Senior Planning Manager

About the Opportunity

Mace is seeking a Senior Planning Manager to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This part-time role involves working on one of the largest programs in Saudi Arabia, which includes a major mixed-use development with sports facilities, entertainment, arts, and associated infrastructure. Mace serves as a delivery partner, requiring experienced professionals to lead integrated teams across all project phases.

Role Overview

The Senior Planning Manager will be responsible for managing project planning in alignment with contractual requirements and project objectives. This role involves establishing and monitoring project milestones, coordinating work scopes, and identifying schedule constraints to ensure project success. The position requires a professional with over 10 years of experience in project planning within large, complex construction environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage project planning according to established contractual requirements, employer’s objectives, and engineer’s procedures.
• Establish milestones for the total project or major portions and review work activities to ensure support of these milestones.
• Coordinate, collect, verify, and integrate the contract work scope for all entities into the total project plan, reviewing the representation of project scope in schedules.
• Identify schedule constraints and their effects on the total project schedule, working with departments to ensure understanding of project schedule needs and chairing interdisciplinary workshops to resolve issues.
• Review and evaluate schedule durations for all discipline activities relative to the support of project milestones.
• Perform project forensic schedule analysis for disputes/claims when required, and conduct studies of problem areas to determine criticality of schedule activities. Recommend alternatives for schedule improvement to the contractor and employer for discussion or decision.
• Define and present the Schedule Impact Report, leading the development and review of schedule recovery plans, including evaluation of additional resources required.
• Monitor and report on the critical path and schedule performance of the total project.
• Issue reports required by the employer and project procedures, verifying consistency with previous reports to ensure compatibility.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Over 10 years of extensive experience in construction and project planning, utilizing Primavera Project Management software.
• Significant experience with large, complex projects during both design and construction phases.
• Ability to meet necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Relevant work experience on high-value projects/programs for a project management consultancy business, required for immigration and client approval.

Work Location

This position is based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role is offered on a part-time basis.

Application Process

Candidates who meet the specified requirements are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be disclosed during the recruitment process.