What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

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.

A little more about the role

• Acting as a Design Manager on major property and infrastructure projects across multiple different industry sectors, liaising between the lead designer and WSP’s engineering and specialist teams.
• Represent the Design Management team to develop the Design Management discipline within WSP, delivering future facing solutions for a range of projects.
• Collaborate with WSP’s engineers and specialists on projects and in the delivery of new design management solutions.

Coordinate design aspects of projects, ensuring design objectives are met and deliverables are produced to the highest standards. Provide direction, and coordination to the design team, guiding projects from inception through to construction and handover.

• Support the development of design strategies, ensuring alignment with project goals and client requirements.
• Develop and manage the design programme, ensuring coordination with all internal stakeholders.
• Track, evaluate, and report project progress against the programme. Contributing to the reports delivered by project leadership at Client progress review meetings.
• Coordinate the resolution of risks and issues at the project and design level across all internal stakeholders. Then supporting the project leadership team if design changes are required.
• Define, organise, and implement project set up and mobilisation.
• Coordinate with design consultants and other project stakeholders.
• Support the project leadership team with the development of project briefs, scopes of work, and design schedules.
• Facilitate internal interdisciplinary design workshops to explore design concepts and options.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and best practices to maintain quality and safety throughout the design process.
• Coordinate the preparation of design and construction documentation, including drawings, specifications, and schedules.
• Assist in the completion and handover of the project to the client, ensuring all design deliverables are provided.
• Support bids and opportunities.
• We are a Major Project Services team specifically covering large and complex multi disciplinary projects in the property and building sector.
• Reporting to an Associate, there is an opportunity to develop your career path and shape the direction of the team in the medium to long term.
• Your role may address a team requirement to support a particular sector. There may also be opportunities to represent your sector of interest as well as work within other sectors in the design management capacity to broaden your experience and our team’s capabilities.
• You will be part of a team of like minded individuals, the team is expected to rapidly grow, providing good career opportunities.

We would like you to demonstrate

• Chartership, professional accreditation or are aiming to achieving either within the medium term.
• Experience acting as a design manager or coordinator in multi disciplinary projects.
• Familiarity of all RIBA design stages with experience in Stages 1 to 3 including planning submissions.
• A highly organised individual who is proactive in nature.
• Collaborative attitude and able to communicate effectively with all stakeholders and character types.
• A track record of building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders. An interest in innovation and developing new design management solutions.

Apply today if you are passionate about design management and eager to contribute to, and influence innovative projects within a supportive and rapidly growing team!