Senior Planning Manager – Mixed-Use Projects, Abu Dhabi

Currie & Brown; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown is seeking a Planning Manager for a high-end mixed-use project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. You will lead master programme development, monitor progress, and drive recovery plans in collaboration with the Project Manager and Engineer.

You bring substantial pre- and post-contract experience on major projects, strong technical writing and client-facing skills, and hands-on use of Primavera P6 to manage schedules and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience working on high end mixed-use projects.
• BSc in relevant discipline.
• Considerable pre-contract and post-contract experience on major projects.
• Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills.
• Experience with P6 software.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the master programme for the project
• Ongoing monitoring and reporting of all programme-related activities
• Proactive management of contractor’s programme
• Detailed reviews of contractor programme
• Monitoring the planning and project controls works for conformance with project procedures
• Develop and monitor the permitting and authority approvals process for the project
• Prepare baseline programme
• Prepare monthly reports and recovery plans (when applicable)
• Preparing and finalizing weekly progress report submissions and weekly quantity reports
• Provide the Project Manager with weekly progress updates, forecast completions, together with critical path and trend analyses
• Consistent assessment of the impact of approved changes and any deviations from the key project targets and milestones, including productivity monitoring and ‘what if’ scenarios to aid project management decision-making
• Work collaboratively with the Project Manager, Engineer and Contractor in resolving any and all project schedule issues
• Review and analyze contractors’ claims and prepare recommendations reports

Skills

Primavera P6

Technical writing

Client-facing communication

Education

BSc in relevant discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Currie & Brown is seeking a Planning Manager for a high-end mixed-use project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. You will lead master programme development, monitor progress, and drive recovery plans in collaboration with the Project Manager and Engineer.

You bring substantial pre- and post-contract experience on major projects, strong technical writing and client-facing skills, and hands-on use of Primavera P6 to manage schedules and reporting.