Job Description

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. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives enabling you to do the best work of your life. You can experience a world of opportunities to shape a career as unique as you.

WSP is one of the world’s top professional services firms, bringing together some of the brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe. We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. We see the world through a Future Ready® lens, fuelled by a shared commitment to making a positive impact—one project and community at a time.

Intermediate Project Manager - Nelson

We're looking for an Intermediate Project Manager to join our Nelson team, where you'll have the opportunity to manage a range of projects in Civil Infrastructure. This role can either be based within the Nelson Water and Infrastructure team or the Nelson Transport team, depending on your experience and interest.

This is a great opportunity for someone at an Intermediate level or who is looking to step up into an Intermediate level position, where you'll manage small to medium sized civil infrastructure projects. You can also involved in contract management and design management, if those areas are of interest to you. You'll have the opportunity to assist Senior Project Managers with larger projects too - there is a lot of scope and career development with this role.

You'll be joining a collaborative office that has a strong people-focused culture, values professionalism, innovation, and continuous improvement.

The Nelson-Tasman region offers a fantastic lifestyle and a vibrant community, loved by individuals, families, and senior professionals alike. The short commuting time enables extra daylight to pursue your passions, whether that be hitting the mountain bike trails, swimming at the beach or taking a local pottery class, you can be guaranteed a good work-life balance.

About you:

• Tertiary qualification in an area related to Project or Construction Management is beneficial
• Ideally a minimum of 3 years' experience in project management, within the civil infrastructure sector
• Proven ability and track record in managing projects through the full spectrum of the project life cycle and delivering according to quality, time and budget requirements
• Experience in contract administration
• Ability to develop client relationships and manage tenders

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

We are proud to have the blueprint of Aotearoa New Zealand in our DNA and our 2,000+ expert professionals in 24 offices are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 75,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.

We will review applications as they come in, so if this opportunity sounds like you, don’t wait to apply!

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