Senior Planner: Shape Timelines for Landmark Projects

WSP in the Middle East; Sharjah; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in the Middle East is seeking a UAE-based Senior Planner with 10+ years of planning and scheduling experience to support design projects in the Properties & Buildings sector.

The role will work closely with program leadership, project managers, and multidisciplinary design teams to develop and maintain integrated schedules, monitor progress, assess schedule risks, and support timely project delivery across bid and delivery stages.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of planning and scheduling experience on building design projects.
• Exposure to hospitality, commercial, industrial, institutional, and mixed-use developments.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 and MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a planning and project controls plan based on contractual requirements.
• Create and update integrated design schedules, WBS, milestones, and deliverables.
• Coordinate with program management to capture inputs and align schedules across bid and delivery stages.
• Analyse schedule performance, risks, and critical paths; recommend corrective actions.
• Develop resource plans and optimise allocation across multiple projects.
• Prepare schedule narratives and documentation of assumptions, constraints, and risks.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring junior planners

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Visio

Power BI

Job description

WSP in the Middle East is seeking a UAE-based Senior Planner with 10+ years of planning and scheduling experience to support design projects in the Properties & Buildings sector.

The role will work closely with program leadership, project managers, and multidisciplinary design teams to develop and maintain integrated schedules, monitor progress, assess schedule risks, and support timely project delivery across bid and delivery stages.