Senior Consultant - PM Expert Witness

A Senior Consultant role exists to join a market leading Expert Witness consultancy based out of central London.

The successful candidate will work within the Project Management (PM) Expert Services division and provide analytic support to the lead expert on Project Management related expert services. In this role, you may also gain exposure to providing high level strategic advice to clients on major domestic and international projects, as part of the advisory service that our client offers.

Project Details

Whilst working in this role you are likely to gain exposure to a variety of projects over the course of a 12 month period.

However, the hiring company has a reputation of being involved on major international disputes for expert services. The advisory services division are often used to provide services on major government ran or similar projects both domestically and internationally. Many of which are in excess of £100m and on the higher end, even into the billions of GBP.

Responsibilities and Duties

In this role you will work closely with the lead expert on providing analytical and practical support for PM related expert services, often for disputes that are heading for arbitration or litigation.

You will be responsible for scrutinising documentation relating to the dispute and assessing grounds for negligence, then providing an expert opinion based on your findings. Once suitably trained to do so, you will be expected to draft sections of the expert report based on your findings and be prepared to be cross examined internally based upon your findings.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Should have a successful track record of working for a reputable, professional PM Consultancy for a consistent period of time
• Candidates must be articulate and have strong client facing skills
• Should have sufficient experience in industry / projects to be able to identify grounds for negligence when assessing programmes of works
• Analytical and methodical approach to work and the ability to analyse documentation to an unprecedented level of scrutiny
• Candidates who are now working for a professional PM Consultancy, yet have had some experience working for a main contractor earlier in their career are particularly desirable, however this is not essential for the ideal candidate
• Some exposure to dealing with Delay related claims issues such as extensions of time would be advantageous

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• Must be a member of a relevant professional body such as CIOB, ICE, RICS or a similar equivalent
• Must hold a relevant Degree or similar equivalent qualification

Employing Company Overview and Profile

The hiring company is a market leading specialist services provider, mainly known for being a market leader in the provision of expert witness services. They have some of the constriction disputes industries leading experts working for them and can offer fantastic development opportunities to new employees.

As well as Expert witness services, they have a growing advisory service division of the business that typically works on delivering strategic advice to major client organisations including government mega projects.

They are extremely well regarding as a leading employer focussed on providing employees with continued personal development and internal career progression opportunities.

Additional Benefits Package and Incentives

£50k - £65k

+ Contributory Pension
+ Generous Bonus (Circa 10% - 25%)
+ Private Healthcare
+ Potential financial support for relevant further education such as LLM / MSc in Construction Law