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.