Lead Planner

Parsons; Tabuk; On-site; SAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking an experienced Lead Planner to own planning and schedule reporting for the closeout portfolio. The role sets schedule standards, develops demobilization and preservation schedules, and leads reviews with project teams and stakeholders to support closeout decisions.

Responsibilities include critical path analysis, progress measurement, and executive dashboards. The candidate will drive schedule health, forecasting, and substantiation for claims and final accounts, reporting up

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• 20+ years planning/scheduling experience.
• 10+ years on major projects in Saudi Arabia or GCC.
• Experience on mega-projects or multi-billion SAR portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Own schedule reporting across portfolio; set status, update, review, and reporting cycle.
• Develop/maintain integrated demobilization, preservation, termination and closeout schedules.
• Prepare schedule forecasts for milestones, activities, interfaces, handovers and closure dates.
• Lead schedule reviews with project teams and stakeholders.
• Provide critical path, progress, S-curve and forecast analysis for closeout decisions.

Skills

Excel

Power BI

PowerPoint

Aconex

SharePoint

OneDrive

Microsoft 365

Schedule substantiation

Communication

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Lead Planner who owns the planning and schedule reporting for the closeout portfolio. The role sets schedule standards, develops integrated demobilization and preservation schedules, leads schedule reviews, and provides critical path, progress, S-curve, and forecast analysis to support closeout decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own schedule reporting across the portfolio and set the status, update, review, and reporting cycle.
• Set planning standards, coding requirements, schedule templates, calendars, reporting cut-offs, and quality checks.
• Develop and maintain integrated demobilization, preservation, termination, and closeout schedules.
• Prepare schedule forecasts covering milestones, remaining activities, contract interfaces, handovers, preservation periods, and closure dates.
• Perform critical path, near-critical path, float, logic, constraint, and schedule health analysis.
• Develop S-curves, milestone trends, progress curves, schedule narratives, and executive planning dashboards.
• Lead schedule review meetings with project, construction, commercial, procurement, contractor, consultant, and stakeholder teams.
• Assess schedule updates for completeness, logic, status accuracy, sequencing, and support for reported progress.
• Combine contract and workstream schedules into a portfolio view and identify cross-contract dependencies.
• Identify slippage, constraints, missed milestones, and forecast changes, and explain the effect on closeout objectives.
• Provide schedule substantiation for claims, disputes, settlement discussions, and final account reviews.
• Lead planning inputs to weekly and monthly reports, demobilization reports, closeout reports, dashboards, and presentations.
• Support the Project Controls Manager in portfolio reviews and senior stakeholder discussions.

Experience Required

• Minimum 20 years of planning and scheduling experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience on major projects in Saudi Arabia and/or the GCC.
• Experience on mega-projects or mixed-use programs with multi-billion SAR portfolios and a high volume of contracts.
• Substantial experience in schedule development, review, forecasting, critical path analysis, progress measurement, and reporting.
• Experience with demobilization, preservation, termination, handover, or closeout schedules is preferred.
• Forensic planning and delay analysis experience is desirable but not mandatory.

Education Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related discipline.

Skills Required

• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Power BI development and report use
• PowerPoint
• Aconex
• SharePoint
• OneDrive
• Microsoft 365
• Schedule substantiation for claims, disputes, settlements, and final accounts
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Concise executive reporting

Employment / Job Type

Full Time

About the Company

United States technology and engineering company working across defence, intelligence, cyber security, and critical infrastructure. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Parsons has a long Middle East presence with offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, and Doha, delivering design and programme management for highways, bridges, rail, airports, and large master planned developments.

Department / Functional Area

Project Controls

Closing Date

24 November 2026