Forensic Planning Analyst

About

Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates, and invests. We provide value across the entire project lifecycle through our core construction management services and complementary business lines in real estate investment, design, self‑perform construction, and technology start‑up investment (Suffolk Technologies). By integrating data, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology through our Seamless Platform, we connect design, construction, and operations to deliver smarter, more predictable results and redefine how America builds.

Suffolk – America’s Contractor – is a national company with more than $9 billion in annual revenue, 3,000 employees, and 17 offices, including Boston (headquarters), New York City, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Herndon, U.S. Virgin Islands, and other key markets. Suffolk manages some of the most complex and transformative projects in the country, serving clients across healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, aviation, transportation, government, mission‑critical, and commercial sectors. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #8 on ENR’s list of “Top CM‑at‑Risk Contractors.”

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Auto allowances and gas cards for certain roles
• Market‑leading medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Virtual care options for physical therapy and primary care
• Emotional and mental health benefits
• Generous paid time off
• 401(k) plan with employer match and access to expert financial resources
• Company‑paid and voluntary life insurance
• Tax‑deferred savings accounts
• 10 backup daycare days each year
• Short‑ and long‑term disability
• Commuter benefits and more

The Role

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.

Suffolk seeks a Forensic Planning Analyst reporting to Suffolk’s National Forensic Planning Manager to provide direct support to field operations teams in various regions within the United States, reviewing project schedules and preparing delay and disruption analyses for the purpose of tracking and resolving construction delays.

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 assimilation of technical information, evidence of delays, and presentation of 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.
• Support project teams in identification of delays, documentation and notifications to responsible parties, and propose mitigation opportunities 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.
• Positive, proactive approach with commitment to delivering customer‑service excellence and good commercial results.
• Ability to work with others; self‑starter with results‑driven focus.
• Demonstrated experience with Primavera Project Planner Version 6.0.
• Certification in Planning and Scheduling (PMP or any AACE certification) preferred.
• Experience with large‑scale construction management software such as Procore, Deltek Acumen Fuse, and Schedule Analyzer desirable.
• Experience with Adobe Acrobat required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite required.
• BS in engineering, business, or construction management (or substitute experience).
• At least ten years of related experience scheduling complex, multi‑phase, multi‑million‑dollar construction projects and performing forensic scheduling analysis using recognized practices (TIAs, contemporary period analysis, window analysis, as‑built vs. as‑planned, collapsed as‑built methodologies).
• Experience working on vertical construction and data centers preferred.
• Demonstrated success on the job, as evidenced by satisfactory performance, acceptance of responsibility, and growth in previous positions.
• Ability to understand demanding, technical, and complicated construction programs and communicate progress and issues to technical and management‑level audiences.
• 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 ability to convey 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 with jobsite trailers when necessary.
• Equipment used includes computers and standard office machines.
• Essential physical tasks: ability to work on a computer, meet via Teams, Zoom, and telephone.
• Occasional walking of project sites to review delaying issues; gravel access may be encountered; occasional ladder use; PPE required at all times when on site.

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 status, 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 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 one component of Suffolk’s total compensation package. Actual salaries may be based on factors including candidate’s skill set, experience, education, qualifications, and budgetary objectives. Suffolk offers a comprehensive benefits package as part of its overall compensation strategy.