Planning Manager📣 Job Ad

About WSP Middle East

WSP is a global firm that contributes to landmark projects. The company fosters an environment that values diverse perspectives and new ideas, providing opportunities to engage with leading professionals in the field.

The Role: Planning Manager

WSP Middle East is seeking an experienced Planning Manager for a full-time position in Riyadh, Riyadh Province. This role involves supporting planning, scheduling, and programme coordination activities across major projects during the pre-contract phase. The Planning Manager is responsible for developing integrated delivery strategies, master schedules, governance frameworks, and executive reporting across multiple projects, consolidating information to provide analysis, performance insights, and digital dashboards for senior leadership decision-making.

Strategic Planning and Programme Development

• Develop integrated master programmes for complex portfolios, programmes, and individual projects.
• Establish planning standards, scheduling methodologies, governance processes, and reporting frameworks.
• Prepare programme roadmaps, delivery strategies, and schedule hierarchies aligned with client objectives.
• Ensure alignment between project schedules, portfolio priorities, and programme-level milestones.
• Coordinate interfaces between multiple consultants, stakeholders, and delivery teams to maintain schedule integrity.
• Support the assessment of programme risks, dependencies, and delivery constraints.
• Prepare and coordinate planning inputs for feasibility studies, design development, procurement strategies, and tendering activities.
• Develop baseline programmes, procurement schedules, design schedules, and critical path analyses.
• Review consultant and contractor schedules during tender evaluations.
• Assess programme compliance, deliverability, resource requirements, and schedule risks.
• Support value engineering initiatives and delivery optimisation studies.
• Contribute planning expertise during commercial and technical evaluations.

Programme Controls and Reporting

• Consolidate schedule information across multiple projects to provide a portfolio-wide view of delivery performance.
• Monitor programme controls processes including schedule governance, progress measurement, forecasting, and risk analysis.
• Identify key interdependencies, constraints, and risks that could affect programme objectives.
• Analyse critical paths, schedule health, float consumption, and milestone achievement.
• Develop recovery scenarios and planning solutions to address delivery challenges.
• Develop and maintain digital dashboards using Power BI and other reporting platforms.
• Consolidate project and programme data into meaningful executive-level reporting and visualisations.
• Produce portfolio performance reports, KPI dashboards, trend analysis, and strategic planning updates.
• Prepare presentations and briefing materials for senior management and client leadership teams.
• Support reporting automation and continuous improvement of planning analytics and data quality processes.
• Work closely with clients, project directors, programme teams, and technical disciplines to ensure planning alignment.
• Facilitate planning workshops, schedule reviews, and programme coordination meetings.
• Provide planning advice and schedule-related recommendations to project stakeholders.
• Support governance reviews through clear communication of programme status, risks, and key milestones.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should possess over 10 years of experience in planning and programme management. A background in Project Management Consultancy (PMC) is required, along with extensive experience in programme, portfolio, and project-level planning for large-scale developments.

Application Information

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their applications for this role.