Environmental Surveys Project Manager in Birmingham

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... You will play a central role in the safe, coordinated delivery of environmental surveys, helping multidisciplinary teams turn survey plans into successful fieldwork and reliable project information. You will connect technical specialists, survey teams, health and safety colleagues, land and site access teams, GIS professionals and project leaders, making sure everyone has clear information at the right time. This is a process- and programme-focused role rather than a technical or health and safety approval position. You will have the opportunity to improve how surveys are planned and delivered, strengthen collaboration across teams and help resolve risks before they affect mobilisation, budgets or programme commitments.

In this role, you will:

• Own and maintain an integrated survey programme, aligning scope, access permissions, health and safety preparation, digital tools, seasonal constraints and commercial requirements.
• Develop practical scheduling and mobilisation processes and communicate clear expectations to technical leads and survey teams.
• Coordinate survey readiness, including access, briefings, tested proformas, data-quality arrangements and escalation routes.
• Work with health and safety colleagues to establish effective survey processes, including risk assessments, briefings, incident reporting and training requirements.
• Partner with GIS and technical teams so digital tools, survey proformas and data-capture requirements are practical and ready for use.
• Agree data quality, checking, sign-off, storage, version control and handover arrangements with technical leads.
• Maintain a live record of risks, assumptions, issues and decisions, escalating emerging concerns and proposing practical mitigations.
• Monitor programme logic, critical-path impacts, budgets, forecasts and change, including support for early warnings where required.
• Act as a single point of coordination during survey delivery, supporting a safe, inclusive environment in which team members can raise concerns and contribute ideas.

Success will mean surveys mobilise safely and on time, teams receive clear and consistent instructions, dependencies and decisions remain visible, and outputs meet programme needs with minimal avoidable rework.

What we are looking for you to demonstrate...

• Experience coordinating complex programmes, projects or field-based activities involving several teams and dependencies.
• A strong commitment to health and safety, wellbeing and inclusive ways of working, with the confidence to escalate concerns appropriately.
• Clear communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to bring technical and non-technical colleagues together.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, including the ability to manage changing priorities, risks, assumptions and decisions.
• Experience monitoring programme progress and budgets, forecasting impacts and supporting change management.
• An understanding of data-quality processes and confidence working with digital tools or GIS colleagues; specialist GIS expertise is not required.
• A proactive, practical approach to solving problems and improving processes.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team. Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world. With us, you can. Apply today.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Work-life balance: At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community. Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
• Inclusivity & Belonging: We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.
• Health & Wellbeing: We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme. Our Virtual GP service gives you access to an NHS or Irish Medical Council GP at a time and place that suits you – giving you peace of mind and quick access to medical advice when you need it most. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.
• Flex your time: To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day. We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
• Your development: We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.