Senior Consultant - Contract

Turner & Townsend; Riyadh Region; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services firm seeking candidates for our Contract Services team in the region. You will deliver contract development, management, and claims advisory services across real estate and infrastructure with a proactive, commercially minded approach.

Ideal candidates have a background in quantity surveying, commercial management or engineering, with strong experience in standard contracts, dispute resolution, and bid support.

Qualifications

• Experience in a variety of construction sectors and project types.
• Strong contract administration experience.
• Strong commercial management experience on major projects.
• Experience of FIDIC and other standard form contracts and the relevant processes and procedures.
• Experience of compiling claim reports.
• Experience of arbitration and/or litigation processes.
• Confident in a client facing environment, with good presentational skills.
• Experience of performance forensics, whether from a quantum or delay background.
• Application of methodical analytical skills, with a flexible and adaptable approach to service delivery under a number of challenging scenarios.
• Experience of providing consultancy services on live contracts and projects in distress an advantage.
• Able to prepare and support on major bid proposals.

Responsibilities

• Provide best-in-class contract services and claims management advice for clients in the built environment.
• Support Subject Matter Experts in the Contract Services division across the region.
• Aid growth of the Contract Services division through effective delivery on projects.
• Assist with major bid proposals and client-facing engagements.

Skills

Contract management

Dispute resolution

Claims management

Client communication

Education

Quantity surveying, civil engineering or construction management degree

MSc Construction Law

Chartered membership (MCIArb / MCIOB / MRICS / FRICS)

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Turner and Townsend Contract Services Team deliver Contract Development, Contract Management and Dispute Resolution and Claims Management Services across the region. With strong experience in a consultancy or contractor organization, you will have knowledge and demonstrate hands on experience of standard forms of contract, claims management, dispute avoidance and/or dispute resolution within the built environment sectors. With a ‘can do’ attitude and commercially astute you will be driven, results oriented with the ability to provide best in class claims and dispute management advice for our clients.

Individuals will have a quantity surveying, commercial management, engineering and/or legal background and have the ability to support our Subject Matter Experts in the region and aid the growth of our high performing Contract Services division.

• Experience in a variety of construction sectors and project type
• Strong contract administration experience
• Strong commercial management experience on major projects
• Experience of FIDIC and other standard form contracts and the relevant processes and procedures
• Experience of compiling claim reports
• Experience of arbitration and/or litigation processes
• Confident in a client facing environment, with good presentational skills
• Experience of performance forensics, whether from a quantum or delay background
• Application of methodical analytical skills, with a flexible and adaptable approach to service delivery under a number of challenging scenarios
• Experience of providing consultancy services on live contracts and projects in distress an advantage
• Able to prepare and support on major bid proposals

Qualifications

• Quantity surveying, civil engineering or construction management degree
• MSc Construction Law or similar desirable (or currently undertaking)
• MCIArb, MCIOB, MRICS or FRICS chartered preferred

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrable track record of providing contract and claims services in the property sector.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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