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Managing Director - Planning & Delay, Manchester
Client: Maxim Recruitment
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
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EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: a40f95d062b0
Job Views: 30
Posted: 12.08.2025
Expiry Date: 26.09.2025
Job Description:
The client prides itself on working within all sectors of the construction and engineering industry. This role offers a variety of project exposure on domestic and international projects.
This Managing Director role is suitable for current Directors with significant forensic delay analysis experience on live projects and contracts, as well as experience acting as an Expert Witness.
Responsibilities and Duties
* Forensic analysis in alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
* Providing clear and impartial evidence for tribunals (ADR)
* Managing and developing the planning and delay team
* Controlling, managing, and reporting contractual obligations from procurement to final account
* Determining schedules, monitoring programmes, and understanding risks
* Writing reports for negotiations and formal dispute resolutions, including adjudication, mediation, and litigation, as an advocate or neutral expert
* Providing accurate assessments of progress
* Participating in business development to generate work and clients
Desired Skills and Experience
* 10+ years of experience as a construction project planner, with formal disputes experience in claims and disputes consultancy
* Experience testifying as an expert witness
* Existing projects or clients to bring into the business
* Ability to produce and interpret programmes and schedules for live projects
* Exceptional report writing skills
* Comfortable in a client-facing role
* Leadership and management experience
* Ambitious individual aligned with the company's core values and growth plans
Qualifications/Educational Requirements
* Degree in a construction-related field or equivalent qualification
* Membership to a professional body such as CIOB or CIArb (advantageous)
* Relevant MSc in engineering or Construction Law and Disputes (advantageous)
Company Overview
Maxim Recruitment collaborates with construction dispute organizations worldwide, including the UK, Middle East, Hong Kong, Asia, Canada, and others. The hiring company is a reputable consultancy with offices globally, offering planning, quantity surveying, dispute resolution, and advisory services, including work related to adjudication and mediation.
The company values ambition, self-development, regular appraisals, career growth, and training opportunities.
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