Associate, Construction Disputes & Advisory (Bi-Lingual-Spanish)

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.

Practice Overview:

Ankura's Construction Disputes & Advisory Practice delivers sophisticated expert services and strategic advisory solutions to resolve complex construction disputes and optimize capital project performance. Our multidisciplinary team combines deep industry expertise with advanced analytical capabilities to provide independent professional opinions, delay and cost analysis, and practical risk mitigation strategies across some of the world's largest and most complex infrastructure, real estate, healthcare, energy, and financial services projects.

This position is located in Phoenix or Miami.

Role Overview:

• Support complex construction dispute resolution engagements and provide strategic advisory services to Fortune 500 clients, government agencies, and major capital project stakeholders

• Value Proposition: This role offers the opportunity to work on significant construction projects, support high-performing teams, and impact multi-million-dollar dispute resolutions while advancing your career in a dynamic, growth-oriented practice.

Responsibilities:

• Support detailed analyses of project schedule delays, cost overruns, productivity, contracts, change orders and other issues related to design and construction

• Assist in research and analysis project cost records and financial statements

• Reconcile claim amounts to accounting systems and to insurers' calculations

• Use Ankura’s proprietary tools and industry standards in the development of claim methodology and work product

• Develop computer models of schedules, contractor production rates and costs using Primavera P6 and other software packages

• Assist with data gathering activities including document review, and quality control of data entry activities

• Demonstrating proper documentation of work product

• Limited engagement planning, which may include proposals, budgeting and budget tracking, and work tasks development

• Coordinating administrative functions, including time tracking and bill preparation

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field from an accredited institution; Advanced degree preferred

• Business-level fluency in both Spanish and English required

• 2+ years of disputes/claims experience in the construction and engineering industries

• Experience in damages and investigative work focused on contractual disputes, claims, and litigation

• Proficiency with Primavera Project Planner and project scheduling technique experience is highly preferred

• Industry experience with project controls/scheduling is a benefit

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