4D Planning Manager

Mace; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 318,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management consultancy seeks an experienced professional to deliver a major entertainment and luxury hospitality project in Riyadh. The role involves extensive 4D planning, collaboration with global consultants, and ensuring timely, compliant project delivery. Candidates should have a relevant degree, significant 4D planning experience, and knowledge of sustainability practices. Mace promotes diversity and is open to flexible working options.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with 4D planning and integration of BIM in projects.
• Knowledge of carbon impacts and net-zero objectives.
• Experience from high-value infrastructure or hospitality projects.

Responsibilities

• Drive high-quality and compliant project delivery.
• Provide strategic direction for planning and scheduling.
• Support business development and due diligence activities.
• Monitor project progress through detailed productivity reviews.

Skills

4D planning expertise

Strong commercial capability

Stakeholder management

Sustainability knowledge

Experience with BIM

Education

Relevant built-environment degree

Tools

Synchro

P6

Navisworks

Job description

Overview

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

This project offers the chance to join a talented Mace team in delivering a major entertainment and luxury hospitality project, collaborating with renowned architects and global consultants. The project involves extensive infrastructure and built assets, delivered rapidly through a hands-on construction management approach, ideal for those experienced in managing both main and subcontract packages. Provides planning support across allocated projects, ensuring all tenders and programmes are accurately aligned, scheduled, and monitored. Works closely with project management to enable timely, profitable delivery. Leads 4D planning activities for a complex project portfolio, driving clarity, coordination, and high-quality execution.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Driving safe, high-quality, and compliant delivery, applying strong knowledge of local HSE requirements, and promoting well-being and inclusion.
• Provide strategic direction across key assignments, driving effective planning, scheduling, and monitoring.
• Support senior leadership in due diligence, business development, and long-term strategy.
• Foster collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and strong stakeholder relationships across all project environments.
• Develop detailed 4D planning outputs that reflect project, logistics, and site constraints.
• Monitor progress through productivity reviews and visual reporting, supporting weekly updates.
• Coordinate team activities and maintain clear communication with clients and stakeholders.
• Deliver project requirements while collaborating to reduce carbon impacts and support net-zero objectives.

You’ll Need To Have

• Extensive 4D planning expertise integrating BIM, schedules, and site progress for complex projects.
• Proven experience across infrastructure, residential, or hospitality programmes with strong commercial and stakeholder capability.
• Knowledge of sustainability, carbon impacts, sequencing, logistics, and RIBA stages.
• Relevant built-environment degree and professional membership or progression toward chartership.
• Experience with Synchro (or similar), P6, Navisworks, and preferably ACC.
• Extensive industry experience, preferably with mega-project experience.
• Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience working on high-valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business, which are required for immigration and client approval.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of well-being in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables and strategic outcomes and build long-term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfill all the criteria, please apply, as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.