Expression of Interest: Construction, Property

**About the Role**

We are seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from experienced construction claims and commercial professionals in **either** **quantum and/or delay**-**related disciplines to join our Construction, Projects & Assets (“**CP&A**”) team, at Senior Consultant, Associate Director or Director level.

With a competitive salary and bonus structure, these are full-time roles, offering excellent career opportunities and professional development.

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. You can find more information on what we do here.

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

**What You’ll Do **(including both Quantum and Delay related activities)
- Advise contractors, subcontractors, lenders, developers, funders and lawyers on contractual, technical and commercial issues that relate to complex construction and engineering project.
- Help clients resolve commercial disputes by establishing a clear, commercial strategy, promoting early resolution.
- Where litigation or arbitration is unavoidable, you will 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.
- Provide support to quantum and/or delay experts involved in the preparation of expert reports for the purpose of arbitration, litigation and/or adjudication.
- 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.
- Review construction/engineering contracts and advise on relevant terms and conditions.
- Analysing complex project data including, for example, costs, labour hours and quantities etc.
- Quantity surveying duties, including cost management, commercial or contract management, and contract administration.
- Programming and planning duties, including programme/schedule/critical-path analysis and delay event identification.
- Project controls.
- Perth, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane-based, possibly with some interstate and/or international travel. Please state your preferred location when expressing interest in a role.

**How You’ll Grow**

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

You will receive:

- 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.
- Mentoring and training from quantum and delay experts recognised in the Who’s Who Legal publication, which recognises consulting experts globally.
- Relevant formal and informal training.
- Opportunities to work in other jurisdictions and with FTI colleagues in the APAC region.
- A structured career path with the chance to grow, develop your skills and progress within FTI Consulting through a structured performance review process.
- 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:

- Between 3 to 7 years (for Senior Consultant/Associate Director levels) or 7 to 10 years’ + (Director level) claims, commercial, contract administration, cost engineering, quantity surveying **or** planning/programming and forensic delay related experience.
- A bachelor’s degree in a related discipline (or be working towards a degree or similar qualification).
- Experience of preparing and negotiating claims in a commercial/claims driven environment on construction/engineering projects; and/or
- Experience in the quantification and costing and/or commercial management of construction works; and/or
- Experience in various forensic delay analysis techniques.
- Site-based construction/engineering experience.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- The ability to work on multiple client matters at one t