Planning Section Head

Confidential Careers; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 391,000 - 670,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers seeks an experienced Planning Section Head for a major high-end villa development to lead planning and project controls across the project lifecycle.

The role requires developing and maintaining baseline schedules in Primavera P6, coordinating with multiple teams, monitoring progress, and delivering timely reports to support decision-making and on-time completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years of planning experience in construction.
• Experience in villa, luxury residential, residential compound, or high-end building projects.
• Excellent knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Strong understanding of scheduling, critical path, resource loading, and progress measurement.
• Experience in delay analysis, EOT claims, recovery programmes, and project controls.
• Previous experience leading a planning team is highly desirable.
• Strong communication, coordination, analytical, and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the project planning team and planning activities.
• Develop, maintain, and update the baseline programme and detailed construction schedules using Primavera P6.
• Establish project milestones, critical path, activity sequences, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate with construction, engineering, procurement, commercial, QA/QC, and subcontractor teams.
• Monitor actual progress against the approved programme and identify delays and potential risks.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, S-curves, dashboards, and productivity reports.
• Review and evaluate subcontractors' programmes and progress.
• Track procurement, material approvals, shop drawings, inspections, and other activities affecting the programme.
• Develop recovery programmes and recommend mitigation measures for delayed activities.
• Carry out critical path analysis, delay analysis, and time-impact assessments.
• Support preparation of Extension of Time (EOT) claims and delay-related contractual submissions.
• Monitor manpower, equipment, productivity, and resource utilization.
• Coordinate with the Project Manager and Construction Manager to ensure timely project completion.
• Maintain accurate planning records and programme updates.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Coordination

Analytical skills

Reporting

Education

Bachelors in Civil Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Planning Section Head – Villa Project

Project: High-End / Luxury Villa Development

Employment Type: Full-Time

We are seeking an experienced Planning Section Head to join our team for a major high-end villa. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the planning and project controls function and ensuring effective programme management throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the project planning team and planning activities.
• Develop, maintain, and update the baseline programme and detailed construction schedules using Primavera P6.
• Establish project milestones, critical path, activity sequences, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate with construction, engineering, procurement, commercial, QA/QC, and subcontractor teams.
• Monitor actual progress against the approved programme and identify delays and potential risks.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, S-curves, dashboards, and productivity reports.
• Review and evaluate subcontractors' programmes and progress.
• Track procurement, material approvals, shop drawings, inspections, and other activities affecting the programme.
• Develop recovery programmes and recommend mitigation measures for delayed activities.
• Carry out critical path analysis, delay analysis, and time-impact assessments.
• Support preparation of Extension of Time (EOT) claims and delay-related contractual submissions.
• Monitor manpower, equipment, productivity, and resource utilization.
• Coordinate with the Project Manager and Construction Manager to ensure timely project completion.
• Maintain accurate planning records and programme updates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years of planning experience in construction.
• Proven experience in villa, luxury residential, residential compound, or high-end building projects.
• Excellent knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, critical path, resource loading, and progress measurement.
• Experience in delay analysis, EOT claims, recovery programmes, and project controls.
• Previous experience leading a planning team is highly desirable.
• Strong communication, coordination, analytical, and reporting skills.