Planning Manager - Highways

Job description / Role

Planning Manager (Highways) – Qatar

Linum Consult’s client is currently seeking a Planning Manager from a consultancy background to join their team in Qatar on a major highway construction project.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Leading and managing a team of planners
- Developing and maintaining project planning and reporting standards and procedures
- Preparing and maintaining the project work break down structure an integrating the project master schedule
- Coordinating with the Consultants and Contractors
- Analysing and reporting on Consultants’ and Contractors’ schedules and progress reports
- Performing critical path analysis of schedules
- Preparing monthly and weekly reports
- Preparing and making presentations

Requirements

- 15 years of experience in Planning within the construction industry, preferably in the Middle East, with at least 3 years in a management role
- Degree qualification from a recognised University in a technical subject
- Background of working on highways or infrastructure construction projects
- Experience of using P6, Pertmaster, and MS Office
- Strong technical knowledge of CPM networks, resource and cost loading, and risk management techniques
- Strong communication skills

About the Company

Linum Consult is a niche global consultancy specialising in international recruitment of white collar workers across the Construction & Engineering, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors. We provide a full 360 consultancy service for clients, candidates and partners to eliminate the potential pitfalls of international mobilisation.

All Linum Consultants are industry experts with in country, international, multi-cultural experience. We provide precise market information combined with local knowledge to help facilitate informed decisions that are often life changing.