Management Consultant, Commercial – Infrastructure, Major Projects Advisory

KPMG is one of the most trusted and respected global professional services firms. Through depth of expertise, clarity of insight and strength of purpose we help our clients solve complex challenges, steer change, strengthen, transition and grow. We are looking for talented people who share our purpose of inspiring confidence and empowering change for our clients, our people and our communities.   KPMG is focused on fuelling the prosperity of New Zealand. By prosperity we mean shared wealth and lasting wellbeing for all New Zealanders. We believe that by helping New Zealand’s enterprises succeed, the public sector to do better, and our communities to grow, our country will also succeed and prosper.  This is more than a goal - it’s our reason for being. KPMG's Consulting teams partner with leading domestic and international organisations to deliver tangible benefits that impact New Zealand’s prosperity. We draw on KPMG’s broad industry experience across large and small scale transformation, analytics and optimisation, process excellence, and operating model design.

The opportunity:

• The role is for an ambitious, innovative professional who will work within our existing team to deploy cost and commercial management capabilities in the delivery of engagements.
• Ideally with a background in Quantity Surveying or Engineering with a good level of experience and understanding of the commercial management of major construction / infrastructure projects.
• Within the Consulting Service-Line the Major Projects Advisory (MPA) team is involved with some of New Zealand’s biggest challenges in infrastructure and public services.  We make an impact on things that really do affect the wellbeing and prosperity of everyone in the country. The work is varied, challenging, exciting and complex.
• We are seeking talented individuals that have experience working for major NZ contractors, consulting or client organisations. You will be responsible for helping to grow and deliver our MPA business, working with our leadership team, client organisations and other KPMG teams to develop our offerings and value propositions.

Day to day you will:

• You will be working with colleagues to provide advice and reviews to clients who may be project owners or contractors.
• Our focus is on major infrastructure projects for public and private sector clients in the following sectors: Transport (Roads, Rail and aviation), Government, Housing, Education, Health Infrastructure, Utilities and Defence.

What you'll bring to the team:

• A deep understanding of the issues that impact project performance
• Experience reviewing and advising troubled projects and programmes – with a view to turning them around 
• An analytical approach to problem solving
• Capable of articulating effective solutions to project issues based on own knowledge and experience.
• Clear, concise, fact-based report writing and strong presenting skills
• Understanding of standard industry contractual forms
• Preferably achieved or working towards NZIQS / RICS / AIQS professional qualification or similar engineering qualification.
• Experience in some of the following areas would also be of benefit: Procurement, Project Controls and Risk management, Project management, Earned value management, Programme and commercial assurance and Claims, disputes, dispute avoidance

Life at KPMG We offer rewarding careers to talented individuals and a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstance. As a KPMG employee, we will offer you:—   An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu jabs, subsidised sporting events, access to EAP, additional leave to support you if you are diagnosed with COVID-19, access to e-bikes and other facilities. You will also have access to our Wellbeing@KPMG portal which has an extensive array of health and wellness advice.   —   Hybrid Working – a mix of working in the office and at home to enhance your work/life balance—   Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave—   Access to ‘Whanau@KPMG’ – 18 weeks’ paid flexible leave for all new parents - primary and secondary carers—   Unlimited access to digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees.—   Corporate discounts on a range of lifestyle goods and services.—   Opportunity to join any of our Inclusion, Diversity and Equity networks as a participant and ally.—   Opportunity to join our Social club and enjoy activities such as cooking classes, painting, quiz nights and more.—   Time off for volunteering. —   Eligibility to our annual bonus plan. —   Opportunities for local and international secondments.  We believe that diversity of background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, clients and communities. Our goal is to be recognised as an employer of choice for all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, generation, flexible work status, family circumstances, sexual orientation or disability. Further info can be found on our website We are a 2022 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.