Planning Manager – Dubai Villas (High-End Residential)

Currie & Brown; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown in Dubai is seeking a Planning Manager for a large-scale villas project. You will lead the master programme, monitor progress and report to project leaders, ensuring adherence to procedures and delivering outcomes for clients.

The candidate should have pre- and post-contract experience on major projects, strong knowledge of Delay Analysis and P6 software, and excellent written and client-facing communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience on high-end, large-scale residential projects.
• BSc in relevant discipline.
• Pre- and post-contract experience on major projects.
• Knowledge of Delay Analysis, Tender Evaluation, Authorities Approvals.
• Strong writing, client-facing and communication skills.
• Experience with P6 software.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Delay Analysis

Technical Writing

Client-facing

Communication

Education

BSc in relevant discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Currie & Brown in Dubai is seeking a Planning Manager for a large-scale villas project. You will lead the master programme, monitor progress and report to project leaders, ensuring adherence to procedures and delivering outcomes for clients.

The candidate should have pre- and post-contract experience on major projects, strong knowledge of Delay Analysis and P6 software, and excellent written and client-facing communication skills.