DIRECTOR

Expert Witness and Consulting Services

POINT is currently hiring at the Director level to assist clients on a variety of construction projects throughout the United States and overseas (travel may be required). Our office headquarters is located in Asheville, NC, with a satellite office in Charlotte, NC. We allow full remote positions if the applicant can demonstrate a high-level of accountability but prefer candidates who are located in NC, SC, TN, VA, or GA.

General Responsibilities

  • All hiring levels must perform scheduling, project controls, risk and change management, and forensic analysis services including:

    • Perform scheduling and schedule analysis services for on-going construction projects

    • Perform forensic critical path method schedule analysis, and analyses of non-critical delays

    • Analyze labor and equipment productivity

    • Analyze and prepare construction claims

    • Perform change order analysis

    • Analyze contracts and project documents to determine entitlement and causation for impacts

    • Analyze cost reports, invoices, transaction details, and other project records to quantify additional costs resulting from project changes, delays, inefficiencies, and construction disputes

    • Draft objective and convincing reports, summary documents, and presentations describing analyses performed and conclusions

  • Career Growth

    • Create training programs for the construction industry, and perform CLE presentations for clients

    • Train and mentor internal staff

    • Create systems that improve company efficiency and quality, while reducing costs to clients

    • Contribute to the industry body of knowledge through published writings, lectures, trainings, etc.

    • Attend continuing education seminars and conferences

  • Other

    • Travel to project and client meetings

    • Create new business opportunities and expand on established relationships

    • Lead expert analyses, provide expert testimony, and manage client relationships

Requirements

  • Intangibles

    • High degree of initiative, reliability, motivation, and integrity

    • Positively and proactively communicate with a variety of individuals at multiple levels within client organizations with minimal supervision

    • Thrive in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects simultaneously while meeting required goals and deadlines

    • Demonstrate leadership, a strong entrepreneurial drive, and the desire to continuously improve credentials and professional capabilities

  • Prior Experience

    • 10+ years of direct experience performing forensic impact and cost analysis

    • Business development resulting in revenue origination

    • Experience managing a team of consultants, management of multiple projects simultaneously, and complex analytical oversight and technical report writing

    • Prior expert witness testimony experience preferred

  • Minimum Requirements

    • High-level understanding of construction project management processes and procedures

    • Expert-level in industry software such as Primavera (required), MS Project, Bluebeam, Fuse

    • Expert knowledge of project controls and cost reporting

    • Expert level Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint experience. Excel experience must include use of advanced functions such as lookups, index, match, countifs, etc., along with the use of Pivot tables, charts, and graphical illustrations

    • Possess strong writing and communication skills, attention to detail and exceptional analytic abilities

  • Education and Professional Background

    • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management, or alternate degree with prior commercial construction management experience is required. You will not be considered without meeting this qualification

    • Advanced degree in engineering or construction management is also beneficial

    • Industry certifications and/or PE licensure is highly desired

    • Prior publications and presentation experience within the industry is strongly preferred

BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH POINT

  • Tailored compensation plans with salary and transparent bonus opportunities based on achievement of targeted goals; salary commensurate with experience, industry certifications, and business opportunities

  • Ownership opportunities in POINT upon meeting certain business objectives

  • Professional development support and incentives for obtaining approved industry credentials

  • Paid Time Off (PTO), Standard Holidays + Flex Holidays

  • Parent Leave Policy (Maternity & Paternity)

  • Health care plans for Employee, Spouse, and Dependents

  • Proactive Health Reimbursements

  • Company-matched 401(k) with discretionary Profit Sharing