Subject Matter Expert, Construction Disputes

Company Description

The Vertex Companies, LLC (VERTEX) is a global $150M professional services firm that offers integrated forensic consulting, expert witness services, construction project advisory, and compliance and regulatory consulting to a myriad of markets and industries. Our brand purpose is to better outcomes for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Join us if you are looking for a career that offers you a chance to love what you do, continuously learn, and take pride in your work.

Vertex is looking for a Senior level Construction Contract Disputes Expert with prior experience as an Expert Witness testifying on construction contract dispute related cases. We provide a team of consultants to support our Experts. Litigation matters include construction claims related to change order disputes, reasonableness of a termination, damages owed resulting from a termination, cost to complete estimating / analysis, contractor standard of care, scheduling disputes, or responding to construction defect claims on a variety of residential, commercial, and mixed‑use buildings.

• Work Product Creation, Project Management, Coordination with Team Members
• Testify as an expert witness in a court or arbitration regarding your construction damages and standard of care opinions.
• Write expert reports for contract dispute related matters.
• Analyze construction plans, disclosed documents / emails / payment applications / job cost reports, and construction contracts to understand party responsibilities specific to discrete claims and formulate a written response. Quantify and allocate damages owed to a specific party.
• Cost estimating and construction accounting forensics (e.g., who is owed what resulting from a contractor termination).
• Attend site inspections of projects to document observable conditions.
• Collaborate with team or other stakeholders (e.g., outside experts) to formulate and finalize high quality expert opinions / reports.
• Be autonomous in completing assignments well in advance of deadlines to allow for client review and feedback.
• Fully manage assignments from the initial call with the client through deliverable submission and testimony. Understand at the project outset what the client needs are and efficiently complete the work. Ensure the opinions / reports are high quality, thorough and accurate.
• Support assigned Managing Director in monitoring of all relevant data related to own performance such as individual utilization rate vs target, business development, and client deadlines.
• Meet or exceed defined individual average utilization goals as set forth by company leadership.
• Travel, as necessary to support client, employee, and leadership needs.
• Perform quality control of all assigned projects and self-generated work product, maintaining an excellent reputation of quality and client satisfaction.
• Provide feedback to project team leader in a manner that assists with rapid identification and escalation of any client, or technical or operational challenges.

• Be aware of and perform own tasks in a manner that supports the organization’s vision, values and defined business objectives.
• Conduct self and prioritize tasks to work toward achievement of defined revenue / profit objectives.
• Cooperate in construction of strong cross‑functional teams (support staff assignments of self) to achieve success in shared goals, understanding that multiple perspectives and talents build stronger teams and results.
• Complete daily tasks or overall projects efficiently and accurately.
• Ensure consistent high quality on deliverables for all individual work product.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, science or engineering field (i.e., Engineering, Construction Management, etc.) or other advanced degrees as called for in area of specialization.
• Will consider previous expert witness experience in lieu of degree
• Minimum of 15 years’ industry experience.

• Expertise with analyzing construction claims, construction disputes, construction defects, and construction costs / standards.
• Prior experience as testifying Expert Witness in…