Associate Director, Planning

Sccsinternational; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is recruiting an Associate Director for planning in Abu Dhabi to lead planning and scheduling on medium to high complexity projects within a mission-critical data centre context.

The role oversees earned value management and project controls, advising on complex requirements and corrective action. Plans are built and trends read using numerical and statistical techniques to keep delivery status aligned with clients and teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading planning and scheduling on complex projects.
• Ability to oversee earned value management and project controls.
• Advising on complex requirements and corrective actions.
• Use numerical and statistical techniques to build plans and read trends.
• Maintain alignment among clients, project teams and stakeholders on delivery status.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and scheduling on projects of medium to high complexity.
• Oversee earned value management and broader project controls methods.
• Advise on complex requirements with recommended corrective action.
• Read trends using numerical and statistical techniques to build plans.
• Keep clients, project teams and other parties aligned on delivery status.

Job description

Mace is supporting a large digital infrastructure programme in the region alongside a developer in the data centre sector, and is recruiting an Associate Director for planning in Abu Dhabi. The posting describes complex design coordination, fast delivery and close governance in a mission-critical setting, with programme, project and commercial management applied at scale.

The holder leads planning and scheduling on projects of medium to high complexity, oversees earned value management and the wider project controls methods, and advises on complex requirements with recommended corrective action. Plans are built and trends read using numerical and statistical technique, and the holder is expected to keep clients, project teams and other parties aligned on where delivery stands.

Data centre work rewards programme discipline, because the sequencing of power, cooling and fit-out packages is where time is lost and where later argument concentrates. Mace's Riyadh vacancy at the same grade sits on a mixed-use scheme and is advertised separately. No salary is published and no closing date is given.