José Cerqueira

José Carlos Cerqueira is an Associate Director in FTI Consulting’s Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment, with a focus on construction, projects and assets. José has an extensive background in construction management and business.

José has more than eight years of professional experience in the infrastructure sector, having spent the last six years working on sanitation projects in Rio de Janeiro. His technical expertise focuses on project planning and physical, economic and financial controls, contract management and administration, team management and client and supplier relations.

José speaks Portuguese and English.

Relevant Experience:

• Managed projects for the restoration work of the Guandu Water Treatment Plant in Nova Iguaçu (Rio de Janeiro), the largest continuous production water treatment plant in the world, which supplies almost 70% of Rio de Janeiro’s population
• Coordinated and managed infrastructure projects in sanitation in Rio de Janeiro, which directly impacted seven million people in the cities around Guanabara Bay and removed the equivalent of more than 80 Olympic-sized swimming pools of sewage from Guanabara Bay daily
• Involved in the planning and management of impactful projects such as the implementation of sewage trunk collectors for the revitalization of Guanabara Bay and the expansion works of Tom Jobim International Airport (Galeão) during the 2016 Olympics