Planner Process Plant (GCC Overview)

About the Role

Bechtel Corporation is seeking a Senior Planner/Planner to join their team in Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is critical for maintaining and monitoring project schedules, ensuring timely and cost-effective project delivery. The role involves coordinating planning activities across various project teams, subcontractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders.

Project Overview: Ar Rjum Gold Project

The Ar Rjum Project is a greenfield gold project located within the Central Arabian Gold Region, approximately 200 km north-east of Taif towards Riyadh, and about 26 km south of Al Mouwayh. This comprehensive project includes three open-pit mining operations with associated waste dumps and ore stockpiles, a processing plant, tailings management facilities, and essential supporting infrastructure such as water and power supply, maintenance facilities, offices, and both temporary and permanent accommodation villages. The role will be based in one of the following cities: Taif, Riyadh, or Jeddah.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and provide EPCM's consent to the Contractor's schedule of works, ensuring alignment with Contract conditions and EPCM Recommended Practices.
• Validate the compatibility of project resources to ensure timely project completion.
• Maintain and monitor the Master Schedule, integrating progress from different departments and contractors.
• Identify potential areas of delay or slippage, highlight critical events, and suggest mitigation measures or corrective actions.
• Conduct "What if" analyses to assess the time impact of changes, variations, and potential events early, providing alternative courses of action and advice before issuing instructions to contractors.
• Discuss, coordinate, and resolve planning and scheduling problems with contractors and the Employer.
• Attend various meetings, including kick-off, technical, and progress reviews, providing valuable input and preparing concise minutes.
• Prepare trackers and logs to monitor critical issues during the design and construction stages of the project.
• Assist in preparing delay notices for contractor's culpable delay and/or slow performance letters.
• Review weekly and monthly progress reports submitted by Contractors.
• Review and validate Contractor progress measurement methodologies and earned value reporting systems.
• Compare planned progress with actual performance and identify delays, variances, and potential schedule risks.
• Conduct variance analysis and provide recommendations for corrective and preventive actions.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates for this role should possess 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in project planning and scheduling, preferably within large-scale industrial or mining projects. A strong understanding of EPCM contract conditions and recommended practices is essential.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Saudi Arabia, supporting the Ar Rjum Project. The role requires active coordination with diverse teams and stakeholders in a dynamic project environment.