Partner Designate Claims Consultant

THE ROLE

An exciting requirement for an experienced CLAIMS CONSULTANT with a Quantity Surveying background at Partner Designate level to join my client as soon as possible either in London / South East or based from the East of England or East Midlands although candidates from other locations may also be considered.

Some trips to head office in Suffolk will be required.

My client is heavily involved with claims and delay on a range of project types in the construction industry. They also provide commercial support to a wide range of clients which include major developers, end users, main contractors and subcontractors.

THE CLIENT

My client is a specialist firm with their head office in Suffolk working on claims, delay, expert work and commercial support for projects for buildings, infrastructure and more.

They provide technical support to lawyers and have acted as Party Representative for construction clients on adjudications.

They also provide specialist construction arbitration and construction adjudication services.

THE CANDIDATE

They now have an opening for an ambitious Partner Designate Claims Consultant to join them ASAP based either from London / South East covering work across the UK and some further afield or from the East Midlands or East of England, although candidates from other UK locations will be considered.

You must have excellent experience in dispute resolution and it is likely that you are a Quantity Surveyor by training with excellent experience of construction claims, adjudication, dispute resolution etc.

You may have worked on claims across a variety of sectors including buildings, infrastructure, civils, MEP, power, utilities etc.

You are likely to have a BSc in Quantity Surveying, be MRICS qualified and you may also have done an MSc in Construction Law or LLB.

You must have sound knowledge of standard construction forms of contract, in particular JCT and NEC and ideally you may have used FIDIC too.

You will have an excellent financial understanding of all stages of projects.

You will have knowledge of Part II of the Construction Act particularly with respect to adjudication and payment.

Dispute experience would be advantageous.

The ideal candidate will not mind occasionally working on the odd live project too and be able to identify project difficulties and pinch points.

You may have worked on projects for building, civils, MEP, utilities and similar sectors.

Ideally you will have an outgoing personality and be able to either bring clients or get involved in business networking, business development etc.

You will ideally also have potential clients that can be brought to my client.

My client would like someone to join them for a few months as an Associate or Partner Designate before becoming a full Partner.

Initial salary in the region of £120,000 per annum plus bonus etc. once a Partner.

Please email your c.v. via this website or give me, Denise Neville, a call on 07836 350309, 020 8368 0025 or 020 7613 5555 for an informal and confidential discussion.