Senior Planner

About the Role

SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to support the successful delivery of high-profile mixed-use developments, hospitality destinations, cultural assets, and recreational landmark projects in Al Ula. This full-time role involves developing, maintaining, and monitoring project schedules, providing strategic planning support, and delivering schedule performance analysis across all phases of project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop initial baseline schedules with limited project information for mixed-use developments, hospitality destinations, cultural assets, and recreational landmark projects.
• Assist in the preparation and management of overview and strategic programs, including design, procurement, and construction schedules.
• Integrate all project stages from initiation to completion into the baseline and identify stage gates.
• Coordinate and manage the preparation and development of master planning, engineering, procurement, and construction schedules.
• Establish and agree upon project reporting procedures, prepare and present monthly project progress, and develop project and program dashboard templates.
• Review schedules and related documents from designers and contractors, including monthly reports, to ensure compliance with project objectives.
• Analyze schedule trends to identify problem areas, recommend corrective actions, and monitor actual progress against planned progress.
• Monitor engineering design progress, material and equipment procurement, and construction and commissioning status.
• Prepare progress monitoring tools using earned value, identify deviations in construction and procurement progress, and suggest corrective actions.
• Collaborate with the Project Controls Manager and Project Team to ensure program feasibility and compliance with the Project Master Plan and contractual documents.
• Interface daily with designers, PMCs, main contractors, subcontractors, and internal management.
• Conduct studies into scheduling, manpower, cash flow, and material flow as required.
• Attend offsite meetings as requested by the client.
• Review schedules for slippage of key dates and assist in the defense/approval of claims for time extension or major schedule changes.
• Ensure planning engineers maintain professional standards, current information, and effective team communication.
• Establish and maintain consistent administration procedures for planning across the project.
• Participate with the project management team, as directed by the Project Director, to achieve project deliverables.
• Involve key stakeholder requirements and approvals in the baseline.
• Issue high-level weekly schedule updates and identify and report on issues interfering with progress and measures for improving schedule performance.
• Establish scheduling and reporting procedures, tools, and templates to standardize work across the program.
• Monitor the timing of submittals against schedule requirements and develop and monitor program KPIs.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in planning engineering roles.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex project schedules and provide strategic planning support.
• Experience with high-profile mixed-use developments, hospitality destinations, cultural assets, and recreational landmark projects.

Compensation and Benefits

The compensation for this role is not disclosed. SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering offers a comprehensive benefits package, which includes a tax-free salary, comprehensive life insurance, premium medical insurance for employees and dependents, generous annual leave, and a company gratuity scheme. Additional benefits may include a discretionary bonus program, annual flight contribution, relocation assistance, transportation and housing allowances for remote work locations, and access to an Employee Wellbeing Program.

About SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering

SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering, operating as AtkinsRéalis, is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. The company focuses on connecting people, data, and technology to transform infrastructure and energy systems. Working with industry partners and clients, their global team of consultants, designers, engineers, and project managers aims to engineer a better future.