MWH
Embedding APM’s Qualification framework into
career progression.
Who are MWH?
More than 7500 staff, 38 countries, 197 offices
Regional Offices
Wakefield
High
Wycombe
Crawley
Edinburgh
Paisley
Belfast
Solihull
Cardiff
Warrington
Newcastle
Heywood
Peterborough
Glasgow
MWH in UK- Group Organogram
UK Capability
 £90m Engineering Consultancy
 £150m Design and Construction
 2000 UK based staff
 80% water and power related
 Regulated Utility Clients
 Industrial Client Base
Engineering Technical Services
Technical
Water Resources, 
Treatment & Distribution
Wastewater Collection, 
Treatment & Discharge
Rivers, Catchments 
& Coastal
Generation: 
Nuclear, Hydropower 
& Renewables
Transmission 
& Distribution
End‐User 
Energy Management
Municipal Solid Waste
Industrial/Commercial Solid 
Waste
Energy from Waste
Resource Recovery
Marine: Ports, Harbours & 
Inland Waterways
Defence
Urban Development
Transport
Multi‐National 
Manufacturing 
& Oil & Gas
WATER ENERGY WASTE INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY
Engineering Consultancy and Design
Environmental Management & Assessment, Health and Safety
Management Consulting
Project and Programme Management
SECTORSUB‐SECTORSMWH SERVICES
Design & Construction - service offering
 £500m annually D&C worldwide
 £150m annually D&C - UK
– £110m Mechanical and
Electrical
– £40m Civil
 Water and wastewater systems
• Municipal
• Industrial
• Mining
• CSG
• Shale Gas
 100 year pedigree
 Water, environmental & Energy
industries
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The MWH Way
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Manage the Project’s
Mission Statement
“Our mission is to develop and deploy a
consistent approach to project management that
addresses the people and systems necessary to
successfully deliver projects around the globe”
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Manage the Project –
Global Project Delivery Framework
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Right Person, Right Job
• Project / Technical split,
• Reduction in approved Project
Managers,
• Project Management as a
career family, with career
progression and structure,
• Development of project
management rating to match
project complexity,
• Clear career progression points
linked to IC, APMP and now
RPP.
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Accountability
• The Project Manager is
accountable to the Client (on
behalf of MWH) for the overall
delivery of their projects.
• Project Management monthly
reporting structure developed
focussed on monthly EAC
returns,
• Monthly 1-2-1 conversations
with Lead / Senior Project
Manager.
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Consistent Practices
• A single framework for the
delivery of projects across all
operations with standard
lifecycle and execution plan,
• Defines the minimum standards
required within the delivery
system,
• Minimises project delivery risks,
• Enables staff from all over the
world to work together remotely,
• Enables staff to move
geographically within MWH.
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Standard Tools
• MWH’s Standard Tools will
provide a common toolset to
support our world-class project
management, and give
managers at all levels the tools
they need to support and
continuously improve project
delivery for our clients,
• Primavera based,
• Integration with finance using
MWH mTools interfaces.
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Continuous Learning & Improvement
• Project management rating
developed to identify career
progression requirements,
• Career levels 1 to 10,
• Internal courses accredited by
APM to attain APMP,
• Clear career progression
points linked to IC, APMP and
now RPP.
MWH Career Progression & APM
Qualifications
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9
8
2
3
4
5
7
1
0
6
MWHCareerLevel
IPMA Level D: APMP - MWH
Approved Project Manager
APM Registered Project Professional
(RPP)
IPMA Level A
Unclassified : APM Introductory
Certificate – MWH Project
Management Assistant

The MWH way - Embedding APM’s Qualification framework into career progression