Claims Consultant

Job description / Role

Currie & Brown is currently looking for a western claims consultant for our Dubai office.

The successful candidate will support project leaders in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as preferred service provider.

Responsibilities for the successful candidate(s) will include:
- Analysing and evaluating contractual issues and disputes
- Providing contractual guidance, including risk analysis of contract provisions
- Preparing position and recommendation papers
- Developing negotiation strategies on contractual issues, including management of claims/disputes
- Business development and preparing proposals for Currie & Brown
- Delivering the services as set out by the terms of commission/appointment
- Adhering to international best practice and the standards of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
- Representing Currie & Brown in a professional manner at all times

Requirements

- QS degree, preferably with LLM or MSc in Construction Law
- Western national
- Professionally qualified to MRICS and MCIArb levels
- Minimum of five years’ experience within the construction industry
- Quantity surveying background with at least two years’ experience working in claims and arbitration
- Well-versed in contract administration, VOs, claims, procedures and payments
- Ability to advise legal teams on technical aspects of construction disputes
- Experience in providing project audits
- Comprehensive experience of contract negotiations and close-out procedures
- Knowledge of FIDIC
- Comprehensive knowledge of ADR practice and procedures
- Broad knowledge of contracting principles and practices

About the Company

Currie & Brown is one of the world's leading physical assets management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients in respect of the procurement, construction, management and utilisation of their physical assets.

From airports to corporate headquarters, power stations to health and education, leisure and hotel facilities to transportation infrastructure - the sheer range of projects we are involved in gives us a vast breadth and depth of experience. Projects of this kind cannot be tackled with an 'off-the-peg, one-size-fits-all' solution. Instead, we apply flexible working and innovative thinking to provide a value-for-money, tailored solution.

We operate throughout the world and have offices in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, India and the Middle East.