Consultant - Capital Productivity
McKinsey & Company · Seoul, South Korea · 3d ago
Mid levelOn-siteStrategy & Management Consulting
Who you'll work with
Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.
When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
What you'll do
You will be a thought leader and expert practitioner delivering project/program management for very large capital projects utilizing continuous improvement methodologies.
This is an excellent opportunity to apply your expertise across industries and have a significant impact across the CapEx value chain. This could include applying your managerial expertise of large capital construction projects with deep expertise in bottom-up design, design optimization, risk management, contracting & procurement, and ramp-up of production processes in capital intensive industries. Other examples are delivering lean/Six Sigma project implementations and capability-building in the context of the overall wave/project/continuous improvement effort or developing short and long-term capability-building plans for all relevant levels of client leadership with anticipated deliverables, outcomes, and required resources.
You’ll be working with McKinsey’s Operations practice in our Seoul office. Our Operations practice assists our clients in solving complex operational challenges. Blending strategic thinking with hands-on practicality, our teams of consultants and experts work to develop and implement operational strategies that solve our clients' most critical problems.
Capital Productivity is a rapidly growing service line with deep functional expertise focusing on issue of capital allocation and portfolio optimization: business case, concept, and design optimization; procurement and contracting; construction, commissioning, and ramp-up; and organizational capabilities, tools and processes to deliver significant and sustainable cost benefits for our clients.
Your background
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering field; MBA is preferred
- 6+ years experience in industry or consulting environment
- Industry expertise in Metals, Mining, Oil & Gas, or Energy sectors
- Demonstrated career trajectory and outstanding professional achievement and impact
- Proficiency in industrial engineering, construction management, contractor management, design optimization, procurement and commissioning
- Proven track record and expertise delivering large CapEx projects (>$100MM) across the entire project life cycle
- Demonstrated aptitude for analytics
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
- Skills to communicate complex ideas effectively in English and Korean