Senior Consultant, Quantum

Our client is a global consulting and advisory firm combining technical, financial, and strategic expertise to support organisations navigating complex, high-stakes construction and engineering matters. Their professionals advise on contentious and non-contentious issues across infrastructure, energy, industrial, and major capital projects worldwide.

Within the UK & EMEA region, the Construction & Disputes team continues to strengthen its expert capability, advising on sophisticated infrastructure and engineering disputes across Europe and the Middle East. As part of ongoing expansion, they are seeking a Senior Consultant (Quantum) to join their Manchester based team.

The work of a Senior Consultant (Quantum) will include providing dispute avoidance, dispute support, and dispute resolution services across a broad range of construction and engineering projects.

Deliverables will include the review and analysis of job cost reports, labour records, production quantities, earned value data, project financials, change orders, contracts, correspondence, and other key project documentation. The Senior Consultant will report directly to senior leadership and appointed experts on matters, contributing to detailed quantum analysis and formal reports for litigation, adjudication, and arbitration proceedings.

You will also support advisory assignments, assisting clients with commercial strategy, project recovery initiatives, and quantum risk assessment.

• Preparation of quantum assessments relating to:
  • Loss and expense
  • Prolongation and disruption
  • Variations and change in scope
  • Escalation and cost overruns
• Review and analysis of project cost data, financial records, and commercial documentation
• Evaluation of labour, equipment, and material costs
• Analysis of unabsorbed home office overhead and related financial claims
• Review and organisation of project documents and evidentiary materials
• Development of work product including draft memoranda, expert reports, and schedules of quantum
• Collaboration with delay, technical, and forensic specialists
• Attendance at client meetings and site visits as required
• Travel as needed to visit client project sites and offices

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Commercial Management, Engineering, or related discipline
• 5-10+ years' experience in the engineering and construction industry, with exposure to commercial management, claims, or quantum consultancy
• Experience on large infrastructure, energy, or industrial projects preferred
• Strong analytical, financial, and problem solving skills
• Experience in dispute environments desirable
• Advanced Microsoft Office capability required
• Familiarity with cost management and document management systems advantageous
• Commercially astute, detail oriented, and comfortable working within high performing teams

• Exposure to recognised testifying experts and complex international disputes
• Premium mandates across UK, Europe, and the Middle East
• High performance, collaborative culture
• Clear progression pathway within a growing UK & EMEA disputes platform
• Opportunity to contribute to internal methodology development and best practice frameworks

Anzurra is a specialist recruitment, executive search, and talent advisory firm focused on Commercial, Contract Management, Claims, Disputes, Legal, and Advisory talent across the global construction, infrastructure, and energy markets.

We work as an embedded partner to ambitious organisations, supporting them not only to hire exceptional people, but to build, structure, and scale high performing teams.

With offices in London and Copenhagen and an international client base, we provide retained, in house, and flexible recruitment solutions that go far beyond transactional hiring. Our work sits at the intersection of projects, contracts, risk, and people - supporting contractors, consultancies, developers, law firms, and expert practices to secure the specialist talent that protects projects and drives performance.