Delay Analyst

Turner & Townsend; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Delay Analyst to join their Riyadh office, engaging with prestigious construction projects in the GCC. This role offers the opportunity to provide expert advice on time-related claims through forensic analysis. With a strong reputation in the region, the successful candidate can expect career stability and significant growth potential. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will directly influence major projects and contribute to the success of transformative initiatives in the construction sector.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in forensic planning and claims analysis.
• Skilled in delay analysis methodologies and report writing.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and defense of extension of time claims.
• Conducting critical path delay analysis and drafting narratives.

Skills

Forensic Planning

Delay Analysis

Analytical Reporting

Communication Skills

Project Planning

Education

Degree in Engineering or Construction

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Asta PowerProject

Job description

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people's lives.

Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world's most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Delay Analyst / Claims Analyst / Forensic Planner from a Planning background to join our Riyadh office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Reporting to the Director of Contract Services, this role will be responsible for providing clients with advice on time-related construction claims through forensic analysis of project information and data.

The successful candidate will be involved with some of the most prestigious construction & infrastructure projects currently taking place in the GCC.

With the excellent reputation Turner & Townsend has across the GCC, the successful applicant will enjoy good career stability with the prospect of excellent progression.

Main Responsibilities

• Preparation of and/or defending extension of time claims, including conducting a critical path delay analysis and drafting narratives for the claim submission
• Working with the project team to identify delay events for claim submissions
• Applying industry standard delay analysis methodologies to analyse and quantify delays on construction projects
• Preparation of high-quality analytical reports clearly establishing cause and effect in relation to construction delays, and demonstrating entitlement to EoT
• Undertaking programme critiques and delay analysis critiques
• Supporting Delay Experts on construction disputes in fact-finding, detailed analysis and quantification of delays, presentation of findings and report writing
  
  

Qualifications

• Degree qualified
• Membership of relevant engineering or construction industry professional body is desirable, but not essential.
• Experience in project planning and controls
• 5 years Forensic Planning experience, working solely in a claims / delay / forensic analysis role
• Delay analysis and report writing skills including hands-on experience of various prospective and retrospective delay analysis methods.
• Experience in undertaking due diligence of contractor's programmes
• Skilled in the use of Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Asta PowerProject or other planning software
• Possess solid understanding of various delay analysis methods, the assumptions behind each, advantages & disadvantages of each, and the suitability of each method for a given circumstance.
• Familiarity with FIDIC contracts or equivalent
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  
  

Additional Information

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.