Senior Planning Manager - Healthcare

Hill International; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction management firm seeks an experienced Engineer in Abu Dhabi to oversee project scheduling and contractor performance. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of planning experience and preferably worked on healthcare projects. Proficiency in Primavera and Microsoft Project is essential, along with a BSc in Engineering. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in planning works.
• Experience with healthcare or hospital projects required.
• Must be qualified in project controls and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Review and comment on the Baseline Schedule.
• Monitor contractor’s major construction progress.
• Review recovery schedules submitted by contractors.
• Attend weekly progress meetings and assist in report preparation.

Skills

Project scheduling

Monitoring construction progress

Reporting deficiencies

Time impact analysis

Attendance at progress meetings

Education

BSc or higher in Engineering

PMP certification

Tools

Primavera

Microsoft Project

PowerPoint

Job description

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

• Review/comment the Baseline Schedule and other schedules and report to the Controls Manager.
• Review and continuously monitor against approved schedules the Contractors major construction progress and ensure equipment and manpower are adequate or in case of any shortage report to Controls Manager.
• Review in detail the recovery schedules as submitted by the CONTRACTORS and ensure manpower and site supervision staff are increased properly.
• Regular visits to project sites to validate whether the progress of work on SITE is in compliance with approved schedules major milestones have been met and report deficiencies to Construction Manager.
• Review all daily weekly and monthly reports as submitted by CONTRACTOR and report to Controls Manager any deficiency or non-compliance.
• Review any claim involving time impact as submitted by the CONTRACTOR and report his assessment to Controls Manager.
• Review field design changes and Trend Notices and assess time impact if any.
• Advise the Construction Manager of any foreseen slippage of progress and corrective actions to be taken.
• Attend weekly progress meeting and monthly Executive meetings and participate in preparing the agenda.
• Assist Controls Managers during the preparation of Monthly Progress reports and Monthly Executive Presentations.
• Reviews the commissioning plans as submitted by the CONTRACTOR and ensures its compliance with the approved Baseline schedule.
• Participate with PMC staff in reviewing the Close-Out Reports as submitted by the CONTRACTOR.

Qualifications Experience Knowledge and Skills:

• Should be qualified Engineer BSc or higher.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP is preferred.
• A qualified Engineer with a minimum of 10 years experience Planning works in similar Projects.
• Worked on Healthcare or Hospital projects
• Must be fully conversant with Primavera Microsoft Project PowerPoint etc.