Construction Delay Director

Sccsinternational; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SCCSI in London (with Chorley office) seeks a director-level delay analysis lead to head complex construction project scheduling, delay claims and associated legal support. You will author expert reports, testify as required, and manage commissions with a focus on methodology, resourcing and pricing.

The role includes high-level business development, client presentations and mentoring of staff. No salary or closing date is published.

Qualifications

• Delivers expert delay analyses and submissions to support claims or rebuttals.
• Directs preparation and review of delay and disruption analyses for complex projects.
• Provides expert testimony and coordinates with clients, lawyers, engineers and project managers.

Responsibilities

• Lead delay analysis and project scheduling on complex construction projects.
• Oversee delay claims and support legal proceedings where required.
• Manage commissions and teams; set methodologies, resourcing and pricing strategies.
• Drive executive-level business development: pitches, fee proposals and client presentations.
• Mentor and coach consultants, senior consultants and associate directors.

Skills

Delay analysis

Project scheduling

Expert reports

Expert testimony

Leadership

Business development

Client presentations

Fee proposals

Mentoring

Job description

A director-level appointment leading delay analysis for a worldwide engineering and technical consultancy, advertised for London and also open at the employer's Chorley office. The director leads and manages delay analysis and project scheduling on complex construction projects, oversees delay claims, and supports legal proceedings arising from them.

The work is expert work: the holder authors expert reports and claims submissions or rebuttals in their own name, directs the preparation and review of delay and disruption analyses, and gives expert testimony where required, working with clients, legal teams, engineers and project managers to establish the causes and impacts of delay. Commission management carries equal weight.

The director sets the programme for each investigation, prepares methodology, resourcing and pricing strategy, manages fee variations and client disputes, and runs several commissions and teams at once, assisting the regional director across an allocated region. Business development is expected at executive level: pitching for work, negotiating fee proposals, leading client presentations and training events, and writing articles for publication.

The post also carries line management of consultants, senior consultants and associate directors, with coaching and mentoring named as part of the job. No salary is published and no closing date is stated.

The details above are taken from the employer's own posting, read on 17-08-2026. Where the posting does not state something, this page says so rather than estimating it. SCCSI is not the employer, is not a recruitment agency and takes no part in the selection.