Construction Contract Specialist
3 hours ago
About Turner & Townsend Group
Turner & Townsend Group is a leading global consultancy business serving clients in the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors. With a strong brand across our marketplace, we are a growing, dynamic, and innovative company quick to respond to market trends and with a reputation for quality.
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.
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.
- We provide expert quantum reports for adjudication, litigation, and other forms of dispute resolution through our Expert Witness services;
- We assist our contract and commercial specialists in providing strategic advice to clients whose projects and major programmes are in commercial distress through our Recovery service.
Job Description:
We are seeking an ambitious and driven individual to join our experienced team of construction experts. As a Construction Contract Specialist, you will work in a team undertaking detailed analysis of construction projects in the UK and internationally.
- You will be able to work independently where required and agile in adapting to the working methods 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.
Key Responsibilities:
- Critically analyse project and major programme performance, identifying root causes of those elements in distress;
- Lead development of a contract and commercial strategy to successfully recover performance of distressed projects or major programmes in line with Client outcomes;
- 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, commercial management industry, for example BCIS, Cost-X, CEMAR;
- Critically analyse the strengths and weaknesses of Client claims and/or disputes, providing strategic advice on (i) proceeding; and or (ii) amending the basis of claim;
- 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.
Salary Estimate:
The salary range for this position is £60,000 - £80,000 per annum, depending on experience and qualifications.
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