Job details Location: Birmingham, London, Manchester Capability: Deal Advisory Experience Level: Associate/Assistant Manager Type: Full Time or Part Time Service Line: Customer, Ops & Infr Contract type: Permanent Job description Planning and Scheduling Consultant - 104024 Base Location: London, Manchester and Birmingham. Plus network of 20 offices nationally. KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory (MPA) team works with industry-leading organisations, helping to solve some of the biggest challenges in infrastructure. As a true market leader, we work with an impressive client base across the commercial and public sectors, delivering lasting results on projects and programmes which are household names. We focus on providing clarity to Boards, Executives and SRO’s at major public and private sector organisations, on the delivery of their projects and programmes. We work on some of the UK’s most strategically important programmes, and across all infrastructure sectors including transport, natural resources, energy, power and utilities, corporates, oil & gas, defence, health, housing & education. Our team comprises specialists with deep construction industry experience, from working for project owners, contractors, engineering consultants and others in the UK and overseas. On the back of continuing growth, we’re once again investing in our team to drive a step change in our capability. Why join KPMG in our MPA Team? There is no one-size fits all in MPA; we’re as diverse as the world around us. Assistant Managers in our team are client-facing and at the forefront of delivery. This role requires previous experience ideally from infrastructure-related projects and programmes, but we’ll consider candidates with experience in other relevant fields. What will you be doing? Being part of high-performing, multi-disciplinary consulting teams with different backgrounds and experience Supporting and managing the delivery of client-facing work within specialist areas, ensuring new processes and tools are designed with a strong end-user focus Advising our clients on planning strategies, identifying the impact of different scenarios on their goals Keeping up to date with specific technical developments affecting your work Understanding the broader suite of services offered by KPMG and identifying opportunities to collaborate Coaching and mentoring your colleagues What will you need to do it? A good, applied understanding of planning including managing tasks related to schedules, risk management, change control Experience in major projects and programmes, ideally in infrastructure Investigating schedule and cost performance, providing mitigating options Proficiency in using Excel, MS Project, and Oracle P6 An ability to build and maintain great relationships Skills we’d love to see/Amazing Extras: Enhancing project and programme controls Troubled project/programme reviews Achieved or working towards a relevant professional certification Public sector experience Delay and scenario analysis Supporting the delivery of advisory services such as organisational design Our Locations: We are open to talk to major projects advisory talent across the country, but our core hubs for this role are: London Canary Wharf Manchester Birmingham Find out more: Deal Advisory at KPMG: https://kpmg.com/uk/en/home/services/deal-advisory.html ESG at KPMG: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/our-esg-journey/ About our firm: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/people-culture/about-our-firm/ KPMG Culture. Being Inclusive: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/people-culture/being-inclusive/ KPMG Workability and Disability confidence: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/experienced-professional/applying-to-kpmg/need-support-let-us-know/