Delay Expert - Construction Disputes Resolution

Company Description

Are you looking to join an organization that is growing and dynamic? What about a high-energy, collaborative environment that rewards hard work?

J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high stakes matters demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, proven experience, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets.

The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.

Job Description

J.S. Held is actively seeking a Delay Expert for its Construction Advisory Team, specializing in claims and dispute resolution in the engineering and construction environment, based in Miami, Florida. This position is for a senior professional who has credible and marketable experience in the conduct and delivery of construction expert services. The candidate will either have acted as a delay expert or has been involved in disputes and/or claim preparation/review in the industry. They must have experience in projects, and J.S. Held is open to considering different levels of seniority depending on the skills of the candidate.

Job Responsibilities

• The Candidate will primarily be involved in construction dispute resolution, litigation support and expert witness testimony, claims assessment, schedule analysis and contractual/technical analysis.
• The Candidate will ideally count with an existing client base, but this is not mandatory.
• An individual is required who can perform advanced data research, management and analysis.
• This role will involve frequent client interaction and may require the successful candidate to prepare and make presentations to communicate results.
• The international nature of our work means that the successful candidate should be prepared to travel, sometimes at short notice.
• The candidate may be undertaking expert witness work either as the named expert or supporting other experts. 
• They should be able to demonstrate experience in either writing expert reports to a high level, or experience I the development and execution phases of projects, having been exposed to claims preparation, review, contract management, changes in scope of work, schedule management and negotiations, as well as have strong industry experience in large construction and engineering projects.
• We anticipate that the successful candidate will have a good academic record and be able to demonstrate how they have distinguished themselves within their chosen field. We also expect the individual to be able to contribute to business development through networking and marketing activities.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• A recognized undergraduate degree in quantity surveying, construction management, engineering or similar from a leading university;
• A post graduate qualification in construction law (or similar) is desirable but not essential;
• Minimum 8-10 years experience with engineering or construction firms, or a construction claim/dispute firm;
• Experience working as an expert witness
• Excellent oral and verbal communications skills;
• Proficient working knowledge of relevant industry program management software including Primavera P6, MS Project, and Microsoft applications such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PowerBi;
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams;
• Professionalism and client facing ability, able to build trust;
• A strong technical underpinning in project planning;
• Relationship building and strong interpersonal skills;
• A flexible approach to their work;
• An understanding of the demands of project-based work, able to work under pressure and an ability to meet deadlines;
• A sense of personal responsibility for the quality of their work;
• Ideally fluent in both English and Spanish.

Physical and Mental Job Qualifications

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Additional Information

Some of the Benefits We Have Include

J.S. Held understands all our employees are people and sometimes life needs flexibility. We work to always provide an environment that best supports and suits our team’s needs.

• Flexible Time Off 
• Our flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely, when needed
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401k Match
• Commuter Benefit

Other Duties

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