Director, Construction Expert Services

Director – Construction Delay Expert Services

We are seeking an experienced Director to join our Construction Delay Expert Services practice in Madrid . The successful candidate will have substantial experience in construction planning, scheduling, delay analysis, and the preparation of independent expert evidence for major construction and engineering disputes.

The Director will lead complex delay and programming assignments, coordinate multidisciplinary expert teams, and contribute to the preparation and presentation of expert reports in large and complex international arbitration and litigation proceedings. The role requires strong technical expertise, sound professional judgement, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with clients, legal counsel, technical specialists, and other expert disciplines.

The position may involve international travel depending on project, client, and hearing requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead construction delay, disruption, and scheduling analyses in connection with major international construction and engineering disputes.
• Develop and implement appropriate forensic delay analysis methodologies based on the contractual framework, available project records, programme quality, and issues in dispute.
• Prepare, review, and contribute to independent expert reports for international arbitration, litigation, adjudication, dispute boards, mediation, and other dispute resolution proceedings.
• Analyse baseline programmes, programme updates, critical paths, progress records, contemporaneous project documentation, extensions of time, acceleration measures, mitigation actions, and alleged causes of delay.
• Apply internationally recognised delay analysis methodologies and professional guidance, including the Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol and relevant AACE International Recommended Practices .
• Use and interrogate internationally recognised planning and scheduling software, including Oracle Primavera P6 , and other relevant planning and project controls platforms.
• Provide clear and independent opinions on matters including critical delay, concurrency, causation, responsibility, mitigation, acceleration, disruption, and extensions of time.
• Coordinate and supervise teams of delay analysts, planners, consultants, and junior professionals across multiple jurisdictions.
• Work collaboratively with experts and specialists in other disciplines, including quantum, financial damages, engineering, technical, project management, and contract administration.
• Coordinate the delay analysis with the assessment of prolongation costs, disruption, loss of productivity, acceleration costs, and other financial consequences.
• Participate in meetings with clients, external legal counsel, witnesses of fact, technical advisers, and other experts.
• Assist legal teams with the development of case strategy, document requests, witness interviews, hearing preparation, and the identification of relevant technical and programming evidence.
• Prepare presentations, demonstratives, hearing materials, and other clear visual explanations of complex delay and scheduling issues.
• Present expert opinions clearly and persuasively in meetings, expert conferences, hearings, and other formal proceedings.
• Provide oral evidence as an expert witness and respond effectively to cross-examination.
• Review and critique opposing expert reports, methodologies, assumptions, calculations, and conclusions.
• Support business development activities, including the preparation of proposals, client presentations, fee estimates, scopes of work, and credentials.
• Develop and maintain relationships with law firms, contractors, owners, developers, investors, public authorities, and other participants in the construction and infrastructure sectors.
• Contribute to the growth, technical development, and quality assurance of the Construction Delay Expert Services practice.
• Mentor and develop team members and promote consistent technical and professional standards across assignments.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of relevant professional experience in construction planning, scheduling, project controls, delay analysis, claims consulting, or construction dispute resolution.
• Extensive experience undertaking delay and scheduling analyses for large, complex, and technically demanding construction or infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrable experience preparing expert reports for major international arbitration or litigation proceedings.
• Experience acting as an expert witness, including providing oral testimony and being subject to cross-examination.
• Advanced knowledge of forensic delay analysis methodologies and their practical application to construction disputes.
• Strong working knowledge of the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol , AACE International Recommended Practices , and other internationally recognised delay analysis standards and guidance.
• Advanced proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6 and experience with other recognised planning and scheduling software.
• Strong understanding of critical path method scheduling, programme logic, float, progress measurement, programme updating, resource and cost loading, baseline validation, and schedule quality assessment.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams, including delay, quantum, financial damages, engineering, and technical specialists.
• Strong knowledge of construction contracts, extensions of time, contractual notice requirements, concurrency, acceleration, mitigation, disruption, and causation.
• Experience working on international projects and disputes involving multiple parties, jurisdictions, contractual structures, and governing laws.
• Excellent analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage several complex assignments, deadlines, and stakeholder groups simultaneously.
• High professional standards, independence, attention to detail, and sound judgement.
• Experience with arbitration proceedings conducted under major institutional rules, including ICC, ICSID, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and other international arbitration frameworks.

Communication and Language Requirements

• Ability to communicate complex technical and programming matters clearly, concisely, and persuasively.
• Excellent written report-drafting skills.
• Strong oral presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Confidence communicating with senior executives, external counsel, tribunals, clients, witnesses, and other experts.
• Full professional fluency in Spanish and English , both written and spoken.

Mobility

• Willingness and ability to travel internationally when required for client meetings, project inspections, expert meetings, hearings, and other assignment-related activities.

Desirable Experience

• Degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, quantity surveying, project management, or another relevant technical discipline.
• Relevant postgraduate qualifications or professional certifications in planning, project management, construction law, claims, or dispute resolution.
• Experience in sectors such as transport infrastructure, energy, oil and gas, industrial facilities, water, mining, buildings, concessions, and major public works.
• Experience working for contractors, owners, consultants, project managers, or specialist construction claims and expert services firms.

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