UAE-based Senior Planner – Design & Construction Schedules

WSP Global Inc.; Sharjah; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. in the UAE seeks a Senior Planner with 10+ years of planning and scheduling experience to support design projects in the Properties & Buildings sector.

You will develop integrated schedules, monitor progress, assess risks, and help ensure on-time delivery across bid and delivery stages. You will collaborate with program leadership, project managers and multidisciplinary teams, maintain WBS, resource plans, and S-curve reports, and mentor junior planners while advancing best

Qualifications

• 10+ years of planning and scheduling on building design projects.
• Experience with hospitality, commercial, industrial, institutional, and mixed-use developments.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project and Primavera P6.
• Strong communication and ability to work across time zones.
• Experience with Excel dashboards and macros is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated schedules and WBS aligned with objectives.
• Analyze schedule performance, risks, and critical paths; propose mitigations.
• Coordinate with program management and design teams for inputs and interfaces.
• Prepare schedule narratives and monitor EOTs and changes.
• Produce weekly/monthly progress reports with baselines and variances.
• Mentor junior planners and promote best planning practices.

Skills

Planning

Scheduling

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

PBI

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Power BI

Excel

Visio

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

WSP Global Inc. in the UAE seeks a Senior Planner with 10+ years of planning and scheduling experience to support design projects in the Properties & Buildings sector.

You will develop integrated schedules, monitor progress, assess risks, and help ensure on-time delivery across bid and delivery stages. You will collaborate with program leadership, project managers and multidisciplinary teams, maintain WBS, resource plans, and S-curve reports, and mentor junior planners while advancing best