Senior construction delay manager

On behalf of one of its clients, a consulting company, the French Chamber of Commerce is looking for a Construction Delay - Senior Associate / Manager

The company is a wholly independent international consulting firm providing advice to company management and shareholders for their strategic or critical decisions, notably in transactions, disputes, and crises.

The company's strength lies in connecting strategy, facts, and figures. Its teams are international and multicultural, combining various skills to provide bespoke services to our clients. We recruit our consultants from the best. The company is present in 13 countries in Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa and leads engagements all over the world.

Within the company, you will find yourself immersed in some of the most interesting disputes in complex engineering, construction, and infrastructure projects worldwide. As a key team member, you will play a vital role in supporting our teams by providing technical, analytical, and reporting assistance to a diverse portfolio of clients, ranging from subcontractors to project owners. Your involvement extends from providing support and actively engaging in negotiations, all the way to helping in expert evidence during international arbitration and litigation proceedings.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include reviewing, analyzing, and summarizing project schedules, progress reports, factual chronologies, and/or construction contracts. You can expect to be involved in project delay, disruption, and cost-overrun (quantum) analysis, reviews of actual versus forecast progress, and interpreting contracts, each of which will require your work to be summarized in presentations and reports addressed to clients, courts, and tribunals.

You will also be expected to manage and assist the professional growth of analysts and associates, collaborating with the quantum expert team and being able to work closely with the legal team on dispute matters. Your skills will be instrumental in summarizing your work into presentations and reports addressed to clients, courts, and tribunals.

Main responsibilities :

- Aim to autonomously manage a project (analysis, deliverable, time, and budget).

- Structure analyses to be carried out by less experienced team members and review the quality of the work performed, including for (technical) consistency and completeness.

- Triangulate and cross-check information provided, or calculations performed.

- Identify key issues arising during an engagement independently and develop his/her own solutions relating to main project issues or risks. Summarizes findings to director/partner.

- Structure and draft report sections and/or create draft presentations.

- Start managing client relationships and communications, including with the manager/director or engagement partner.

- Actively provide support in training of analysts on internal/external technical standards and industry developments.

- Show efficient organization when involved in two assignments.

Requirements :

- Experience in a similar role (consultancy on construction projects and/or disputes) and/or experience on construction projects (project management, scheduling management) Preferably around 4 to 6 years of experience.

- Outstanding academic track record in engineering (civil, mechanical, or industrial).

- Exceptional numerical and analytical skills, commercial awareness, and attention to detail. Logical and analytical skills

- Strong interest and knowledge in project management and energy/civil engineering.

- Advanced Microsoft Office, project scheduling (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project) skills are highly valued.

- Experience in adjudication and/or arbitration would be advantageous.

- Fluency in English with excellent oral and written communication skills, particularly the ability to summarize (fluency in other languages is also desirable but not essential).

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

- Dynamic and enthusiast

- Curiosity and willingness to learn

- Possesses a commercial interest, common sense, and attention to detail.