Planner / Building & Project Consultancy

Savills Middle East; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Savills Middle East in Saudi Arabia seeks a seasoned Planning & Scheduling professional to develop, maintain and interrogate the integrated project programme, providing reliable progress measurement, forecasting and schedule risk analysis. You will support proactive decision-making by identifying critical-path issues and recovery actions across multiple work packages.

Key responsibilities include reviewing baselines, updating progress from site data, preparing weekly/monthly reports, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 7 years of planning and scheduling experience on major construction projects.
• Advanced Primavera P6 capability including baselines and resource loading.
• Strong understanding of CPM, progress measurement and earned value concepts.
• Proficiency in English and clear reporting to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Review contractor baseline and revised programmes for logic, sequencing and compliance.
• Develop and maintain the integrated master schedule and reporting structure.
• Update progress using verified site data and assess planned vs. actual performance.
• Prepare weekly and monthly schedule reports, dashboards and forecasts.
• Identify delays, constraints and risks; quantify impacts and suggest mitigations.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning teams.
• Maintain change logs, narratives and auditable records; support EV analysis.

Skills

Primavera P6

Scheduling

CPM

Power BI

Earned Value

Stakeholder communication

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline

PMP/ PMI-SP certification (advantageous)

Tools

MS Excel

MS Project

Job description

The Role

Develop, maintain and interrogate the integrated project programme, providing reliable progress measurement, forecasting and schedule risk analysis. The Planner will support proactive decision-making by identifying critical-path issues, interface constraints and recovery actions across multiple work packages.

Key Responsibilities

Review contractor baseline and revised programmes for logic, sequencing, resource loading, calendars, milestones and contractual compliance.

• Develop and maintain the consultant’s integrated master schedule and package-level reporting structure.
• Update progress using verified site data and assess planned versus actual performance, critical path and float movement.
• Prepare weekly and monthly schedule reports, dashboards, S-curves, look-ahead schedules and milestone forecasts.
• Identify delays, constraints and programme risks; quantify potential impacts and recommend mitigation or recovery actions.
• Review recovery programmes, acceleration proposals, time-impact analyses and extension-of-time submissions.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning teams to validate interfaces and dependencies.
• Maintain schedule narratives, assumptions, change logs, progress measurement rules and auditable records.
• Support earned value analysis, cash-flow forecasting and alignment between programme, cost and resource information.
• Facilitate planning workshops and communicate schedule priorities and required decisions clearly to stakeholders.

Skills, Knowledge And Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.

• Minimum 7 years of planning and scheduling experience on major construction or infrastructure projects, preferably in KSA/GCC.
• Advanced Primavera P6 capability, including baselines, logic analysis, resource/cost loading and schedule comparison.
• Strong understanding of critical path method, progress measurement, delay analysis, time impact analysis and earned value principles.
• Experience preparing executive dashboards and concise planning narratives; Power BI experience is advantageous.
• PMP, PMI-SP, AACE PSP or equivalent certification is advantageous.
• Excellent written and spoken English, strong reporting and stakeholder communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and relevant project systems.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary, fast-paced consultancy environment in KSA.
• High standards of integrity, confidentiality, organisation and attention to detail.

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