Associate Director/director

HKA is a leading global consultancy in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, expert witness and litigation support. We anticipate, investigate and resolve complex challenges by harnessing world-leading multi-disciplinary expertise and experience.

As trusted independent consultants, experts and advisors, we deliver solutions amid uncertainty, dispute and overrun, and provide the insights that make the best possible outcomes a reality for public and private sector clients worldwide. Our experts have testified across the globe on many of the largest quantum, delay, engineering and commercial damages matters.

**As part of the HKA team you can expect**:

- A strong and collaborative culture, coupled with the ability to work alongside world renowned Experts, develop your client base and strengthen your personal brand and offering within the Expert Witness arena.
- Opportunity to work on interesting and complex international projects and collaborate with our global network of offices.
- To join a collaborative culture and become part of the specialist consultants, experts and advisers working with a rich variety of clients on challenging projects.

**The Opportunity**:
We are seeking individuals with proven experience working on delay analysis in the construction industry. Ideally, you will have experience writing expert reports for adjudication, arbitration and/or litigation. We are growing our team across Australia and are seeking senior delay professionals across various levels to join our Perth office.

We can offer a variety of career advancement and mentoring opportunities. We will help to support and develop you to achieve your long-term career goals and we can support individuals who are interested to become an Expert Witness.

**Skills and Experience**:
Ideally you will possess the following skills and experience:

- Strong analytical skills and the ability to forensically review large data sets relating to disputes.
- Extensive experience working as a delay expert and/or a lead assistant in the infrastructure sector.
- Experience being appointed as an Expert Witness and ideally cross examined.
- Strong skills using relevant software tools, which could include but is not limited to the following: Primavera P6 and MS Project.
- Proven experience training and mentoring other members of the team.
- The ability to create opportunities or win work for the business, ideally in the Asia Pacific region.
- Knowledge of the various principles of delay analysis.

**What we offer**:
At HKA we recognise that our people are critical to our ongoing success. Our priority is to provide an inclusive and collaborative culture aimed at providing the best opportunities for our people to thrive and develop in their chosen career path.

We operate a flexible working pattern both in terms of hours and location and are happy with flexible remote working.

**CLOSING DATE**:22 September 2024**

**ED&I at HKA**:
HKA has a thriving ED&I committee working hard to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment for a truly diverse set of employees. We are committed as a business on the continued improvement of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy, please visit our careers page for further information or feel free to ask our recruitment team for further information.

All HKA employment decisions are firstly made on merit and shall be made without regard to age, disability, gender or gender reassignment, marriage, and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation, or any other basis in compliance with local legislation.