Job description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Assists project staff with the prevention, management, and defense of claims including the management of issues with claims potential
• Claim Prevention- Periodic monitoring of, and feedback on, the management of projects and the administration of construction contracts
• Claim Preparation- Review of the project documents and records along with other pertinent information to support the District’s position
• Establishes entitlement
• Develops impacted schedule analysis
• Evaluates damages
• Delays impact analysis
• Standard care evaluations
• Productivity analysis
• Merit analysis
• Contract/entitlement analysis
• Cause/effect analysis
• Schedule of analysis
• Assessment of damages
• Report preparation
• Claim Resolution
• Negotiation and mediation support
• Arbitration and litigation support

• Supervision
• Coordinates and provides leadership for claims team supporting District Construction projects

• Claim Management and Defense
• Reviews and analyzes project documents and records along with other pertinent information to establish support for the District’s position

• Issue Management
• Assists project staff with the management of issues affecting time and cost
• Reviews drawings, specifications, submittals, RFI’s, etc., to determine issue merit
• Evaluates contractor’s standard of care in managing issues
• Evaluates issue contribution to the cause / effect of impacts such as disruption, resequencing and delays
• Recommends issue management approaches to mitigate impacts

• Schedule Analysis
• Analyzes contractor time extension requests
• Evaluates entitlement to time extensions
• Evaluates compensability
• Prepares owner’s time extension evaluation alternate to contractor’s proposals

• Damage Assessment
• Evaluates requests for increased, extended and unabsorbed field and home office overhead
• Evaluates requests of productivity loss reimbursement
• Evaluates contractor’s direct cost claims

• Claim Resolution
• Negotiation and mediation support
• Arbitration and litigation support

• Other Skills
• Written report preparation
• Verbal presentations
• Graphics preparation in support of analysis conclusions

Minimum Requirements
Required Experience:

• 15 years full time paid professional experience in managing a Claims Department responsible in analyzing construction claims on large commercial or public projects or programs
• Minimum of 8 years directly managing and supervising a technical team of varying skill levels in support of construction claims
• General working knowledge of the California Contract Code
• Experience with Primavera 15.1 or higher

Required Education

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering or Construction Management or Law
• Possession of a valid Certified Construction Manager (CCM) credential may be substituted for the required education
• Completion of 10-hour Cal OSHA Occupational Safety and Health

Job Type: Full-time

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