
Manager - Strategic & Urban Planning - Planning and Infrastructure Economics
2 weeks ago
**Shape the future of Australia's urban landscape whilst working alongside industry-leading infrastructure specialists at a globally recognised professional services firm.**
Planning for our cities and regions and their infrastructure needs is complex, as is understanding how they will grow and which projects will enhance community wellbeing and prosperity now, and into the future.
Our Planning & Infrastructure Economics team help plan for our places, cities and regions now and into the future by helping develop and prioritise projects and generate sustainable community benefits.
**Your Opportunity**:
The opportunity within our Planning and Infrastructure Economics group is a new role to support our growth in service offerings related to land use planning and urban development.
Our team are leaders in supporting our clients' needs with advice in strategic planning for urban and regional environments, urban economics, the development of precinct and placemaking strategies and the short
- and long-term planning and prioritisation of social, transport and energy infrastructure projects.
Managers are considered mid-career professionals who understand the urban planning and development sectors, can lead and build teams and are known for their ability to deliver work.
Associate Directors are industry specialists who can support client growth, are passionate for building a thriving team culture and are known in the industry for their expertise and ability to deliver work opportunities.
You will collaborate with our national team and work with our Melbourne Partners to unlock local opportunities in the Australian market by:
- Supporting the development of policies, strategies, feasibility studies, investment decision frameworks and business cases for urban and regional planning initiatives, particularly in a public sector context.
- Being client-facing, solving client problems, delivering proposals, and managing the delivery of projects.
- Supporting existing client relationships and building presence in the market at industry events.
- Building a cohesive and delivery-focused team, with growth and learning as a key focus for your team.
Our team is embedded within KPMG's Infrastructure, Asset & Places group, a national team of global infrastructure specialists. Our differentiator is our experience across all aspects of the infrastructure project life cycle and our close connection with KPMG's wider specialised services, offering unique opportunities to work together on a broad range of clients and industries to further deepen and strengthen client relationships.
**How are you extraordinary?**
You will bring recent experience in delivering client-side, government or advisory projects across urban/regional planning or precinct development and you will:
- Have experiences in the early phases of major urban planning, regional planning, placemaking or precinct conceptualisation and the necessary governance, investment and policy decision frameworks.
- Have the confidence with (or clearly demonstrate experiences supporting) the initial phases of place-based project and/or development opportunities with clients.
- Show a passion for solving client problems, identifying opportunities for further success and mitigating risks for their projects.
- Show a passion for facilitating better community outcomes through enhanced urban development and planning for great places, cities and regions.
- Be an active thought leader (or the desire to be) in a range of strategic, technical, and business issues impacting our clients and markets.
**Your Experience**:
At KPMG, we believe diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients, and communities. To be considered for this opportunity, your qualifications, skills & experience could include:
- Delivery experiences in similar consulting, advisory or in-house roles across urban or regional planning, precinct and placemaking or strategic social/health/hospital planning projects, locally or globally.
- Previous experience in project environments, across all stages from concept to delivery.
- The confidence to support client relationships and develop a presence at industry networking events.
- An ability to understand and contribute to the generation of new work opportunities.
- Strategic thinking skills and demonstrated experience in the economic, financial assessment, investment decisions and strategic planning of infrastructure projects.
- Tertiary qualifications, such as Urban/Town Planning, Geography, Architecture, Environmental Studies, Economics, Engineering or similar.
**Additional Information**:
KPMG is a professional services firm with global outreach and deep sector experience. We work with clients across an array of industries to solve complex challenges, steer change and enable growth.
Our people are what make KPMG the thriving workplace that it is and what sets us apart is that we
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