Planning Manager - Pre Construction

Job description / Role

- Contribute to the development and execution of the Projects Department short to mid-term strategic plan to ensure alignment with the department’s strategic priorities, and the corporate goals.
- Manage governance to ensure robust cost and schedule performance for the agreed scope of work across integrated programs managed across multiple contractors/consultants.
- Manage the project controls requirements of the scope.
- Review contract documents, suggesting changes for planning and programming aspects and the addition of new clauses, if necessary.
- Plan and prepare construction Programs for the Estimation Department.
- Prepare the Labour Histograms.
- Plan the Plant and Transport requirements.
- Coordinate with engineers and provide status updates to Management.
- Coordinate with the Purchase Department to organize Procurement of materials.
- Coordinate and plan resources to M&E activities at the Construction site to carry out project requirements and monitor activities.
- Provide labour productivity to the Tendering Department.
- Liaise with client's representative to resolve document ambiguities in regards to M&E activities in line with the company's HSE policies and procedures.
- Prepare Crash Programs and Recovery Programs for approval by Clients and Consultants.

- Must have at least 12 years experience working in the Construction Industry and at least 3 years in the Middle East.
- P6 / Primavera software experience
- Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering or similar.
- Good understanding of Commercial and cost elements.
- Excellent communication skills and Fluency in English.
- Excellent organisation skills and the ability to manage multiple projects.

About the Company

At NSR we pride ourselves on market knowledge, integrity, loyalty and professionalism. Through personal relationships and knowledge of what our clients look for in specific requirements we like to pride ourselves on matching people to the right role.

The partners at NSR have always dealt with people in an open and honest manner and as a company we are driven to find the right opportunity for people enhancing their career where ever this may be worldwide.

We work on the principal that every person we deal with is a potential client, this process has proved beneficial for us as there are many people we have dealt with on the International circuit that have approached NSR Associates to recruit for them as a client after we have worked on their behalf as a candidate.