Lead Planner

Sccsinternational; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Hill International seeks a Lead Planner for a closeout portfolio in Saudi Arabia to manage an assignment through the end of 2026 with potential extension.

The role is portfolio-level; duties include establishing reporting cycles, planning standards, coding, and templates, and building integrated schedules for demobilisation, preservation and closeout. Requires 20+ years in planning, 10+ on Gulf projects; Primavera P6 mandatory; PMP/PMI-SP/PSP or AACE preferred.

Qualifications

• A degree in engineering or construction management is required.
• PMP, PMI-SP, PSP or AACE certification is preferred.
• Primavera P6 is mandatory.
• Forensic planning and delay analysis experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Set reporting cycle, fix planning standards, coding requirements and schedule templates.
• Build and maintain integrated schedules for demobilisation, preservation and closeout.
• Consolidate contracts into portfolio view to monitor cross-contract dependencies and slippage.
• Provide schedule substantiation for claims, disputes and final account reviews.

Skills

Critical path analysis

Float analysis

Schedule health assessments

Forecasting milestones

Progress updates assessment

Integrated schedules

Forensic planning

Education

Engineering degree

Construction management degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Hill International is recruiting a Lead Planner for a closeout portfolio in Saudi Arabia, on an assignment running to the end of 2026 with the possibility of extension.

The posting places the role at portfolio level rather than on a single contract: the planner sets the reporting cycle, fixes the planning standards, the coding requirements and the schedule templates, and then builds and maintains the integrated schedules for demobilisation, preservation and closeout. Much of the work is analytical.

The posting asks for critical path analysis, float analysis and schedule health assessments, for forecasts covering milestones, activities and closure dates, and for contractor updates to be assessed for accuracy, logic and reported progress before they are accepted. Individual contract programmes are then consolidated into one portfolio view so that cross-contract dependencies, slippage and constraints can be seen against the closeout objectives.

The point that will interest claims practitioners is stated plainly in the advert: the planner provides schedule substantiation for claims, disputes and final account reviews. Hill asks for at least twenty years in planning and scheduling, ten of them on major projects in Saudi Arabia or the wider Gulf, and experience of multi-billion riyal portfolios carrying a high volume of contracts.

A degree in engineering or construction management is required and PMP, PMI-SP, PSP or AACE certification is preferred. Primavera P6 is mandatory. Forensic planning and delay analysis experience is listed as desirable.

The details above are taken from the employer's own posting, read on 26-08-2026. Where the posting does not state something, this page says so rather than estimating it.