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.

  1. Establishes entitlement

  2. Develops impacted schedule analysis

  3. Evaluates damages

  4. Delays impact analysis

  5. Standard care evaluations

  6. Productivity analysis

  7. Merit analysis

  8. Contract/entitlement analysis

  9. Cause/effect analysis

  10. Schedule of analysis

  11. Assessment of damages

  12. Report preparation

  13. Claim Resolution

  14. Negotiation and mediation support

  15. Arbitration and litigation support

• Supervision

  1. Coordinates and provides leadership for claims team supporting District Construction projects

• Claim Management and Defense

  1. Reviews and analyzes project documents and records along with other pertinent information to establish support for the District’s position

• Issue Management

  1. Assists project staff with the management of issues affecting time and cost

  2. Reviews drawings, specifications, submittals, RFI’s, etc., to determine issue merit

  3. Evaluates contractor’s standard of care in managing issues

  4. Evaluates issue contribution to the cause / effect of impacts such as disruption, resequencing and delays

  5. Recommends issue management approaches to mitigate impacts

• Schedule Analysis

  1. Analyzes contractor time extension requests

  2. Evaluates entitlement to time extensions

  3. Evaluates compensability

  4. Prepares owner’s time extension evaluation alternate to contractor’s proposals

• Damage Assessment

  1. Evaluates requests for increased, extended and unabsorbed field and home office overhead Evaluates requests of productivity loss reimbursement 

  2. Evaluates contractor’s direct cost claims

• Claim Resolution

  1. Negotiation and mediation support

  2. Arbitration and litigation support

• Other Skills

  1. Written report preparation

  2. Verbal presentations

  3. Graphics preparation in support of analysis conclusions

Minimum Requirements

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

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