Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. We transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
Job Description
We are looking for a talented Senior Consultant who is experienced in matters of delay and/or commercial management to support our Recovery and Expert Witness teams.
Successful applicants will work in a team undertaking detailed analysis of construction projects in the UK and internationally. We are looking for an ambitious and driven individual seeking to join an experienced team of construction experts with a strong brand across our marketplace.
* Deliver our Expert Witness services, by assisting our delay experts in delivering expert delay reports for adjudication, litigation, and other forms of dispute resolution;
* Deliver our Recovery service by assisting our contract and commercial specialists in providing strategic advice to clients whose project and major programmes are in commercial distress.
The successful individual will have the opportunity to develop their career through our dedicated mentoring programme, our established range of learning and development options and the opportunity to support on our strategic objectives with the aim to become appointed as an Expert Witness as part of the formal dispute resolution process or leading on our Recovery service.
* Require a forensic and exploratory mindset
* Have a strong knowledge of the construction industry
* Need an understanding of construction contracts and the law
* Value transparency and collaboration
* Be able to work independently where required and agile to adapting to the working method of others
Qualifications
* Relevant construction and engineering industry experience (in the region of) +7yrs
* A construction-related degree qualification and/or legal qualification
* Experience in developing and pursuing claims up or down the supply-chain
* Ability to understand and articulate Client requirements and their desired outcomes
* Critically analyse project and major programme performance, identifying root cause of those elements in distress
* Review and assess contemporaneous project records to establish delay associated with claims and/or disputes
* Working knowledge of relevant applications and technologies in the project management and planning, for example Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject, TILOS, CEMAR, Excel
* Contribute to client meetings
* Assist clients, lawyers and counsel in developing its position where required
* Support the drafting of detailed expert witness reports for use in formal dispute resolution proceedings
* Supporting colleagues with project deliverables
* Undertaking research and development of emerging industry related technologies
* Staying abreast of developments within own technical area of expertise
* Providing direction to staff working with you on specific tasks
* Supporting the interface with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
* Acting as an ambassador championing the Contract Services delivered by Turner & Townsend in the industry
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