Planning Manager

Bechtel Corporation; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Riyadh is seeking an experienced Scheduling Lead to manage the full planning lifecycle for Expo 2030 Riyadh infrastructure programs. You will lead a team to identify schedule trends, analyze data for innovative solutions, and ensure on-time schedule updates and comprehensive reporting.

The role emphasizes leadership, cross-disciplinary coordination, and mastery of Primavera P6, MS Project, and Power BI, with robust experience in large mega-project contexts in the KSA/GCC region.

Qualifications

• BSc in Engineering with 25 years of experience in mega projects delivery.
• 20 years in project planning and scheduling in large company.

Responsibilities

• Prepares detailed staffing plans for planning and scheduling activities and analyzes schedule impacts.
• Makes recommendations on action plans to mitigate schedule risks and schedule GAP analysis.
• Maintains, improves, integrates, and updates the main project schedule.
• Organizes work scope for all workstreams within the total project plan.

Skills

Scheduling leadership

Project planning

Communication

Team leadership

Education

BSc in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

MS Office

Power BI

Job description

• Relocation Authorized: National/International - Single
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Riyadh

Requisition ID: 300760

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Project Overview

Expo 2030 Riyadh is a global platform where countries, organizations, and individuals will come together to collaborate. Under the theme “Foresight for Tomorrow,” the Expo promotes sustainable development, innovation, and transformative thinking. The event will be held from October 2030 to March 2031 and is expected to welcome over 40 million visits.

The 6 km² Masterplan outlines a comprehensive framework for participation and infrastructure at the Expo. The exhibition space, totaling 491,100 m² GFA, can accommodate up to 197 participating countries and 29 international organizations. Working collaboratively with our customer, Expo 2030 Riyadh Company (ERC), Bechtel will manage the infrastructure program which comprises early works, utilities, and publicly accessible spaces like streets and parks. Our scope on the six-square-kilometer site will transition into a mixed-use legacy development to serve the community after the six-month event is over. The project’s master plan leverages international sustainability standards for urban afforestation, treated water, and energy sources.

Job Summary

In this position, you will work with the project team to lead a team to manage the entire set of planning activities for assigned projects. You will identify schedule trends, analyze data to provide innovative solutions to scheduling challenges, ensure schedule updates are completed on time, and be responsible for reporting requirements. Your leadership will be essential in scheduling efficiency and project success.

Major Responsibilities

• Prepares detailed staffing plans for planning and scheduling activities. Reviews design scope criteria and quantities. Performs in-depth analysis to identify project schedule impacts and organizes with the project to develop additional estimating bases when information is incomplete
• Makes recommendations on action plans to mitigate schedule risks and schedule GAP analysis
• Helps the maintenance, improvement, integration, and major updates of the Client Project Development and Execution main schedule
• Answerable for organizing the work scope for all workstreams into the total project plan. Performs regular reviews of project scope in schedules, includes establishing the conceptual scope of schedule studies
• Establishes milestones for the total project or major portions of the project. Reviews project work activities to ensure help of project milestones. Organizes the timely, systematic, and complete acquisition of scope definition and related data
• Reviews the performing organizations and unit’s work logics and finds whether the schedules will adequately help the overall project schedule. Plans, organizes, and establishes the level of quantification appropriate to the objectives of the effort and to the level of scope definition for each discipline or specialty and designates reference job(s) for source data and/or reconciliations of quantities. Reviews completeness and reasonableness of quantities
• Plans, organizes and supervises schedule resource loading and leveling. Organizes development of all bulk commodity release and installation curves. Integrates appropriate workforce requirements for each discipline/specialty relative to the overall project needs. Finds quantity and workforce levels in help of the project needs and schedule philosophy
• Engages with other Clusters and Stakeholders to support the management of key interfaces and ensures that this is incorporated within the project schedule
• Obtains required schedule information by all disciplines. Identifies schedule restraints and their effects on the total project schedule. Works with all departments to ensure an understanding of the total project schedule needs. Answerable for total integration of schedule activities. Identifies schedule considerations and problems resulting from interdisciplinary or group restraints and interfaces

Education And Experience Requirements

• BSc in Engineering with 25 years of experience in mega projects delivery
• 20 years in project planning and scheduling in large company

Required Knowledge And Skills

• Experience in KSA / GCC region (Highly recommended)
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, direct, perform, review, and present schedule products independently with minimal supervision.
• This includes using a high level of professional judgment and knowledge related to technical planning and scheduling skills and engineering design, construction, and procurement practices.
• Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, which include schedule development, control, and variance analysis.
• Skilled in oral and written communication.
• Strong leadership and organizational Skills.
• Knowledge of project management is customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.
• Advanced level of knowledge in MS Office, Power-BI, Primavera P6 and MS project.

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