Associate Director - Delay

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.

You will be involved in delivering:

• our Expert Witness services, by assisting our delay experts in delivering delay 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 project 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.

The successful individual will have the opportunity to establish their own path to becoming a leading Expert in their own right through our dedicated mentoring programme, the opportunity to lead on our strategic objectives and to grow our market presence with direct links to our leadership team in the UK.

The work will need to be 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 agile to adapting to the working method of others

With an established global presence our UK team do support on the 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) +10yrs
• A construction-related degree qualification and/or legal qualification
• Experience in leading the pursuit of claims up or down the supply-chain, leading to successful negotiated resolution of the same
• Ability to understand and articulate Client requirements and their desired outcomes
• Critically analyse project and major programme performance, identifying root cause of those elements in distress
• Lead development of a contract and commercial strategy to successfully recover performance of distressed project 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 delay associated with claims and/or disputes
• 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
• Assist clients, lawyers and counsel in developing its position where required
• Support the drafting of detailed expert witness reports for use in formal dispute resolution proceedings
• Staying abreast of developments within own technical area of expertise
• Providing direction to staff working with you on specific tasks
• Supporting the interface with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Acting as an ambassador championing the Contract Services delivered by Turner & Townsend in the industry

Our recruitment is via our dedicated portal on Smart Recruiters, please follow the process to register your interest and from there we are happy to have an informal chat with our service leads if you would like to find out further background before moving forward or equally we can move forward to engage our recruitment team.

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.

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.