PLANNING MANAGER

Jobs For Humanity; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering organization seeks a highly skilled project manager in Abu Dhabi to oversee large-scale construction projects. You will develop and monitor schedules, ensuring compliance with project milestones and objectives. Ideal candidates hold a degree in construction management or civil engineering, with a minimum of 10 years' experience in project management. Benefits include a competitive salary, medical insurance, and bonuses. This role is full-time, on site.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Transportation allowance

Medical and life insurance

Annual leave

Company gratuity scheme

Discretionary bonus

Annual flight allowance

Employee WellBeing Programme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in large scale projects required.
• Membership from a construction related professional body preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop initial baseline schedules with project information.
• Assist in management of design and procurement schedules.
• Monitor actual progress against planned progress.
• Prepare progress monitoring tools using earned value.
• Establish administration procedures for planning engineers.

Skills

Project management

Scheduling

Construction management

Coordination

Monitoring progress

Education

Degree in construction management or civil engineering

Job description

About AtkinsRalis

AtkinsRalis a worldleading design engineering and project management organization. We connect people data and technology to transform the worlds infrastructure and energy systems. We are active in the Middle East and India for over 10 years with our regional headquarter in Dubai and offices in Abu Dhabi Kuwait Qatar Oman and Saudi Arabia. Our Middle East and India presence is complemented by our operations across Asia Pacific Europe and the USA and our 2000 plus global staff.

Job Description

• Ability to develop initial baseline schedules with little project information. This requires previous experience is hospitality / mix use development projects.
• Assist in the preparation and management of overview and strategic programmes including design procurement and construction schedules together with supporting information required schedules.
• Include all project stages from initiations to completion in the baseline and identify stage gates accordingly.
• Coordinate and manage the preparation and development of master planning engineering procurement and construction schedules together with associated information required schedules.
• Establish and agree project reporting procedures prepare and present monthly project progress. Develop project and programme dashboard templates to be used across the programme by designer and contractors.
• Review the schedules and related documents from the designers and contractors including monthly reports and analyse the content to ensure compliance with project objectives.
• Review schedule trends to identify problem areas and recommend corrective action to management. Monitor actual progress against planned progress.
• Monitor engineering design progress material and equipment procurement and construction and commissioning status.
• Prepare progress monitoring tools using earned value for the management and monitoring of the above mentioned schedules. Monitor progress both on and off site. Identify deviations (progress trends) in both construction and procurement progress and suggest possible courses of corrective action.
• Working closely with the Project Controls Manager and Project Team to ensure that the programme is feasible complies with the Project Master Plan and contractual documents.
• Interface on a daily basis with the designers PMCs main contractor sub contractors and internal management.
• Carry out studies into scheduling manpower cash flow and material flow as needed.
• Attend offsite meetings as requested by the client.
• Review schedules for slippage of key dates.
• Assist in the defence / approval of any claim for time extension or major change to the schedule.
• Other duties as requested from time to time.
• Ensuring that each Planning Engineer runs his or her section to the highest professional standards that all information is current and that every member of the team is receiving the information he or she needs to fulfil their responsibilities.
• Establish and maintain consistent and adequate administration procedures in their field. These procedures will be followed across the project by the respective planners working under the Construction Managers.
• Participate with the project management team as directed by the Project Director to achieve project deliverables.
• Involve key stakeholder requirements and approvals in the baseline.
• Issue highlevel schedule weekly updates.
• Identify and report main issues interfering with progress.
• Identify and report on measures for improving schedule performance.
• Establish Scheduling reporting procedures tools templates instruction etc. to standardize the work across the programme.
• Monitor the timing of submittals against schedule requirements.
• Develop and monitor programme KPIs.

Requirements

• Ideally you should possess a degree in construction management and / or civil engineering and hold a membership/chartership from a construction related professional body.
• With a minimum of 10 years of experience and have a track record of working on large scale projects.

Rewards & Benefits

• A competitive salary
• Transportation allowance
• Medical and life insurance cover
• Annual leave
• Medical and life insurance cover
• Company gratuity scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual flight allowance to point of origin
• Employee WellBeing Programme 24 hour free advice on financial legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health fitness and nutrition consultants;

Remote Work

No

Employment Type

Fulltime