Construction Consultant

Description

Company Description

The Vertex Companies, LLC (Vertex) is a $180M global consulting firm that integrates strategic advisory, project management, and dispute resolution services for organizations facing complex challenges in a world of risk. We embody our core values of embracing lifelong learning, operating with urgency, maximizing value, and driving collaboration to better outcomes for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Join us if you are looking for a career that offers you a chance to love what you do and deliver meaningful impact.

Job Description

The Construction Consultant will support the analysis, preparation, and evaluation of complex construction claims and dispute matters involving schedule delays, productivity impacts, cost overruns, change orders, and project performance issues. Working alongside senior consultants, subject matter experts, attorneys, owners, contractors, and project stakeholders, this position will perform detailed project reviews, develop technical analyses, prepare client deliverables, and contribute to expert consulting engagements across a broad range of construction projects.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in construction management, project controls, scheduling, project engineering, or operations with a general contractor, construction manager, owner's project manager, or engineering consulting firm. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply practical construction knowledge to dispute resolution, forensic analysis, and claims consulting.

Core Responsibilities

Work Product Creation, Project Management, Coordination with Team Members

• Analyze construction project documentation, including contracts, schedules, daily reports, RFIs, submittals, change orders, meeting minutes, cost records, and correspondence.
• Assist in the preparation of technical analyses related to schedule delays, disruption, acceleration, productivity loss, and cost impacts.
• Develop and maintain construction schedule analyses utilizing CPM scheduling methodologies.
• Perform schedule updates, forensic schedule reviews, and delay impact assessments.
• Evaluate project performance against baseline plans, milestones, budgets, and contractual obligations.
• Prepare written reports, exhibits, presentations, and technical memoranda for clients and dispute proceedings.
• Develop project timelines, fact chronologies, and supporting documentation for claims and dispute engagements.
• Assist in quantification and analysis of damages associated with delays, disruptions, inefficiencies, and changed work.
• Produce clear, accurate, and defensible work products suitable for mediation, arbitration, litigation, or negotiation.
• Support expert witness teams through research, analysis, document organization, and exhibit preparation.

Operations

• Manage multiple client engagements simultaneously while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• Participate in project meetings, client interviews, site visits, and document review sessions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of consultants, construction professionals, attorneys, accountants, and industry experts.
• Maintain project records and ensure adherence to internal quality control procedures.
• Assist with discovery efforts, data collection, and project information management.
• Support business development activities through proposal preparation, market research, and client relationship management.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, analytical methodologies, and best practices within the claims and disputes practice.
• Communicate findings effectively to clients and project stakeholders.
• Travel periodically for project site visits, client meetings, and engagement support activities.

Qualifications & Competencies

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of related experience, a Master's degree and 3 years of related experience, or 8 years of related experience and no degree.
• Experience working on commercial, institutional, infrastructure, industrial, healthcare, life sciences, or large-scale construction projects.
• Understanding of construction project delivery methodologies, including Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, CM-at-Risk, and Integrated Project Delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to review and interpret construction schedules, contracts, and cost documentation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Knowledge & Skills

• Cost tracking, forecasting, earned value concepts, and commercial management practices.
• Construction contracts, change management, and project administration processes.
• Claims preparation, documentation standards, and dispute resolution fundamentals.
• Construction means and methods across multiple project types.

Additional Information

At Vertex, we invest in top talent with a highly competitive total compensation package that rewards performance and supports long-term success. Total compensation includes a base salary and a discretionary variable bonus program, depending on your level. Our comprehensive benefits package offers multiple healthcare and dental plan options, as well as company-paid Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability coverage—ensuring peace of mind for you and your family. We offer a 401(k) plan with immediate matching and full vesting, empowering employees to build financial security from day one. Additional benefits include Flexible Spending Accounts, a robust Employee Assistance Program, and a suite of exclusive perks that enhance everyday life. At The Vertex Companies, our salary ranges are intentionally designed to support meaningful career growth over time. These ranges allow employees to develop, expand their impact, and increase their earnings as they progress within their job level. A new hire’s starting compensation is determined by their experience, geographical location, scope of the role at the time of hire, and Company affordability. Our ranges are structured to reward growth and performance, ensuring there is room for advancement and long-term opportunity.

The salary ranges for this role are as follows: 

$70,000 - $168,000 USD annually (Geographical Tier AA - Sample Locations: NY Metro, San Franscisco, San Jose, Seattle) 

$65,000 - $155,000 USD annually (Geographical Tier A - Sample Locations: Irvine CA, Middlesex NJ, Tacoma WA, Boston, Alexandria) 

$59,000 - $142,000 USD annually (Geographical Tier B - Sample Locations - Baltimore, Chicago, Anchorage, Portland) 

$54,000 - $129,000 USD annually (Geographical Tier C - Sample Locations - Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Miami) 

$51,000 - $123,000 USD annually (Geographical Tier D - Sample Locations - Mississippi, Mobile AL, Bowling Green KY, Tulsa) 

Time away matters—so we provide a generous paid time off program, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays (with prorated options for eligible part-time employees). At Vertex, growth never stops. Our signature “Lifetime of Learning” program offers tuition reimbursement and personalized support for employees pursuing advanced education—helping you sharpen your skills and accelerate your career.

Notice to Third Party Agencies:

Please note that The Vertex Companies employs a fully staffed recruiting team. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Agreement, Vertex will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Vertex explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Vertex.