Job PurposeThe 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.
