Senior Consultant - Surety
Ref MAX10011
Consultant: Nilam Modhwadia
Region: North and Scotland
Location: Bolton, Lancashire
Salary: £50k-£70k (DOE)
Job Posted: 23/11/2023
Type: Permanent
Status: Live: Interviewing now
An exciting and rare opportunity for a QS/Commercial manager to move away from contracting and join a highly reputable consultancy in Bolton, North West.
The successful candidate will have experience in Quantity Surveying/ Commercial Management from a contracting background and wants to move away from the general QS duties and move into a specialist Senior Consultant role as part of the consultancy’s Surety team.
If this sounds like you, then this position could be a great career move. This is a specialist role offering consistent and secure employment, as the market currently does not have any other providers of this service!
Project Details
You will work for a reputable consultancy with a highly experienced senior management team where you can expect to act as a mediator between insolvent contractors or subcontractors and their clients within the Surety market.
Responsibilities and Duties
The specific duties will include, but not be limited to:
* Review of contract bonds and contract documents.
* Liaising with insolvency practitioners.
* Guiding Employers in respect of contractual entitlements following termination of employment.
* Reviewing damages claims against Surety.
* Managing disputes and corresponding with lawyers.
* Reporting to Surety clients, issuing recommendations.
* Liaising with and/or instructing solicitors.
* Writing up detailed reports.
* Negotiation and settlement of claims.
Desired Skills and Experience
* Approximately 10 years’ experience in the construction industry.
* Ideally commercial management experience with Tier 1 or Tier 2 Main Contractor.
* A good understanding of contractual matters and claims.
* Good communication skills, with the ability to establish good rapport with the claimants to address and solve claims.
* Good report writing skills.
Qualifications/Educational Requirements
* Qualified to degree level.
* Ideally RICS qualified.
Employing Company Overview and Profile
The hiring company is a multi-disciplinary construction consulting firm with a focus on risk analysis and mitigation, expert witness, coaching, training, project management, commercial management, and dispute avoidance.
Since its founding, the company has built a solid and expanding clientele. It is ideally situated to offer clients across the country a high calibre of service, with multiple office sites around the United Kingdom.
The business is headed up by a highly respected senior management team who can provide excellent guidance and support to the successful candidate in their professional career development.
Additional Benefits Package and Incentives
* Basic Salary up to £70k (DOE).
* 26 days holiday + bank holidays.
* Competitive discretionary bonus.
* 5% matched pension contribution.
* Family Health Cover.
* £5k Core Critical Illness.
* Life Assurance 3 x Salary.
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