Associate Director or Director, CP&A

FTI Consulting is the world's leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world's leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.

At FTI Consulting, you'll work side-by side with leaders who have shaped history, helping solve the biggest challenges making headlines today. From day one, you'll be an integral part of a focused team where you can make a real impact. You'll be surrounded by an open, collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and, most importantly, you.

Are you ready to make your impact?

About the Role

We are seeking an Associate Director or Director to join our Construction, Projects and Assets (CP&A) practice in Perth. This is a full-time role offering excellent career opportunities and professional development for your future progression within the firm.

The CP&A practice within FTI Consulting is a leading global provider of commercial management and dispute resolution services on complex projects across all construction, engineering and related industries. Drawing on years of combined experience on some of the world's most complex and mission-critical construction projects, FTI Consulting has a proven track record in providing solutions to help our clients reduce risk and to prevent, mitigate and resolve construction problems.

Typical projects include airports, hotels, hospitals, schools, commercial and residential developments, oil and gas facilities (onshore/offshore), mining infrastructure, ports and harbours, power stations, heavy rail/light rail, solar farms, wind farms, waste to energy plants and more.

If you are interested in becoming part of a fast-growing company and helping shape its future, read on.

What You'll Do

1. Advise contractors, subcontractors, lenders, developers, funders and lawyers on contractual, technical and commercial issues that relate to complex construction and engineering projects.
2. Help clients resolve commercial disputes by establishing a clear, commercial strategy, promoting early resolution.
3. Where litigation or arbitration is unavoidable, assist as an integrated part of our clients' legal teams or with external legal counsel, providing support across the entire dispute life cycle, from research and analysis to arbitration, mediation or trial.
4. Provide support to quantum and/or delay experts involved in the preparation of expert reports for adjudication, arbitration and/or litigation.
5. Provide support and assist senior members of the team involved in the preparation and defence of contractual claims on construction and engineering projects for tier 1 or tier 2 contractors.
6. Review construction/engineering contracts and advise on relevant terms and conditions.
7. Analyse complex project data including costs, labour hours and quantities.
8. Perform quantity surveying duties, including cost management, commercial or contract management, and contract administration.
9. Be Perth based, possibly with some interstate and/or international travel.

How You'll Grow

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically minded and commercially astute person who is keen to develop their career in a construction and engineering-related environment with a global provider of dispute resolution services.

You will receive:

1. Opportunities to work on a range of oil and gas, mining and infrastructure, building, civils and renewable projects in the Australia and Asia Pacific regions.
2. Mentoring and training from quantum experts recognised in the Who's Who Legal publication.
3. Relevant formal and informal training.
4. Opportunities to work in other jurisdictions and with FTI colleagues in the APAC region.
5. A structured career path with the chance to grow, develop your skills and progress within FTI Consulting through a structured performance review process.
6. Support obtaining professional accreditation, e.g., Chartered Quantity Surveyor with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Chartered Engineer, Associate or Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators or similar.

Qualifications and Experience

Ideally, you will have:

1. Between 5 to 7 years (Associate Director level) or 7 to 10 years' + (Director level) claims, commercial, contract administration, cost engineering, quantity surveying and/or disputes advisory related experience.
2. A bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
3. Experience in the preparation of quantum expert reports for adjudication, arbitration and/or litigation.
4. Experience in the preparation and negotiation of claims in a commercial/claims driven environment on construction/engineering projects.
5. Experience in the quantification and costing and/or commercial management of construction works.
6. A general understanding of forensic delay analysis techniques.
7. Site-based construction/engineering experience.
8. Excellent written and spoken English.
9. The ability to work on multiple client matters at one time with limited supervision.
10. A strong work ethic, integrity and a high level of professionalism.
11. Excellent MS Word and Excel skills.
12. Unrestricted working rights in Australia.

Candidates that don't have the necessary experience but have a great attitude and are keen to develop their career in a construction claims environment will be considered. Preference will, however, be given to candidates that have some demonstrable exposure to:

1. Alternative Dispute Resolution; and/or
2. Working on construction/engineering matters for the purpose of providing advice/opinion in regard to formal legal proceedings (arbitration and/or litigation).

Apart from the well-structured career path and excellent team environment, our employees enjoy a variety of perks and benefits. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:

1. Attractive remuneration, including discretionary bonuses available to all employees
2. 18 weeks paid, gender-neutral parental leave with full superannuation contributions throughout paid and unpaid leave
3. Flexible working arrangements
4. Financial support to obtain work-related professional qualification, such as MRICS, ACIArb/MCIArb, and others.
5. Professional membership contributions and generous paid study leave (up to 12 days).
6. Employee Assistance Program ("EAP") – free to all employees and their immediate families.
7. Make an impact in our communities through company sponsored pro bono work
8. Special leave - 2 days per year of a cultural or religious holiday that is not treated as a public holiday in Australia
9. FTI Work Perks: our discount program that provides a wide range of corporate offers, savings, and wellbeing resources
10. Monthly Health & Wellbeing program including fitness subsidies
11. Corporate matching for charitable donations
12. Opportunity to join our Reconciliation Action Plan - Working Group; FTI's Women's Initiative Network (FTI WIN); Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging and Corporate Citizenship committees

About FTI Consulting

FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping clients with their most significant opportunities and challenges. With more than 8,300 employees located in 33 countries and territories, our broad and diverse bench of award–winning experts advise their clients when they are facing their most significant opportunities and challenges. At FTI Consulting, we embrace, cultivate and maintain a culture of diversity, inclusion & belonging, which are fundamental components to our core values.

FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and has been recognized as one of the World's Best Management Consulting Firms by Forbes. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Instagram and LinkedIn.

FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Compensation Disclosure: The compensation range reflects potential base salary for the role and is inclusive of Superannuation. Determination of actual salary is based on a combination of relevant factors such as market considerations, business needs, and an individual's location, skills, level of experience and qualifications.