Intern, Construction Quantum

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Secretariat is your source for independent expert advisory services.  Secretariat specialises in international arbitration, general commercial arbitration/litigation, forensic accounting, economic damages, construction, investigations and regulatory compliance and government contracting.  Secretariat’s experts maintain integrity, quality, and objectivity when solving complex disputes, delivering detailed analyses, and articulating meaningful results in a clear and concise manner.  

Secretariat’s team provides its clients and their legal teams with technical support to effectively navigate key aspects of the dispute resolution process. Our experts are adept at providing testimony and being cross-examined in arbitration hearings, mediations, and trials across the globe. Secretariat’s professionals have worked in industry and public accounting and bring a unique perspective to assist clients in growing their business and addressing complex issues.

Secretariat was recently ranked as one of the top 10 firms in Global Arbitration Review’s prestigious GAR 100 Expert Witness Firms’ Power Index, and over 90% of Secretariat’s testifying experts are recognized as leading experts in their field by the independent Who’s Who Legal. 

We are looking for an intern to join us our Brisbane office for a three-month period. Although our work and projects are varied, the type of tasks undertaken would likely involve assisting with the measurement and valuation of construction works, estimating the cost of making good defects, compiling and analysing data to support time-related and disruption claims, assisting with the response to analyses performed by other experts, and generally assisting legal teams in the preparation and presentation of their claim to national and international Tribunals and Courts.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting our team who are primarily quantity surveyors acting as Quantum experts on construction disputes
• Assisting in data research and analysis in drafting expert reports
• Assisting in analysis or preparation of claims
• Administrative duties to support the team

Requirements:

• Currently in penultimate or final year of a Degree in Engineering, Construction or Quantity Surveying (and on track for at least a 2.1)
• Strong skills using relevant software tools: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
• Able to adapt to a dynamic consultancy environment.
• Able to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Any exposure to construction or engineering terms and concepts will be considered an advantage, but not required.

A rewarding career above all

There are a lot of fine consulting firms out there. But when everything is on the line, it takes a unique combination of skill and savvy to succeed under pressure.

Our culture and people are driven by passion, pride, and performance. Passion for the clients we serve, the work we deliver, and the communities we live in. Pride in our cohesive team recognized for excellence and trusted to perform in the most challenging situations. And our track record of outstanding performance across all of our disciplines speaks for itself.

Our people are motivated to be the best in everything they do - from our approach to making the complex simple to the way we mentor our up-and-coming talent to become trusted experts early in their careers.

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