Senior Planning Manager - Infrastructure Projects

AECOM; Al Ain; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Planning Manager to lead scheduling, monitoring and reporting for large-scale infrastructure programs from design through handover.

You will coordinate with the Client Project Director, Resident Engineers, contractors, commercial teams and authorities to ensure accurate programme management, progress tracking and timely decision-making across design, construction, testing and commissioning.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of planning and project controls experience, including at least 5 years as planning manager on major infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience in roads utilities drainage public realm transportation and urban development projects.
• Strong background in construction supervision and consultancy environments.
• Experience with UAE infrastructure projects and authority requirements is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop maintain and update the project master programme using Primavera P6 or equivalent planning software.
• Review and assess contractor baseline programmes recovery plans and revised schedules.
• Ensure programme compliance with contractual milestones and project objectives.
• Integrate design procurement construction testing & commissioning and handover activities into the project programme.
• Monitor project progress against the approved baseline programme.
• Analyse schedule performance critical paths float consumption and productivity trends.
• Identify delays and recommend corrective and recovery measures.
• Prepare look-ahead programmes and monitor milestone achievement.
• Identify programme risks and potential delays.
• Perform delay analysis and assess schedule impacts.
• Support the evaluation of Extension of Time (EOT) claims.
• Maintain programme risk registers and mitigation plans.
• Coordinate planning activities with the Client contractors consultants authorities and utility providers.
• Participate in progress meetings technical workshops and project coordination meetings.
• Ensure alignment between planning activities and project execution.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports executive dashboards KPI reports and management presentations.
• Produce programme updates S-curves earned value reports manpower and equipment histograms and productivity analyses.
• Present planning status and key issues to senior management and the Client.
• Lead and mentor project planning engineers.
• Establish planning procedures and reporting standards across the project.
• Promote continuous improvement in planning methodologies and project controls.

Skills

Strong analytical planning andorganiz(

Education

Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering Construction Management or a related discipline

PMP PMI-SP or equivalent professional certification is preferred

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Excel

BIM

Job description

AECOM in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Planning Manager to lead scheduling, monitoring and reporting for large-scale infrastructure programs from design through handover.

You will coordinate with the Client Project Director, Resident Engineers, contractors, commercial teams and authorities to ensure accurate programme management, progress tracking and timely decision-making across design, construction, testing and commissioning.