Forensic Planning Analyst (Scheduling) - Mission Critical

Forensic Planning Analyst (Scheduling) - Mission Critical Overview The Mission Critical Center of Excellence manages billions of dollars in projects annually, specializing in data center and mission‑critical construction for leading technology and telecommunications clients across the United States. Focused on fast‑paced, MEP‑intensive projects, the group is recognized for delivering complex solutions while offering significant opportunities for career advancement within the thriving mission‑critical construction industry. Responsibilities Review planning dashboards to identify projects at risk with unresolved delays lingering over three months. Prepare prospective and retrospective delay analyses across a wide variety of construction projects including the assimilation of technical information and evidence of delays, and present the information in visual diagrams and reports. Prepare time impact analyses and time extension requests utilizing AACE Recommended Practice 29R‑03 "Forensic Schedule Analysis". Present schedule analysis through concise visual formats to communicate delays to Suffolk project teams, executive leadership, owners, subcontractors and other stakeholders. Standardize corporate reporting for causation, quantification, concurrencies and apportionment of delay days on critical and near critical paths affecting contractual milestones. Provide support to project teams in identification of delays, documentation and notifications to responsible parties, and propose mitigation opportunities and/or schedule recovery alternatives. Standardize and simplify logic schedules to highlight impacts to status of key interfaces for critical path review. Review third‑party comments on construction schedules and TIAs, provide written responses, and participate in third‑party schedule/TIA reviews. Provide written reports and briefing materials as required. Develop creative and simplified reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and/or progress assessments. Prepare concise schedule narratives describing the status of project delays. Recommend revisions to Suffolk's planning SOPs and processes to efficiently capture and communicate project issues, delays and schedule impacts to owners and trade partners. Educate project teams on ways to avoid delays and claims. Qualifications Exhibit Suffolk's core values of professionalism, caring, hard work, integrity and passion. Demonstrate a positive, proactive approach to the role and be committed to delivering customer service excellence with good commercial results. Ability to work with others, a self‑starter with a results‑driven focus. Demonstrated experience with Primavera Project Planner Version 6.0. A certification in Planning and Scheduling (PMP or any AACE certification) is preferred. Experience with large‑scale construction management software such as Procore, Deltek Acumen Fuse, and Schedule Analyzer is desirable. Experience with Adobe Acrobat is required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite is required. BS in engineering, business, or construction management (or substitute experience). Candidate should have at least ten years of related experience scheduling complex, multi‑phase, multi‑million‑dollar construction projects and performing forensic scheduling analysis using recognized practices including TIAs, contemporary period analysis, window analysis, as‑built versus as‑planned, and collapsed as‑built methodologies for delay quantification. Experience working on vertical construction and data centers is preferred. Demonstrated success on the job, evidenced by satisfactory performance, acceptance of responsibility and growth in previous position. Demonstrated ability to understand a demanding, technical, and complicated construction program and communicate progress and issues to a technical‑ and management‑level audience. Capability to assume additional planning managerial responsibilities for projects nationally. Proven accuracy, reliability and completeness in job accomplishment. Effective oral and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate complex issues to a non‑technical audience. Working Conditions Overnight travel to U.S. project locations to work with project teams and gather information for time impact analysis. Indoor office environment; may require work on project site locations having jobsite trailers when necessary. Equipment used includes computers and standard office machines. Essential physical tasks include the ability to work on a computer and the ability to meet via Teams, Zoom and telephone. Walking project sites on occasion to review delaying issues, gravel access may be encountered, may require the use of a ladder on occasion; PPE is required at all times when walking project sites. EEO Statement Suffolk provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, gender identity, age or any other status protected by law. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Suffolk will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination toward, or harassment of, applicants or employees by anyone at Suffolk, or anyone working on behalf of Suffolk. Compensation Information Base Salary for this position is just one component of Suffolk's total compensation package for employees. Actual salaries may be based on several factors including, but not limited to, a candidate's skill set, experience, education and other qualifications, including budgetary objectives. Suffolk offers a comprehensive benefits package as part of its overall compensation strategy. #J-18808-Ljbffr Suffolk Construction