career project manager who thrives in complex environments, enjoys leading multidisciplinary teams and takes genuine ownership of project outcomes.

You will work alongside technical specialists, field teams, contractors and senior client stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes safely, efficiently and profitably.

This is not a technical specialist role with project management responsibilities added on. We are looking for a project leader first and foremost.

What You'll Do:

• Lead multiple concurrent environmental investigation, remediation and closure projects.
• Take ownership of project scope, budget, schedule, forecasting, risk and commercial performance.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams and field delivery personnel.
• Manage contractors, subcontractors and complex field programs.
• Ensure quality deliverables are produced on time and fit for purpose.
• Drive strong project governance, reporting and performance management.
• Mentor and develop emerging project managers and technical professionals.
• Create clarity, accountability and confidence across project teams.

What We're Looking For

You are an experienced project manager who understands that successful delivery requires more than schedules and reports.

You'll bring:

• 10+ years' project management experience.
• Proven delivery of complex multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong commercial and financial management capability.
• Experience managing field programs, contractors and operational interfaces.
• Excellent client and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong forecasting, planning and project controls discipline.
• Experience leading teams through complex delivery challenges.
• The ability to make decisions, solve problems and communicate clearly under pressure.

Experience That's Highly Valued:

• Environmental consulting
• Contaminated lands
• Remediation
• Mining and resources
• Oil and gas
• Asset retirement and decommissioning
• Closure planning
• Civil or environmental construction

The Type of Person Who Will Succeed:

• Creates confidence rather than confusion.
• Owns problems instead of avoiding them.
• Builds strong relationships with both clients and field crews.
• Understands commercial risk and acts early.
• Communicates openly and proactively.
• Leads by example.
• Balances quality, safety, cost and schedule without losing sight of the bigger picture.

Why Join WSP?

You'll join a team delivering some of Australia's most complex environmental and remediation projects, working alongside highly respected technical specialists and delivery professionals.

This role offers:

• Significant project and client responsibility.
• A strong pipeline of investigation, remediation and closure work.
• Opportunities to influence delivery systems and ways of working.
• The chance to build and mentor future project leaders.
• A clear pathway into broader portfolio and delivery leadership roles as the business grows.
• Enjoy work/life flexibility and strong career pathways, plus global mobility, health and wellbeing programs, and social initiatives.

If you're the kind of project manager people trust when the project gets difficult, we'd like to hear from you.

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