Planning Manager - Saudi National

Mace

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ref: QP928-640

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

We are hiring an ambitious and forward-thinking planning manager to join our established and growing team in Saudi.

The role will be reporting to stakeholders, internal and external. To work closely with the client, sub-consultants and main contractors.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing the performance of the baseline schedule and the maintenance and control.
• Collecting and interpreting schedule data and providing output to the programme and project teams.
• Monitoring actual performance against the schedule to identify delays, and early and late completion.
• Interfacing with the project technical staff to define changes to schedules and identification of variances from the original plan.
• Identifying and evaluating associated schedules, resource conflicts and potential cost impacts and issues.
• Working closely with the contractors, evaluating their schedules and actively managing the schedules with them to ensure a successful outcome.
• Managing and maintaining schedules on a variety of projects with project managers at the same time.
• Managing schedules at various phases from feasibility through to handover to the client.
• Developing scheduling reports, together with the planning and controls lead.
• Collecting and interpreting schedule data and providing output to the programme and project teams.
• Interfacing with the project technical staff to define changes to schedules and identification of variances from the original plan.

Requirements

You have a relevant degree qualification, master’s preferred. You will take personal development seriously and be chartered or pursuing a similar level of professional qualification.

You are digitally savvy, can build lasting client relationships and provide support to strong, motivated teams. You must have experience in programme or project management equating quality and value with the individual clients and be hungry to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace has to offer.

About the Company

Mace is an international consultancy and construction company that has delivered world class projects since 1990. Today we employ over 6,000 people across five global hubs in Europe, Middle East North Africa and India, North America, Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Four simple values guide our behaviour in our pursuit of a better way; Safety first - going home safe and well, Client focus - deliver on our promise, Create opportunity - for our people to excel, Integrity - always doing the right thing. We aim to attract the best and brightest people, whatever their background, to bring new perspectives to some of the most complex and inspiring projects around the world.

We support our people who are aiming to achieve an academic or professional qualification that will help them develop personally and deliver to the highest standard for our clients. At Mace you can deepen your knowledge, expand your skills and define your own path.

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