Planner

Currie & Brown Holdings; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown Group is seeking a Planner for a high-end Villa project in Dubai. You will develop and manage the master programme, monitor progress, and coordinate with the Project Manager and Contractor to ensure timely delivery.

Ideal candidates have extensive pre/post-contract experience on major projects, strong technical writing and communication skills, and proficiency in Primavera P6. This on-site role focuses on delivering premium service to clients in a demanding landscape.

Qualifications

• BSc in relevant discipline is required or equivalent
• Pre-contract and post-contract experience on major projects is essential
• Experience using Primavera P6 for planning and scheduling
• Strong technical writing, client-facing and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the master programme for Villa project
• Monitor and report all programme-related activities
• Manage contractor's programme and review contractor schedules
• Review and analyze contractor claims and forecasts
• Prepare baseline programme and monthly progress/recovery plans
• Provide weekly progress updates and critical path/trend analyses
• Coordinate with Project Manager, Engineer and Contractor on schedule issues
• Ensure conformance with project procedures and approvals processes

Skills

Good communication

Client-facing

Technical writing

Education

BSc in relevant discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Currie & Brown is looking for a Planner for a prestigious Villa project based in Dubai

You will support project leaders in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider.

Responsibilities will include:

• Develop and manage the master programme for the project
• Ongoing monitoring and reporting of all programme-related activities
• Proactive management of contractor's programme
• Detailed reviews of contractor programme
• Monitoring the planning and project controls works for conformance with project procedures
• Develop and monitor the permitting and authority approvals process for the project
• Prepare baseline programme
• Prepare monthly reports and recovery plans (when applicable)
• Preparing and finalizing weekly progress report submissions and weekly quantity reports
• Provide the Project Manager with weekly progress updates, forecast completions, together with critical path and trend analyses
• Consistent assessment of the impact of approved changes and any deviations from the key project targets and milestones, including productivity monitoring and 'what if' scenarios to aid project management decision-making
• Work collaboratively with the Project Manager, Engineer and Contractor in resolving any and all project schedule issues
• Review and analyze contractors' claims and prepare recommendations reports
• Experience working on Villa projects.
• BSc in relevant discipline
• Must have considerable pre-contract and post-contract experience on major projects
• Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills
• Experience with P6 software

About Us

Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people's futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage - providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don't offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We are an international industry leader - Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world's most prestigious projects and for some of the world's top clients.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be fundamental in creating a successful work force.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.