Successful candidate

• (s)will be assigned to the Major Works Project Management Office (MWPMO) of the Highways Department to lead and supervise a team to -
• (a)prepare and monitor the work plan
• (s)for resolving contractual disputes under existing works contract(s);
• (b)manage the consultants including resident site staff;
• (c)review records and assessment reports,
• (d)hold focused meetings with legal advisors and the external experts, and scrutinize the experts’ recommendations to make sure that the arguments and analysis contained therein are tenable and reasonable;
• (e)report the development regularly to the senior management and propose viable way forwards for senior management’s consideration;
• (f)prepare settlement agreement
• (s)or prepare for taking onward actions such as arbitration in case the disputes are not resolved through negotiation / mediation; and
• (g)undertake any other duties as assigned by the management.

Candidates should –

• (a)be a Corporate Member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (Civil Discipline) elected after 5 December 1975, or equivalent [see Note (1)];
• (b)have at least 20 years’ relevant post-qualification experience including at least 5 years’ experience working in senior project management position
• (s)for highway infrastructures projects and minimum 3 years’ experience working in mega government infrastructure projects’ contract dispute resolution, in particular mediation and arbitration [see Note (2)];
• (c)possess experience in management and implementation of mega government infrastructure projects, preferably involving building works with interfaces between multiple works contracts and with multiple end-users; and
• (d)have a good command of spoken and written Chinese and English.