This role is for an ambitious professional at Assistant Manager level, who can work alongside our existing team to use their lived experience of construction and commercial acumen to solve complex problems. The MPA team in the UK are based in London, Birmingham and Manchester. This role will be based in one of these locations but will require some travel to client locations throughout the UK and occasionally overseas.
Key Responsibilities:
* Be a self-starter, who builds a rapport with new team members quickly
* Be confident and articulate with senior clients and stakeholders
* Be committed to learning for a lifetime
* Provide clear and concise advice to clients and manage client relationships
* Assist with business development and supporting delivery of the MPA growth strategy
* Project resource forecasting and management including work planning, annual leave tracking and timesheet analysis
* Support to financial management including the production of monthly applications for payments in line with reporting requirements
* Proactively managing the monthly drumbeat of activity to ensure deadlines are met and all activity is delivered to a high quality
* Familiarity with industry-standard contract forms
Minimum Requirements:
You will have a background in commercial advisory and assurance of construction or infrastructure projects. You may have experience in a field such as commercial management & quantity surveying, project controls, civil, mechanical or electrical engineering, or you may have held a specialist assurance role within a client or in a public sector organisation. You may have been based on site, or in an advisory role. The role requires experience with the following attributes:
* A good understanding of the factors which drive costs on construction projects
* A good understanding of issues which impact project performance
* Client or senior stakeholder-facing experience preferably within the rail sector
* Experience in writing and reviewing parts of assurance documents such as briefing notes and recommendations and commercial reports
* Experience working in highly political and confidential environments
* Experience of managing the work of junior colleagues
* An ability to assess new situations and data quickly to provide a basis for developing an understanding of causal factors
* Experience in project management, project controls, earned value management, estimating, risk management, programme management, procurement strategy, resource management, claims, disputes and dispute avoidance, governance and control of projects.
Hold or working towards a relevant professional qualification, such as MRICS, MICE, ChPP, MAPM, CIOB, etc.
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 boast 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. 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 and boosting our numbers, which means you'll be joining one of the fastest growing areas of the firm at a time of real significance.
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