diff --git a/autosubmit/job/job.py b/autosubmit/job/job.py
index 2d72afe21b4f26886a6a0e90b9696a592cece39d..73b3e0969847da64b16dd700ec0a16175869179c 100644
--- a/autosubmit/job/job.py
+++ b/autosubmit/job/job.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class Job(object):
         self.date = None
         self.name = name
         self.split = None
+        self.delay = None
         self._long_name = None
         self.long_name = name
         self.date_format = ''
@@ -588,6 +589,7 @@ class Job(object):
 
             parameters['CHUNK'] = chunk
             parameters['SPLIT'] = self.split
+            parameters['DELAY'] = self.delay
             total_chunk = int(parameters['NUMCHUNKS'])
             chunk_length = int(parameters['CHUNKSIZE'])
             chunk_unit = parameters['CHUNKSIZEUNIT'].lower()
diff --git a/docs/source/variables.rst b/docs/source/variables.rst
index d658aa85337d0ee5447a1a4a9cd1936614392fe9..e0ac8df281daa1f24bb0c0ba05b9c9f7ed5b213a 100644
--- a/docs/source/variables.rst
+++ b/docs/source/variables.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ This variables are relatives to the current job.
 - **MEMBER**: current member.
 - **CHUNK**: current chunk.
 - **SPLIT**: current split.
+- **DELAY**: current delay.
 - **DAY_BEFORE**: day before the startdate
 - **Chunk_End_IN_DAYS**: chunk's length in days
 - **Chunk_START_DATE**: chunk's start date