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About Turner & Townsend

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people operating in more than 60 countries. The firm works with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, transforming projects to deliver outcomes that improve people’s lives. Capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset, and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero, and digital solutions. Turner & Townsend is majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm.

The Senior Planner Role

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Planner to join its Project Management division in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role operates within a collaborative team environment, with a primary focus on ensuring client objectives are met. The position requires an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual with excellent written and verbal communication skills, committed to making a significant contribution to the division.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive planning support to the project team, ensuring that programme issues are identified and understood.
• Offer appropriate planning advice and direction to project team members and all relevant stakeholders.
• Produce programme assurance reports for client commissions.
• Generate progress reports detailing variance against established baselines.
• Deliver Period Programme Updates and contribute input to project reports.
• Coordinate programmes of work among clients, partners, consultants, and contractors, ensuring compliance with the Project Programme and reporting areas of non-compliance for resolution.
• Provide planning support to the bidding team as appropriate and required, facilitating the timely submission of bidding documentation.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A BSc Degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• A minimum of 15 years’ post-graduate experience is required.
• Demonstrated regional experience within a professional consultancy setting is necessary.
• Advanced knowledge and proficiency with multiple discipline-specific software applications, including Primavera (P6) and/or other planning and resourcing software.
• Professional working knowledge of project management and planning software and tools.
• Industry experience specifically within the high-rise building sector.

Skills and Attributes

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Self-motivated with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Location

This full-time position is based in the Middle Oraija District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.