Planning Manager📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Bechtel Corporation is seeking a Planning Manager to lead the planning and scheduling function for the Ar Rjum Project, a greenfield gold project located in Dhalam, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This role is essential for integrating detailed engineering, procurement, construction, and start-up activities into a cohesive and accurate project schedule. The Planning Manager will collaborate with discipline teams, subcontractors, and project leadership to maintain schedule integrity, identify risks, and develop recovery plans, contributing to safe, predictable, and efficient project delivery.

Bechtel has a long history of completing transformative projects globally since 1898. The Ar Rjum Project involves multiple open-pit mining operations, a processing plant, tailings management facilities, and supporting infrastructure. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to a significant project in a dynamic region.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, maintenance, and analysis of project schedules across all disciplines.
• Supervise the estimation of schedule durations and validate discipline-specific inputs against key project milestones.
• Integrate resources, including quantities, job hours, manpower, and bulk commodities, into the project schedule and maintain installation curves.
• Manage resource loading, leveling, and staffing plans to align with project execution needs.
• Conduct critical path analyses, evaluate schedule variances, and report on schedule performance.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction teams, and subcontractors to gather schedule inputs.
• Identify potential schedule restraints, critical interfaces, and interdisciplinary impacts, recommending solutions.
• Conduct weekly look-ahead planning sessions and lead monthly schedule review meetings.
• Maintain a register of critical actions, risks, and potential schedule deviations.
• Prepare Schedule Impact Reports and lead the development of schedule recovery strategies, including resource and cost implications.
• Support schedule studies, scenario modeling, and alternative execution analyses.
• Review subcontractor schedules and provide recommendations for alignment with overall project requirements.
• Present schedule information, insights, and performance data to project management and client representatives.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• A minimum of 15 years of project controls experience with a strong emphasis on planning and scheduling.
• Advanced understanding of EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Management) work processes, from engineering through start-up.
• Proven experience in Smelter or Refinery projects is mandatory.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively within diverse, multicultural environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Prior experience working in the Middle East region is preferred.

Required Skills

• Proficiency in Bechtel's discipline-specific software, including Primavera P6 and Microsoft Office Applications.
• Ability to independently plan, organize, direct, perform, review, and present schedule products with minimal supervision, utilizing professional judgment in technical planning, scheduling, engineering design, construction, and procurement practices.
• Working knowledge of data analytics software applications such as Power BI.
• Full proficiency in existing data sources and tools like Excel, with all outputs expected in Power BI.
• Experience in leading and managing a team of Project Control engineers.
• Strong planning and scheduling capabilities.
• Effective leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Work Environment and Location

This is a full-time, office/project-based role located in Dhalam, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Relocation assistance is authorized for international candidates, including camp accommodation. The role requires a minimum of 10 years of experience.