Lead Consultant, Project Management

7 months ago

Tauranga, New Zealand Aurecon Group Full time

We are looking for a Lead Project Management Consultant to join our Project Management & Controls team in Tauranga. This team provides financial and commercial project support across a range of high-profile transport engineering projects that you will be proud to put your name to. This role will suit those with attention to detail, experience with financial, change, and risk management and a focus on a career in project management.

Our team is expanding and growing due to the successful outcome of a key project pursuit in Auckland, adding to our existing success in the market.

We are recruiting the following roles:

- Lead Project Management Consultants

What will you do?

This role presents a unique opportunity for someone with some financial management experience to broaden their knowledge across all project management competencies. You’ll join our existing team of Project Management Consultants to assist with the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of projects for our key clients.

We know the work we do is vital in assisting our world’s economic development and, it’s the technical expertise and the depth of knowledge of our people that really sets us apart. Here are the key things you will do to ‘bring ideas to life’:

- Develop financial project baselines
- Track financial performance including invoicing, forecasting and earned value reporting
- Assist the Project Manager to track scope (change control)
- Work with the Project Manager to meet key milestones and track timelines (scheduling)
- Assist the Opportunity Manager with cost estimation and approvals in line with Aurecon’s Delegation of Authority processes
- Assist the Project Manager to setup projects including establishing the works breakdown structure and project plans
- Assist the Project Manager with progress reporting
- Assist the Project Manager with the execution of minor works contracts and sub-consultancy agreements
- Take responsibility for project control by ensuring that Aurecon project methodology and systems are applied to your projects

What can you bring to the team?

Firstly, you will share our genuine passion for being at the forefront of transport projects that will shape the future of transport networks.

You will need to have gained an exposure to financial management and project management, with a desire to develop your career within the project management area.

You will be able to bring:

- Your true self to work
- Your commercial acumen to assist the project team to meet key project outcomes on time and to budget
- Your experience to assist the project team to identify issues then proactively consider and implement effective solutions to ensure project outcomes are achieved
- Flexibility and Agile work practices to manage change effectively and improve efficiency

Just imagine your future with us
- Diversity is at the core of everything we do. We work together to create a culture based on respect, trust and inclusiveness. Our differences fuel our creativity.
- We embrace flexible working and are always open to discussing your individual needs so that you get to create your own experience with us.
- Innovation, eminence and digital are at the heart of everything we do.
- Are you driven by the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and complex projects around the world and to learn from the best?

About us

Aurecon is an engineering, infrastructure, and advisory company, just not as you know it We have re-imagined engineering.

Our clients’ ideas drive what we do. Drawing on our deep pool of expertise, we co-create innovative solutions with our clients to some of the world’s most complex challenges.

In October 2020 Aurecon was named Australasia's most innovative company, and in April 2021 we were recognised as one of Australia and New Zealand's Best Places to Work by the Australian Financial Review. In 2019, we were the first New Zealand engineering company to achieve the Rainbow Tick certification for diversity and inclusion and this has been ongoing.

Want to know more?

We look for people who have had a broad range of experiences throughout their career and can demonstrate their ability to work in a team and ‘bring ideas to life’. Does that sound like you?

If you would like to have a confidential discussion about the opportunity, please contact Jeanette Herbst on 09 520 7238.

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