Senior Quantum Consultant

One of the most exciting and rapidly growing quantum and delay expert witness consultancies is seeking to hire a Senior Consultant for their Quantum division, who can be based from home anywhere in the UK.

In this role, you will work alongside some of the most experienced professionals in the expert advisory sector.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the global leading expert advisory consultancies and take the first step towards a career in construction disputes.

The client is working with a prestigious domestic and international client base, offering the successful candidate the opportunity to work on some exciting global disputes over the next few years.

Project Details

As a Senior Consultant specialising in Quantum, you will work in disputes for domestic and international projects. The client offers a variety of advisory and expert services to help their client base understand their true position when it comes to their contract and can support them through dispute proceeding.

Responsibilities and Duties

The successful candidate will operate in a team of quantum professionals, often providing support to one or more of the businesses Directors and Experts on one or more assignments.

Your day-to-day role will include:

• Providing advisory services to client on a variety of contractual and dispute related matters
• Forensically analysing large quantities of date, dissecting it, presenting it in a clear format or report
• Supporting a Quantum expert witness with quantum analysis and drafting sections of reports
• Gathering information relating to disputes
• Providing strategic advice at all stages of the construction life cycle
• Experience in developing and pursuing claims up or down the supply-chain
• Quantum Forensic analysis of tender, contract, and claims documentation
• Liaising with the client’s management and legal teams
• Support Junior staff working with you on specific tasks

Desired Skills and Experience

• 5+ years experience within a Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management background, preferably with a premium, major building or civil engineering contractor / subcontractor.
• Experience dealing with a variety of complex projects and contracts.
• Experience in adjudication from start to finish would be desirable but not essential.
• Good knowledge of common contracts such as NEC and JCT & FIDIC
• Knowledge of relevant applications and technologies in the quantity surveying, commercial management industry, for example BCIS, Cost-X, CEMAR.
• Experience of working with legal professionals. This could either be, inhouse or external law firms or legal teams in the preparation of quantum reports for disputes.
• Strong report writing skills.
• Excellent analytical skills, and the ability to forensically review large quantities of data relating to disputes.
• Strong IT skills. Particularly on MS Excel and MS Word.
• A clear motivation to have a specialist career in construction disputes
• Strong client facing skills
• Good network and ideally bring clients with them (non-essential)

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• Degree qualified in a relevant construction subject
• Ideally MRICS, MInstCES or equivalent qualified or working towards Chartership
• Master’s degree in applicable construction specialism, highly preferable a construction law LLM or similar.

Employing Company Overview and Profile

The hiring company is an established, yet rapidly expanding specialist disputes consultancy, offering quantum, delay and technical expertise to clients in the global construction market.

They can offer successful candidates a fantastic career in construction disputes, working alongside some of the most reputable experts in the UK. You will gain exposure to an enviable variety of disputes related work on challenging and complex projects all around the world.

The company have fully embraced flexible working and much of this role can be carried out remotely, however candidates (particularly at this level) must be willing to do some travel to the office to help their learning and development.

A full client employer profile will be provided to applicants shortlisted for interview.

Additional Benefits Package and Incentives

• Competitive salary up to £80k (DOE)
• Lucrative bonus scheme
• + other benefits