Senior Contractual​/Commercial Consultant

Overview

Working for Quantum Global Solutions you will be a self-starter with an innovative approach to projects and a strong customer focus towards your clients.

• Hold a degree relevant to the construction industry.
• Retain membership of a relevant professional institution, such as MICE, RICS, etc.
• Be working towards or hold additional relevant qualifications: arbitration, adjudicator, expert witness.
• 10 to 15 years plus experience within the construction industry.
• Must have held senior posts within organisations and have been at the front line of construction projects.
• Hold particular expertise or specialism within the construction sector: oil, gas, infrastructure, building, etc.
• Hold particular technical expertise: cost specialist, contract specialist, etc.

• Be able to focus on key evidence and separate core issues from the general noise of contractual communication.
• Be able to develop entitlements quickly from the evidence on the ground.
• Be able to tell the story supported by the evidence and grasp the bigger picture.
• Possess excellent writing and grammar skills and be highly proficient in authoring technical documents.
• Be able to set strategy and develop structures for demonstrating entitlements.
• Be good with people and operate professionally in client facing roles.
• Possess excellent presentational skills and lead or chair meetings and discussions.
• Possess first‑hand experience with the development of construction claims; participated in the development of claims strategies, negotiation and final settlement; possess the ability to develop strategies for substantiating and calculating recoverable costs.
• Lead presentations to clients; possess excellent verbal communication skills and be able to chair meetings, discussions and workshops.
• Generate high quality documentation utilising the technical and functional capabilities of software such as Word and Excel to deliver documents fully formatted and checked ready for peer review or presentation.
• Be fully conversant with the appropriate deployment and use of delay analysis methodologies.
• Be highly proficient in managing personal and project time according to differing and flexible schedules; manage the timeframe of team’s delivery against programmes and budgets.
• Be a strong team player leading and supporting teams where required.
• Comply with company procedures, particularly compliance with weekly updates to corporate cloud storage systems.
• Have an active interest in local institution activities and be committed to ongoing personal development.