Senior Claims Consultant

Job description / Role

A claims specialist is needed to join a dynamic dispute consultancy organisation that is growing fast in Hong Kong.

Live projects currently include major MTR stations construction projects, major railway lines and road/highway projects. All these projects are subjects to delay, claims and require supplementary agreements or formal claims for entitlement

Senior Claims Consultant Job Duties in Hong Kong
- To act as an expert for quantum dispute matters
- Liaise with Delay Analyst
- Handling & advising on claims relating to history events, contractor entitlement
- Able to produce good quality claims documents independently
- Provide management input into contractual and associated quantum matters
- Compiling claims on prolongation costs, disruption costs (measured-mile);
- Assisting with extension of time claims preparation & advice
- Managing change calculation & re-rating
- Resolving re-measurement disputes
- Advising on preambles interpretation & missing item disputes.
- Contract administration
- Variation Order (VO) valuation
- Able to recruit and manage a team of dispute consultants and have the ambition and capability to manage the Hong Kong regional office
- Able to develop, account manage and grow work with new Hong Kong based dispute clients
- Keen to attend & is effective at networking functions to develop further business

Requirements

- Suitable applicants will have extensive Dispute Resolution experience in Hong Kong or in the UK or elsewhere in the world and will have a proven record in producing good quality claims documents
- Experience of acting as an expert for quantum matters and has experience of being cross examined would be an advantage
- FRICS qualified or equivalent is highly desirable
- Additional qualifications such as an MSc in construction Law or FCIArb would be an advantage
- It would be advantageous if applicants also posessed additional skill sets such as mediation or a delay analyst capability or qualification
- Ability to read and write fluent English is essential
- Experience of having worked as a claims consultant for major international contractors on major projects is highly desirable

About the Company

Maxim Recruitment is an independent recruitment consultancy established in January 2003 to service the building, civil engineering and consulting sectors.

At Maxim, we enjoy talking about the practical ways in which we can help people to find a suitable construction job or recruit a new member of staff for a client.