Planning Manager - Real Estate

Big Fish Recruitment; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Planning Manager to oversee the planning function across all project phases, from initiation to completion. This role requires strong project management skills, expertise in scheduling, and the ability to track developments effectively and mitigate potential delays. The successful candidate will play a key role in coordinating with various internal and external teams to ensure that all development goals are achieved efficiently.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading planning functions in major projects.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to track development programs.
• Experienced in project documentation and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning function for project phases from initiation to completion.
• Develop master development plans and project reports.
• Monitor project progress and escalate findings proactively.

Skills

Project Management

Scheduling

Analysis

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Planning Manager will lead planning function across all phases of project development from initiation phase, setting key development milestones and targets for design, procurement and construction stages up till successful project completion, and coordinating with different functions to ensure alignment of development strategy and forecasts. Collaborators: • Internal: Business Development, Design, Projects, Procurement, Finance, Marketing, Sales • External: Design & Supervision Consultants, Contractors, Authorities & Suppliers

• Develop and document master development plans from initiation stage, projects launches, procurement, design development, NOCs, construction and handover stages. • Consolidate, prepare and issue projects executive and department reports, trend charts and schedule analysis across all design and construction projects portfolio. Submit regular reports as per set templates on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. • Provide regular tracking of development programs. Monitor the application of development programs against set milestones and provide proactive alerts of potential delays or early warnings. Escalate findings and recommend to CDO and team preemptive mitigation actions. • Analyze project progress, conduct impact analysis & review vendor claims and recommendations for extension of time utilizing planning and scheduling techniques. Highlight potential cost & time impact to CDO, function heads & commercial team. • Maintain change logs and manage changes in scope, schedule and resources. • Ensure consistency in scheduling parameters and reporting across all projects. • Ability to oversee multiple packages simultaneously and to devise strategies for scope packaging and to provide development team with expertise to optimize process and deliver the project's interim targets effectively. • Participate in project management review meetings and report projects status to CDO and function heads. • Provide guidance, training, and support to the teams to promote a culture of accountability and ownership of set targets. • Assist the Development team with planning and scheduling techniques.