HKA is a leading infrastructure project, strategy, commercial advisory and dispute resolution company. We provide advisory and transformation services to major infrastructure clients and large asset businesses to help them achieve their goals through strategic and operational excellence.

Our Advisory team is an agile group that works with clients to set up their portfolios, programmes and projects for success. We thrive on supporting clients with their most complex challenges and opportunities that are varied and interesting. We have a compelling track record of providing practical, pragmatic solutions and partnering with our clients to implement strategic change. 

As part of the HKA team you can expect:

• A strong collaborative culture focused on growing the Claims and Disputes practice and our team together.
• The opportunity to be a part of a rapidly growing team and be part of driving the future success and development of our global business.
• The ability to leverage HKA’s strong brand in the construction space and reputation for exceptional expert witnesses to accelerate career development and connections.

The Opportunity

Due to an increased demand from our rail transport clients, we are looking for highly skilled and enthusiastic Project Managers to join the team. This role will suit you if you have excellent stakeholder management skills, project and contract management experience working on multi-faceted projects and are comfortable operating across a variety of disciplines.

You will lead multiple large and complex assignments and be responsible for implementing and managing the delivery of rail infrastructure projects through various life cycle phases, ensuring practices and procedures are carried out efficiently.

You will also play an active role in mentoring and developing junior team members, fostering their growth and enhancing the overall capabilities of the project management team.

We provide a commitment to the continual development of your professional and behavioral competencies through internal, external and on-the-job training, and exposure to different elements of HKA Global to help you further your career.

We at HKA offer a hybrid working environment. Flexible working days are on offer, depending on the needs of the client, and HKA.

Typically, these assignments would center on leading, or providing advice on, the following:

• Front end development of major rail infrastructure portfolios, programs and projects.
• Management of projects through the planning phase, utilising Queensland Treasury’s Project Assessment Framework or TMR’s OnQ Framework.
• Management of projects through the Preconstruction phase, using technical experience and knowledge ofclient processes and specifications to develop optimised project solutions.
• Project and Contract Management of projects through the Construction phase.
• Development and transformation of the project, program or portfolio management capability and capacity of clients.

Skills and Experience

You will have proven experience with project/technical management of large-scale rail transport infrastructure projects. This will be coupled with excellent communication skills and a confident ability to work and liaise with our clients and significant stakeholders.

Essential Requirements:

• Proven experience in project planning, development or delivery of rail infrastructure projects.
• Qualification in Engineering, Project Management or similar, relevant to transport infrastructure delivery.
• Client side experience.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own time in an environment with several competing requirements.
• The ability to take initiative and willingness to grow and develop internally.
• Experience with WHS, environmental and quality management systems.

Desirable Requirements:

• Excellent analytical and reporting skills, including proposal writing.
• Current registration as a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ), if eligible.
• Additional project management experience in road, water and energy infrastructure projects is valued.
• As a leading advisory business, additional consulting experience within strategic advisory, commercial advisory, or project controls is also valued.

What we offer:

At HKA we recognise that our people are critical to our ongoing success. Our priority is to provide an inclusive and collaborative culture aimed at providing the best opportunities for our people to thrive and develop in their chosen career path.

We operate a flexible working pattern both in terms of hours and location and are happy with flexible remote working. 

Our Global Recruitment team is committed to providing an authentic candidate experience for all those who take the time to apply to HKA. We are committed to providing an efficient and insightful recruitment process giving candidates a true reflection of life at HKA. We are committed to responding to all applicants who apply by the closing date.

CLOSING DATE: Friday, 10 January 2025

ED&I at HKA:

HKA has a thriving ED&I committee working hard to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment for a truly diverse set of employees. We are committed as a business on the continued improvement of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy, please visit our careers page for further information or feel free to ask our recruitment team for further information. 

All HKA employment decisions are firstly made on merit and shall be made without regard to age, disability, gender or gender reassignment, marriage, and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation, or any other basis in compliance with local legislation.

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