Construction Managing Consultant

Berkeley Research Group • Washington DC, DC

10d • $120,000 - $190,000

About The Position

BRG’s Global Construction Engineering Consulting practice offers professional experience and competence in fact-finding, data analytics, claims/dispute analysis and management, and litigation support, along with technical expertise in engineering, architecture, construction management, public contracting, specifications and technical document development, schedule development and analysis, cost analysis, negotiations, and expert witness testimony. Our experts are experienced in litigation and domestic and international arbitration, and include Professional Engineers, Project Management Professionals, Registered Architects, AACE Certified Planning and Scheduling Professionals, Certified Public Accountants, Certified Fraud Examiners, and executive industry leaders. We are seeking a consultant with strong construction scheduling, cost management, and insurance claims background. You will be expected to provide full life-cycle support for all project controls functions including schedule management, risk management, earned value management, cost & change management on assigned projects. Additionally, you will support other experts and senior staff from a project management standpoint on claims related to delays. BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise purpose-built for agility and connectivity, which sets us apart—and gets you ahead. At BRG, our top-tier professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of proven real-world experience to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges for organizations across the globe. Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking from diverse perspectives that, when paired with our global reach and resources, make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world. At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen. BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or a related field
• Minimum six (6+) years of design or construction experience across a range of projects
• Minimum six (6+) experience in project controls and scheduling
• Must be proficient in the use of Primavera P6
• Ability to manage multiple work assignments and clients simultaneously
• Strong communication with abilities to articulate solutions to clients
• This position will be based on the East Coast, preferably in Washington, DC. Open to other locations like NYC, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Nice To Haves

• Additional experience in delay damages, extended overhead, labor inefficiency, unpaid contract balance, and change order or scope change pricing is desirable but not required
• Experience in the analysis of complex construction disputes, including defective. construction issues, design errors and omissions, schedule delays, scope of work and change order disputes, and labor inefficiency is desirable but not required

Responsibilities

• Review contract, specifications, and drawings to confirm design and construction schedule baselines and updates for comprehensiveness, quality, and constructability and risk.
• Develop and implement cost administration and reporting systems including estimates, budgets, schedules, manhour, cost, and earned value reports.
• Review critical path, cost loading, schedule content and forecasted work.
• Identify relationships, constraints, optimal sequence of work, and milestones within project work schedule.
• Perform schedule impact analysis for change orders.
• QA/QC review of schedule submissions for conformance.
• Provide support and assistance with Company business development efforts.
• Ensure all project control procedures are in place and being followed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees