Consulting Project Manager

Job Description

Our clients develop major aviation, highway, rail, energy and water infrastructure Projects. As a PMO Project Manager, you will be responsible for delivering consistent project governance, supporting commercial and planning aspects of project delivery, and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. You will work closely with technical delivery teams, clients, and internal stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support project planning, controls, and reporting in line with BMS and PMO frameworks.
• Ensure project compliance with governance standards and contractual obligations.
• Maintain project reporting calendars and coordinate periodic reviews.
• Develop and maintain project finance dashboards and EAC forecasts.
• Track team utilisation and support resource planning across multiple projects.
• Manage onboarding/offboarding processes and maintain compliance matrices
• Act as a focal point for client communications and issue resolution.
• Support project managers and technical leads in delivering design deliverables.
• Participate in PMO Steering Group initiatives and strategy refinement
• Maintain risk registers and implement mitigation strategies.
• Oversee change control processes and associated financials.
• Promote continuous improvement in project delivery and PMO operations.
• Review and advise on the contract scope and discuss with project delivery team.
• Manage project controls through WSP and client systems.
• Support the management of reporting and cost controls in collaboration with the Project Director and Technical Manager on the project
• Collaborate with clients, architects, and subconsultants to ensure value engineering and risk mitigation strategies are implemented
• Developing KPIs with assistance from the Technical Manager and Principal PM
• You will ensure that quality procedures are being adhered to through discussion Technical Leads
• Discuss where efficiencies could be made to give the client 'added value'

Qualifications

• An appropriate degree qualification in a relevant discipline
• Member of a Professional Institution (or) Relevant Project Management qualification (APM, PRINCE 2, MRICS, PMP)
• 8 to 13 years of experience.