Senior Planner

Currie & Brown Holdings; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown Group in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Planner to join our project management team. You will lead the planning function across one or multiple projects, developing master programmes and monitoring progress.

The role requires extensive experience on major projects, strong writing and client-facing skills, and proficiency with Primavera and 4D BIM. You will collaborate with the Project Manager, Engineer and Contractor to resolve schedule issues and provide weekly progress updates

Qualifications

• 12+ years’ relevant experience on major projects.
• BSc in civil engineering or equivalent.
• Pre-contract and post-contract experience on major projects.
• Experience on large buildings projects.
• Strong technical writing and client-facing communication.
• Primavera certification and working experience.
• Experience with 4D BIM.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the master programme for the project.
• Ongoing monitoring and reporting of programme-related activities.
• Proactive management of contractor’s programmes.
• Detailed reviews of contractor programmes.
• Monitor planning and project controls for conformance with procedures.
• Develop permitting and authority approvals process.
• Prepare baseline programmes and monthly reports.
• Prepare weekly progress and quantity reports.
• Provide weekly progress updates, with critical path and trend analyses.
• Assess impact of changes and deviations from targets.
• Collaborate with Project Manager, Engineer and Contractor to resolve schedule issues.
• Review and analyze contractors’ claims and prepare recommendations.

Education

BSc in civil engineering or equivalent engineering degree

12+ years’ relevant experience

Strong technical writing and client-facing communication

Lead planning function across projects

Tools

Primavera

4D BIM

Job description

Currie & Brown is looking for a Senior Planner to join our Abu Dhabi team.

As a Senior Planner you will be part of the project management team and lead the planning function across one or multiple projects.

What will you be doing?

• Develop and manage the master programme for the project
• Ongoing monitoring and reporting of all programme-related activities
• Proactive management of contractor’s programmes
• Detailed reviews of contractor programmes
• 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 programmes
• 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

What do you need?

• 12+ years’ relevant experience
• BSc in civil engineering or equivalent engineering degree
• Must have considerable pre-contract and post-contract experience on major projects
• Strong experience of large buildings projects
• Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills
• Primavera certification and working experience
• Experience with 4D BIM

About Us

Currie & Brownprioritise 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 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 taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.

With the backing of our parent company, we are a truly independent business. Our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions, as well as work directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.

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.