Consulting | Junior Project Manager [US Client]

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Operations

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in Capital Programs Excellence, within Operations Consulting, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients understand where they might have vulnerabilities and develop solutions to manage the risks involved. We prevent, respond to and remediate a wide range of business threats, risks and complex issues. Our team helps organisations deliver on their large scale capital programs and portfolios by providing assurance, tax, consulting, deals and forensics services across the capital program lifecycle. As part of the team, youll utilize technology solutions to help our clients analyse, design and implement business changes related to their large scale capital programs.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As an Associate, youll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Invite and give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner.
• Share and collaborate effectively with others.
• Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.
• Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
• Follow risk management and compliance procedures.
• Keep up-to-date with developments in area of specialism.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials I produce.
• Build and maintain an internal and external network.
• Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms.
• Uphold the firms code of ethics and business conduct.

What are you going to do?

• Youll have the opportunity to support, analyze and follow-up the status of Capital Projects based in the US.

• You are going to be able to work with multicultural and multidisciplinary teams.

• Youll get training and development to extend and develop your PM skills, while fostering a strong collaborative culture.

Preferred skills

• Advanced students or graduates of engineering.

• Demonstrates knowledge of the ‘end to end’ project lifecycle, including skills and abilities related to establishing, monitoring, and controlling projects, for individual projects as well as aggregated portfolios. Specific experience should include some of the followings:

  • Familiarity with project controls processes.

  • Exposure to contractors management.

  • Familiarity applying performance metrics and analytics and experience creating project or program-specific KPIs to enable proactive management via the tracking of trends.

  • Exposure to process governance and methodologies.

  • Experience using project control tools and technologies.

• Knowledge in MS Office Suite (Excel advanced), Sharepoint based and Google cloud apps.

• Ability to adapt to different roles and responsibilities within a project.

• Eager to acquire new knowledge and skills related to project management.

• Advanced level of english.

• Understand the importance of have a correct information management

• Knowledge of Information Security and Data Protection

• Correct Information Security Management

Nice to have

• Experience in large scale capital projects.

• Experience in application of statistical methods, data mining and/or data-driven problem solving.

• Familiarity with and/or exposure with the following technology:

  • Alteryx, PowerQuery.

  • Tableau, Power BI and/or Qlik.

  • Visio, IBM Blueworks and/or equivalent process mapping software.

  • Acumen Risk, @Risk.

  • Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to ethnicity; creed; color; religion; national origin; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; marital; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an inclusive organization and equal opportunity employer.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required: Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

English

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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