Associate Director - Delay

at  Turner Townsend

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 delay experts in delivering delay reports for adjudication, litigation, and other forms of dispute resolution; and
• 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.
Turner & Townsend has an exciting portfolio of works across our Recovery and Expert Witness services and are looking to grow in order to successfully meet our Client’s needs.
We are looking for an Associate Director who is experienced in supporting on matters of delay and/or establishing themselves as an expert in their own right to supplement our leading team of experts across both our Recovery and Expert Witness teams. 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
• Lead 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

Please refer the Job description for details