Senior Consultant (Construction Advisory)

Company Description

Are you looking to join an organization that is growing and dynamic? What about a high-energy, collaborative environment that rewards hard work?

J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high stakes matters demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, proven experience, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.

Job Description

J.S. Held is actively seeking a Senior Consultant for the Construction Advisory Team in the Boston, MA area, specializing in schedule development and maintenance. This position is for a professional who has knowledge or experience with contract and/or change order management, critical path scheduling analysis, preparation of change orders or claims, cost analysis and quantification of damages, review of drawings and specifications, and other engineering and construction-related documents. Prior scheduling experience on active construction in commercial, mixed-use development is highly preferred. Experience in scheduling active highway, heavy civil, rail, pharmaceutical, energy, institution or federal projects is beneficial but not necessary.

The work performed by the Senior Consultant include the development, review, and analysis of construction schedules, job cost reports, labor records, production quantities, earned values, project reports, change orders, contracts, correspondence, estimating and other project records.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain project schedules in Oracle Primavera P6 
• Lead coordination with client to engage the development and maintenance of project schedules
• Evaluate the quality, progress, and risks of CPM schedules
• Communicate observations on quality, progress, and risks in both verbal and written formats
• Create, maintain, and publish schedule KPI reports
• Perform and present schedule delay analysis
• Assess scope changes to project schedules
• Calculate loss of productivity/efficiency
• Estimate and/or Analyze labor, equipment, materials, general conditions and indirect costs
• Determine escalation cost of material and/or labor
• Establish costs of extended general conditions and requirements
• Quantify unabsorbed home office overhead costs
• Review and organize project documents
• Produce work products, draft memos, presentations, and reports
• Travel as needed to project sites and client offices

Qualifications

Require Qualifications

• 4 years experience with construction firms, construction scheduling firm, or a construction claim/dispute firm
• 2 years experience with responsibility for scheduling assignments using Oracle Primavera P6 Scheduling software or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, or an Engineering discipline such as Structural, Civil, Electrical, MEP etc.
• Analytical aptitudes and attention to detail
• Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Estimating experience preferred but not necessary
• Bluebeam or other PDF management software
• Microsoft Office – Intermediate skills required, advanced skills preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Capability to develop Power BI Dashboards preferred
• Member Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACEi) preferred
• Member Project Management Institute preferred
• Registration/Certificates a plus:  Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Trained, OSHA 10, PSP, PMP, PMI-SP, PE, EIT, LEED, CSL

Character Requirements

• Maintains Project Focus: Sees things through to completion, deals effectively with potential obstacles and exhibits the flexibility to adapt to whatever a situation calls for. Work is completed within designated timeframes. Take proper action when time frames cannot be met to ensure the work of others is not compromised. Uses non-billable time effectively.
• Independently Project Leader: Has the capability to work independently in client facing environment. Can grasp overall objectives of a project and make recommendations that align with client and J.S. Held’s interests.
• Analytical Thinker: Ability to systematically collect, organize, and interpret data from multiple sources to support observations and provide decision making guidance to clients
• Skilled Communicator: Effectively communicates at all organizational levels, both in writing and orally. Maintains confidentiality of clients and J.S. Held.
• Prioritizes Quality of Work: Has strong work ethic, taking care to produce accurate work. Has mechanisms in place to check work and ensure the quality of work being produced is accurate and timely.
• Maintains Professionalism: Has a positive attitude, displays a sense of pride, enthusiasm, optimism and deep dedication for work with both clients and colleagues. Is a self-manager in proactively and ethically managing client requirements and professional development in a hybrid work environment.
• Fosters Professional Entrepreneurial Spirit: Self-motivated to pursue opportunities to grow professionally, both in terms of technical proficiency and reinforced personal and corporate branding.
• Facilitates Teamwork: Works well within a broad and dynamic set of teams, comprised of internal and external professionals. Foster communication through the sharing of ideas and insights. Actively listen and build consensus by ensuring that all opinions are heard and valued. 

Additional Information

Our flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely, when needed

• Flexible Time Off policy
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401k Match
• Commuter Benefit

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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Please explore what we are all about at www.jsheld.com.

EEO and Job Accommodations

We embrace diversity and our commitment to building a team and environment that fosters professional and personal enrichment is unwavering. We are greater when we are equal!

J.S. Held is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request for a reasonable accommodation, please email [email protected] and include “Applicant Accommodation” within the subject line with your request and contact information.

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