Job description

Job Purpose:
The Manager – Forensic Planning is responsible for leading delay analysis, forensic schedule reviews, and claims support functions across projects. The role supports contract administration, dispute resolution, and claim defense/entitlement by providing robust, evidence-based schedule analyses in accordance with recognized industry standards (e.g., SCL Protocol, AACE International). The incumbent ensures that all time-related claims are substantiated with accurate data, credible methodologies, and clear narratives, thereby safeguarding organizational contractual and commercial interests.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the forensic planning function across multiple projects, ensuring consistency in methodology, quality, and deliverables.
• Perform detailed delay analyses using recognized techniques such as Time Impact Analysis (TIA), Windows Analysis, Impacted As-Planned, Collapsed As-Built, and other cause-and-effect methodologies as appropriate.
• Review baseline schedules, updates, and progress data to identify delays, disruptions, concurrency, and productivity impacts.
• Establish cause-effect relationships between events and project delays, ensuring defensible and audit-ready outputs.
• Support preparation, evaluation, and rebuttal of Extension of Time (EOT) claims, disruption claims, and acceleration claims.
• Interface closely with Contracts, Commercial, and Legal teams to develop claim strategies and responses.
• Provide expert input for formal notices, claim submissions, and dispute resolution processes including adjudication, arbitration, or litigation support.
• Review subcontractor and supplier claims to assess entitlement, quantum, and risk exposure to the organization.
• Develop and maintain contemporaneous records strategy in coordination with project teams to strengthen claim positions.
• Conduct forensic audits of project schedules and records to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for claim recovery or defense.
• Ensure alignment of forensic analyses with contract provisions, including delay, concurrency, float ownership, and mitigation obligations.
• Prepare clear, structured, and contractually robust reports, including narratives, schedule extracts, and evidentiary support.
• Provide guidance and training to project planning teams on best practices for record-keeping, baseline integrity, and delay identification.
• Participate in negotiations with clients, consultants, and subcontractors on time-related claims and disputes.
• Support management in risk identification and mitigation related to time and cost impacts across projects.
• Drive continuous improvement in forensic planning tools, processes, and templates.

Key Deliverables:

• Forensic delay analysis reports compliant with SCL/AACE guidelines.
• Extension of Time (EOT) entitlement assessments.
• Claim narratives and supporting documentation.
• Rebuttal reports for client or subcontractor claims.
• Expert-ready documentation for dispute resolution proceedings.

Preferred candidate

Years of experience

No experience required

Degree

Bachelor's degree / higher diploma