Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a leading global consultancy business serving clients in the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources segments. We are a growing, dynamic, and innovative company, quick to respond to market trends and with a reputation for quality, bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential.
At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
Every day we help our major global clients deliver challenging and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.
Our Contract Services Claims & Disputes team, where our Recovery and Expert Witness service sits, has over 50 employees located in our offices across the UK. We are innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture.
Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality we deliver, supporting them to navigate the most complex and challenging issues that emerge on their projects and programmes. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Job Description
You will be involved in delivering:
- our Expert Witness services, by assisting our quantum experts in delivering expert quantum reports for adjudication, litigation, and other forms of dispute resolution;
- our Recovery service by assisting our contract and commercial specialists in providing strategic advice to clients whose projects and major programmes are in commercial distress.
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.
Turner & Townsend has an exciting portfolio of works across our Recovery and Expert Witness services and is looking to grow to successfully meet our clients' needs.
We are looking for a talented Senior Consultant who is experienced in matters of quantum and/or commercial management to support our Recovery and Expert Witness teams. 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 our strategic objectives with the aim of becoming appointed as an Expert Witness as part of the formal dispute resolution process or leading on our Recovery service.
The work will need to be of a high standard that can withstand scrutiny by other parties. The successful applicant will:
- 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 be agile in adapting to the working method of others.
With an established global presence, our UK team supports some of the most complex projects and programmes across the globe, presenting an opportunity to travel; however, this is the exception, and the majority of our practice can be delivered remotely. The role anticipates that the applicant will work from their local office as a base to continue our UK team cohesion, but we work on a flexible basis to provide the best environment to meet our client deliverables.
Qualifications
- Relevant construction and engineering industry experience (in the region of) +7 years;
- 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 causes of those elements in distress;
- Effective stakeholder management with the client and at all levels of the supply chain, chairing meetings with the client and other advisors as necessary;
- Review and assess contemporaneous project records to establish quantum associated with claims and/or disputes;
- Working knowledge of relevant applications and technologies in the quantity surveying and commercial management industry, for example, BCIS, Cost-X, CEMAR;
- Contribute to client meetings;
- Assist clients, lawyers, and counsel in developing their position where required;
- Support the drafting of detailed expert witness reports for use in formal dispute resolution proceedings;
- Support colleagues with project deliverables;
- Undertake research and development of emerging industry-related technologies;
- Stay abreast of developments within own technical area of expertise;
- Provide direction to staff working with you on specific tasks;
- Support the interface with the client and other consultants at all project stages;
- Act as an ambassador championing the Contract Services delivered by Turner & Townsend in the industry.
Additional Information
T&T is a leading global property consultancy, with around 3,000 employees in the UK and over 6,000 globally. We are a growing organisation with high ambitions and recently ranked number 1 in the Times PWC Top Track 250. This is a dynamic and innovative company, quick to respond to market trends and with a reputation for quality.
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this, we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com
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