Senior Planning Manager

AtkinsRéalis; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 320,000 - 460,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Life insurance

Medical insurance

Annual leave balance

Company gratuity scheme

Discretionary bonus program

Annual flight contribution

Transportation & housing allowances

Employee wellbeing program

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Senior Planning Manager to lead planning strategy, schedule management, and performance control for complex infrastructure programs. You will oversee a team of planners, analysts and managers, ensuring resource allocation, risk assessment and milestone tracking across projects.

The role emphasizes managing large-scale infrastructure with UAE exposure, developing planning plans, and providing strategic input on scheduling, cost, and procurement

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex projects, preferably infrastructure in the Middle East.
• Proven expertise in schedule management and performance tracking.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with project control tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and update Planning and Schedule Management Plan.
• Lead a team of Planning Engineers, Managers and Analysts.
• Implement scheduling activities and business development plans.
• Support project team with time management and control.
• Establish criteria for schedule development and WBS.
• Develop summary and detailed schedules and track milestones.
• Identify major milestones, approvals and long lead items.
• Define schedule logic and realistic activity durations with taskowners.
• Evaluate critical paths and track progress via site inspections.
• Support risk allocation and value engineering workshops.
• Provide strategic project management input including resources and finances.
• Review earned value and performance reports and related schedules.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project controls

Schedule management

Risk assessment

Resource management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Masters preferred

Job description

Job Description

A Senior Planning Manager is responsible for leading the development implementation and continuous updating of project planning and schedule management strategies. They oversee a team of planners analysts and managers ensuring effective time management resource allocation and risk assessment across complex projects. The role involves creating detailed schedules identifying milestones managing critical paths and supporting project teams with performance measurement financial oversight and strategic input.

We are looking for someone who has an experience managing large-scale infrastructure projects ideally with UAE exposure.

Your role

• Actively involved in developing andimplementationand updating ofofthePlanning and ScheduleManagement Plan.
• Manage a team ofPlanning Engineers ManagersAnalysts and other professionals.
• Implementthe scheduling business development plans and activities.
• Supports the project team and stakeholders with time management and control.
• Actively involved inestablishingcriteria for schedule development (schedule detail work breakdown structure WBS etc.).
• Develops and updates summary level as well as detailed schedules.
• Identifiesmajor milestones critical approvals and long lead procurement items.
• Actively involvedinestablishingschedule logic and constraintsrealistic activity durations based on production rates and availablemanpowerbased on discussion with task owners and/or teams.
• Actively involvedin evaluatingcritical and near critical path activity sequencesand assessingactual progress based on site inspections.
• Supports risk allocation and value engineering workshops.
• Provides strategic project management input of the planning project including financial and resources management.
• Reviewsearned value and performance measurement reportsresources (cost labor or material) to activities cash flow reportsresource histogramsarchitect and contractor prepared schedulespost construction as-built schedules etc.

About you

Knowledge Skills and Experience

• Relevant Experience in managing complex projects.
• Knowledgeable in industry standard system and software.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Project Management or a related field (Masters preferred).
• With at least 20 years of management experience in project controls preferably in infrastructure projects in the Middle East
• Proven expertise in schedule management document control and performance tracking.
• Strong leadership organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex multi-stakeholder environments.
• Familiarity with project control tools and methodologies.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Tax-free salary.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Medical insurance.
• Annual leave balance.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution.
• Transportation & housing allowances.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance legal matters family care personal health fitness and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills expand your expertise and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

Were AtkinsRéalis a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people data and technology to transform the worlds infrastructure and energy systems. Together with our industry partners and clients and our global team of consultants designers engineers and project managers we can change the world. Were committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Worker TypeEmployeeJob TypeRegular

At AtkinsRéalis we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender ethnic or national origin sexual identity and orientation age religion or disability but enriches itself through these differences.

Required Experience

Manager