Associate Director - Quantum

An exciting opportunity to work as a Quantum Associate Director based in Brisbane working with Quantum experts in a specialist disputes division within an international multidisciplinary consultancy. Both local and international candidates are being considered. Full visa sponsorship can be provided for expats.

Project Details

An excellent opportunity to work as a Associate Director of Quantum headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, and work alongside renowned WWL-named expert witnesses.

This role would suit Associate Directors currently working within Quantum disputes and can demonstrate extensive quantum analysis and disputes experience.

Suitable candidates will want to work for a premium international consultancy operating at the top of the specialised construction disputes industry in Australia, providing independent expert opinion on delay matters and assisting clients through challenging adjudications, arbitrations and litigations.

This Associate Director in Quantum position will provide you with the opportunity to work on high-risk, large-scale, and challenging projects in both the public and private sectors across a variety of industries: Infrastructure, rail, mining and resources, government, power and renewables, buildings , defence, health and education to name a few!

Responsibilities and Duties

• Working with the Australian and global Quantum team, which includes renowned experts and in consultation with members of the quantum team, you will determine the best approach to individual dispute resolution matters in order to help clients achieve the desired legal outcome.
• Identifying and gathering evidence for analysis work
• Drafting contractual correspondence and providing contract administration and commercial management advice
• Supporting the Quantum Experts in report writing
• Support junior members of staff.

Desired Skills and Experience

In order to have the necessary experience to undertake this job role described above, it is expected that suitable candidates will have recent experience either as a Quantum Associate Director or Senior Consultant.

• A strong working knowledge of legal and quantum principles.
• Experience in forensic analysis and the preparation of quantum reports dealing with the costing of variations, delay costs, disruption costs and related contractual cost claims
• It is critical that the successful candidate has extremely strong writing skills and have prior experience of drafting / writing expert reports for formal disputes.
• Frequent and continued exposure in recent years to formal disputes such as adjudication, arbitration or litigation.
• Experience overseeing and managing the work of junior level staff.
• The ability to manage multiple commissions.
• Excellent written and verbal skills including experience drafting quantum-related reports or briefing documents for management or stakeholders relating to construction delay claims, or ideally for litigation/arbitration (and show demonstrable ability to write and conduct business in English)
• An analytical mind with motivation to solve problems,

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• Degree-level education in a construction-related field.
• Relevant MSc in Construction Law and Disputes would be a strong advantage.
• Ideally Chartered

Employing Company Overview and Profile

This specialist disputes division operates within one of the largest privately owned consultancies in Australia. They have over 350 staff worldwide and are looking to sustainably grow this number across all divisions.
Not only do they have multiple offices in Australia, but also a strong presence in the Middle East and the Far East.
The consultancy provides various services alongside claims and disputes such as planning and scheduling, project controls, cost management, project management, risk management and strategic advisory services and many more.
Governmental organisations, legal professions, and large construction businesses regularly use their renowned expertise on both time and cost matters.

Full details of this premium international construction disputes specialist and their operations across the globe will be provided to shortlisted applicants.