Contracts and Claims Specialist

The role

Contracts and Claims Specialists evaluate claims and requests for equitable adjustment for heavy civil infrastructure programs. You will test claimed cost and time against contracts and develop positions for negotiations and dispute review boards.

What you will do

• Analyze claims and notices of potential claim and lost productivity
• Evaluate requests for equitable adjustment and disputed change proposals
• Review claimed costs against contract provisions and records
• Identify unsupported, duplicated, or misclassified amounts
• Coordinate with scheduling staff to evaluate time impact analyses
• Assemble the contemporaneous record behind each claim
• Verify that notices meet timing and content requirements
• Develop independent cost estimates and quantity checks
• Prepare claim position papers, findings of fact, and recommendations
• Support negotiation and settlement of disputed changes and claims

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, quantity surveying, or finance, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of contract administration and construction claims experience for large (>$500M), complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects
• Experience analyzing or supporting claims, requests for equitable adjustment, or disputed change proposals for entitlement, cost and schedule impact
• Working knowledge of standard construction contract terms and public agency contracting requirements
• Ability to interpret construction contract documents, plans, specifications, and cost and schedule records
• Experience with industry standard contract administration, document management, and CPM scheduling software
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, quantity surveying, or finance
• Active professional certifications such as CPCM (NCMA), CCM (CMAA), and/or CCP or CFCC (AACE)
• Experience serving as the owner’s lead analyst on a claim exceeding $10M in disputed value
• Experience supporting contract administration and claims on a package exceeding $100M in construction value
• Experience carrying a claim beyond the project level through a dispute review board, mediation, arbitration, or litigation
• Experience preparing or reviewing time impact analyses, as-planned versus as-built comparisons, or windows analyses
• Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Cloud Analytics, or other dashboard KPI reporting software

Benefits

• Unlimited flexible time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
• 401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution
• Formal career planning and development program
• $2,500 annually toward professional development
• Wellness program with monthly wellness stipend

Before you apply

• This post is for future roles and not for a specific opportunity available right now
• When a candidate is selected, their profile is activated in our talent pool
• All positions may be subject to a background check and drug test

About the company

Luster is an employer committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce.