Senior Planner

Turner & Townsend; Dubai; On-site; AED 280,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is recruiting a Senior Planner for our UAE team to support infrastructure, leisure, hospitality, airports, highways, retail and commercial projects in Dubai. You will work in the Project Controls group to deliver performance reporting and cost monitoring, coordinating with cost and planning engineers across high-profile schemes.

Ideal candidates have a degree and solid experience in project controls within real estate sectors, with proficiency in Primavera, MS Project, Excel or

Qualifications

• Degree educated with industry and sector experience essential.
• Experience in project controls within real estate sectors (hospitality, commercial, residential, leisure) preferred.
• Proficiency with Primavera, MS Project, Excel or PRISM is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines.
• Establish progress and cost monitoring methods and governance.
• Produce project control reports and provide performance analysis and recommendations.
• Collaborate with cost and planning engineers across projects.

Skills

Project controls

Performance reporting

Communication skills

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Oracle Primavera

MS Project

Excel

PRISM

Job description

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Planner to undertake duties within our UAE based team, supporting projects across the Infrastructure, Leisure, Hospitality, airports, highways, retail and commercial projects.

The Senior Planner will work as part of our Project Controls team on high‑profile real estate projects, providing performance reporting and analysis support. This may be part of a large team or as the key day‑to‑day contact point with the client.

Typical activities include working with cost and planning engineers to develop work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines, establishing progress and cost monitoring methods, producing project control reports and providing performance analysis and recommendations for our clients.

Previous experience working in a project controls environment within the real estate sector (hospitality, commercial, residential, healthcare, leisure, events) is required, as is experience in at least one of the following: Programme Controls Management, Earned Value (EVM), Change & Risk Management, Planning, Project Controls and or PMO.

Qualifications

Applicants will ideally be degree educated, with previous industry & sector experience being essential.

Previous experience of the following tools (or one of) is also required: Oracle Primavera, MS Project, Excel, PRISM (Cost Management System).

Applicants will also require excellent written and verbal communication skills, be rigorous in following documented processes and governance and be able to demonstrate the ability to innovate in creative ways to meet the challenges of the changing project environment.