Forensic Delay Analyst - Claims

Forensic Delay Analyst - Claims

Location:

Tabuk, Saudi Arabia | Industry: Construction | Function:
Project-Program Management |

Experience:

Minimum 10 years | Job Type: Full-time | Salary: 35,000 - 55,000 SAR (estimated range; confirm final offer with employer)

The Forensic Delay Analyst – Claims will support project leadership by reconstructing project timelines, identifying delay causes, measuring schedule impact, and producing evidence‑based conclusions for commercial and contractual decision‑making. It plays a critical role in protecting project interests, reducing claims exposure, supporting dispute resolution, and improving schedule risk visibility across large construction and infrastructure programs in Tabuk.

• Perform detailed retrospective forensic delay analysis using recognized methodologies such as As‑Planned vs As‑Built, Impacted As‑Planned, Time Impact Analysis, and Collapsed As‑Built.
• Review baseline schedules, monthly updates, revised programs, recovery schedules, and project records to identify critical path movement and delay causation.
• Interrogate Primavera P6 schedules to assess logic integrity, float movement, near‑critical paths, concurrent delays, and milestone impact.
• Prepare, review, and evaluate Extension of Time claims, disruption submissions, schedule impact narratives, and supporting claim documentation.
• Draft detailed forensic schedule analysis reports, technical position papers, and delay assessment summaries for senior leadership, clients, legal teams, and commercial stakeholders.
• Reconstruct project chronologies using daily reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, progress photographs, site records, notices, and historical schedule data.
• Convert incomplete or fragmented project information into clear, date‑driven timelines that support defensible delay conclusions.
• Identify emerging schedule risks in coordination with project controls, construction management, contracts, and commercial teams.
• Assess delay mitigation options and recommend practical recovery strategies to reduce impact on key project milestones.
• Provide technical support during commercial negotiations, mediations, arbitration preparation, litigation support, and formal dispute resolution activities.
• Review contractor delay submissions and challenge weak logic, unsupported assumptions, missing evidence, or inaccurate causation links.
• Align analysis with recognized guidance such as SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol, AACE International practices, FIDIC contract principles, and applicable KSA procurement requirements.
• Translate complex forensic delay findings into clear presentations, executive summaries, visual charts, and structured conclusions for non‑technical decision makers.
• Maintain strict objectivity by basing all findings on project records, contractual mechanisms, schedule evidence, and verifiable facts.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or a closely related technical field.
• Minimum 10 years of direct experience in construction scheduling, project controls, claims analysis, and forensic delay analysis.
• Strong background on mega‑projects, high‑value infrastructure programs, urban development schemes, or complex construction environments.
• Proven working experience in Saudi Arabia, with exposure to Tabuk region projects or major Giga‑project environments highly valuable.
• Advanced hands‑on expertise in Primavera P6, including logic review, schedule comparison, database interrogation, and delay impact assessment.
• Strong familiarity with forensic delay methodologies, critical path analysis, concurrent delay assessment, and schedule disruption evaluation.
• Deep knowledge of FIDIC forms of contract, Extension of Time procedures, claims substantiation, and KSA Government Procurement Laws.
• Professional certifications such as AACE‑PSP, AACE‑CFCC, MRICS, or similar credentials preferred.
• Post‑graduate qualification or diploma in Construction Law is a strong advantage.
• Skilled in extracting, cleaning, organizing, and analyzing large volumes of unstructured project data.
• Excellent written English skills for dense, precise, legally…