Job Description:

Parsons is seeking a highly talented Senior Contract Administration professional to support a major rail project. In this role, you will provide expert advice on construction claims, including forensic planning, schedule delay analysis, acceleration, disruption and productivity analysis, as well as general claims assessment and defense support. Reporting to the Senior Claims Manager, you will be a senior member of a team of Contract Administrators and Claims Specialists responsible for assessing and defending contractors’ claims. The ideal candidate will have strong stakeholder management skills, a proven track record of successfully resolving delay and disruption claims on major civil projects, and a technical background in engineering, quantity surveying, or a related field.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Undertake delay analysis on complex claims and disputes.

• Analyze extension-of-time claims and prepare recommendations on entitlement.

• Assess delay and disruption damages.

• Support major claims and contribute to dispute resolution strategies.

• Pre-qualify claims received from contractors by:

  • Checking that claims are submitted within contractual timescales.

  • Confirming that initial substantiation provided by contractors is reasonable.

  • Advising whether claims are administratively compliant with the contract.

• Conduct forensic analysis of claims and potential claims by:

  • Reviewing contractors’ claims and potential claims.

  • Liaising with the project team to obtain relevant background information and documentation.

  • Investigating technical construction issues in detail.

  • Undertaking delay analysis of the program’s critical path.

  • Identifying any contractor-caused concurrent delay.

  • Formulating the client’s defense and/or counterclaim, as appropriate.

• Ascertain contractor entitlement, if any, in relation to:

  • Change in scope.

  • Extension of time.

  • Financial quantum.

• Provide expert forensic planning input into reports by:

  • Writing clear and comprehensive claims reports.

  • Confirming the results of forensic analysis of claims and potential claims.

  • Preparing documents for review, analysis, and approval by Contract Administration peers.

  • Supporting submissions to the Engineer for formal consideration.

  • Developing summary presentations for key internal stakeholders.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Degree in civil engineering is essential, or in a construction-related discipline (e.g., engineering, quantity surveying, or equivalent).

• At least 10 years of relevant post-qualification experience on heavy civils projects.

• Rail/Metro sector construction experience is essential.

• Full membership of a technical professional institution (e.g., MICE, MRICS, IEAust, or equivalent).

• Knowledge of FIDIC contracts (or equivalent).

• Strong planning and programming background on multi-billion-dollar construction projects.

• Strong background in major contract claims and dispute resolution, with a proven ability to:

  • Conduct forensic investigations of technical construction issues.

  • Undertake program delay analysis.

  • Assess financial quantum.

• Sound knowledge of SCL Protocols and AACE Recommended Practices for extension-of-time claims.

• Experience in building programmes for extension of time using Primavera is preferred, or the ability to do so.

• Good working knowledge of Primavera.

• Fair knowledge or familiarity with TILOS.

• Strong oral, written, and presentation skills.

• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

• Presentable and articulate.

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