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

This position supports the Ankura Construction Disputes & Advisory practice - one of six practices focused on client delivery services across the Firm.

Ankura is recognised as one of the five fastest growing consulting companies with over 2000 employees across 30 offices in four continents, providing a range of advisory and expert services to the private and public sector. We’re all about helping our clients solve complex problems and we pride ourselves on working collaboratively across our business. We’re an agile and dynamic organisation, able to move quickly and are entrepreneurial in our outlook.

We are looking for a ‘rising star’ to complement our talented team. We’re at the heart of our client’s most important issues, bringing the knowledge and insight they need to be successful, right across the project lifecycle. Working across a range of infrastructure and construction sectors, our talented team combines deep industry experience with practical know how, bringing bright ideas. The team is part of our wider Global Construction Disputes & Advisory business, which consist of over 200 highly experienced capital project specialists, located all over the world.

This is a key role, operating in a fast-paced culture, and will suit a candidate with the ambition and desire to grow and develop in the project advisory world, whilst we provide the opportunity and training to support you in that endeavour, including excellent networking opportunities. The role will involve frequent client interaction, including preparing and presenting results.

You will be part of a talented team of project advisory specialists working on some of the world’s most interesting and significant projects.

The international nature of our work means that successful candidates should be prepared to travel globally, sometimes at short notice. You will have the opportunity to broaden your experience by working on complex and landmark projects in the construction and engineering sector all over the globe.

Why Join Ankura

• Opportunities to work on some of the largest and most high-profile projects, providing advice at the highest level.
• To work in a dynamic and fast paced environment, alongside senior leaders of our business.
• The opportunity to learn quickly and influence the growth and development of our team.
• Fantastic personal and professional development opportunities and the ability to learn from experts in their fields.
• Exposure to senior clients and an opportunity to build your own client relationships.
  
  

We’re looking for bright and ambitious individuals. We’re a small team that is growing quickly and you’ll play an integral part of that growth. You’ll work as part of a project advisory team, delivering client engagements with considerable contact with our clients. As a Director, your role will include:

• Developing strategies to help clients deliver their projects successfully and transform performance.
• Helping clients understand how their projects are performing and helping them intervene when things go wrong, or before they go wrong.
• Working alongside our clients, providing them with strategic advice and insights.
• Participating in the development of our business and supporting in the preparation of bids and proposals, and client pitches.
• Supporting the operational management and development of our team.
• Be involved in preparing various analyses that supports our advice and adds value to our clients.
• An individual is required who can perform advanced data research, management, and analysis.
• This role will involve frequent client interaction and may require the successful candidate to prepare and makes presentations to communicate results.
  
  

We are interested in candidates from a range of sectors and whilst it would be ideal, you don’t necessarily need prior experience in a consulting environment. As an integral member of our team, you will have:-

• You will have a background in construction, engineering, or quantity surveying with a related degree.
• Professional chartered memberships preferred e.g., RICS, ICE.
• Broad experience across a range of large infrastructure construction projects (oil & gas, infrastructure, buildings, public works).
• Demonstrable Planning or Project Management experience skills including compiling and/or reviewing claims.
• Have a good understanding of project controls and associated management systems.
• You will be an experienced people manager running small teams, comfortable delegating and actively supporting the development of junior members of the team.
• You may not yet be generating leads but are comfortable actively networking and leveraging your personal and professional network to benefit the team, and the wider company.
• Be able to analyse and assess project data and documentation.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build relationships.
• Good analytical and data management skills are a must.
• Good team working skills and the ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure within a team or as an individual.
• Be highly motivated, self-starting, curious and have a hunger to learn and develop yourself through various means and formats, not just paid training courses.
• Be agile and flexible, comfortable with ambiguity and be able to apply yourself to new situations.
• Be self-aware, enjoy working in a team environment and collaborating with others.
• Have experience in one or more of the following areas: business case and feasibility, procurement, project setup, contracts and commercial management, project controls, monitoring and reporting, governance, assurance, turnaround, disputes.
• Have solid analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills, and be proficient in data analysis techniques and technology (e.g., Excel, PowerBI).
• Fluent in English and Arabic is essential.
• Travel flexible both national and international.
• Demonstrate an eagerness to help build a team with others towards a shared objective and be measured on the same.
  
  

Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters, if you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, submit an online application, or participate in an interview/assessment, please email or call toll-free +1.312-583-2122. This email and phone number are created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues unrelated to a disability, will not receive a response.