Planning Manager - Construction

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Planning Manager – Construction in Riyadh to lead scheduling, progress monitoring, and contractor programme reviews for a major building project. The role focuses on ensuring credible schedules, timely reporting, and coordination with client and leadership teams.

The ideal candidate will manage baseline programmes, review delays, and guide look‑ahead planning using Primavera P6, with strong English communication and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a relevant technical discipline.

Responsibilities

• Review contractor baseline programmes, updated schedules, recovery plans, look‑ahead schedules, and progress reports.

Skills

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Mentoring

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Schedule optimization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Office

Power BI

Job description

Planning Manager – Construction

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Construction
Function: Production Engineering/Planning/Scheduling
Experience: Minimum 12 years
Job Type: Full‑time

Overview

Planning Manager – Construction is a senior level position for an experienced project planning professional to lead scheduling, progress monitoring, reporting, and contractor programme reviews for a high‑profile building development in Qiddiya.

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Salary: 28,000–38,000 (estimated)

Context

The Planning Manager will direct planning and scheduling activities for a major building project within the Qiddiya development in Riyadh. The role is responsible for assessing contractor programmes, confirming reported progress, identifying schedule deviations, reviewing delay claims, and providing accurate planning intelligence to the client and corporate leadership.

By maintaining credible schedules and disciplined reporting procedures, the Planning Manager will help project stakeholders address emerging delays, protect key milestones, and improve contractor performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Review contractor baseline programmes, updated schedules, recovery plans, look‑ahead schedules, and progress reports.
• Provide detailed technical comments on programme logic, activity sequencing, durations, resources, constraints, critical paths, and milestone compliance.
• Prepare and review construction programmes using Primavera P6.
• Chair planning workshops with contractors and provide guidance required for baseline programme acceptance.
• Establish effective schedule monitoring, progress measurement, forecasting, and reporting practices.
• Review and verify contractor daily, weekly, and monthly reports.
• Confirm the accuracy and consistency of daily progress information.
• Prepare regular planning reports for the employer, client representatives, corporate management, and executive leadership.
• Contribute to weekly and monthly progress reporting cycles.
• Verify contractor progress against approved work inspection requests and supporting project records.
• Monitor actual site progress against the approved baseline schedule.
• Identify delayed activities, programme slippage, emerging constraints, and deviations from planned performance.
• Conduct site inspections when required to validate reported progress.
• Analyze complex contractor delay claims and supporting schedule submissions.
• Prepare clear delay assessment reports, findings, and recommendations for the client.
• Review detailed three‑week look‑ahead schedules for upcoming construction activities.
• Evaluate the scheduling of time‑critical work and interfaces between disciplines.
• Attend progress, commercial, planning, and project controls meetings.
• Chair coordination meetings when requested.
• Prepare or review meeting minutes, action items, and planning follow‑up records.
• Coordinate with construction, engineering, commercial, contracts, and project controls teams.
• Present schedule status, risks, delays, and recovery requirements to different management levels.
• Mentor Parsons personnel and contractor planning staff in Primavera P6, programme preparation, and progress reporting.
• Promote consistent planning standards and reliable reporting throughout the project.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or another relevant technical discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of planning, scheduling, construction supervision, or project controls experience.
• Significant project management consultancy experience on major construction programmes.
• Strong background in planning and monitoring building construction activities.
• Advanced hands‑on expertise in Primavera P6.
• Experience preparing and reviewing baseline programmes, revised schedules, recovery plans, and periodic updates.
• Strong knowledge of critical path methodology, schedule logic, activity sequencing, and milestone management.
• Proven ability to analyze complex contractor delay claims.
• Experience preparing delay analysis reports and recommendations for clients.
• Practical knowledge of progress measurement, forecasting, schedule variance analysis, and performance reporting.
• Experience preparing detailed three‑week look‑ahead schedules.
• Ability to schedule and monitor time‑critical construction activities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Power BI knowledge is advantageous.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Strong presentation, communication, coordination, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate planning information clearly to technical teams, clients, and executive management.
• Demonstrated management, supervision, mentoring, and personnel administration capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary consultants, contractors, and client stakeholders.

Skills Set

• Primavera P6
• Construction planning
• Project scheduling
• Baseline programme review
• Schedule monitoring
• Critical path analysis
• Progress measurement
• Progress reporting
• Programme forecasting
• Delay claim analysis
• Recovery scheduling
• Three‑week look‑ahead planning
• Contractor programme assessment
• Construction supervision
• Project management consultancy
• Work inspection request verification
• Site progress validation
• Executive reporting
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Office
• Power BI
• Meeting facilitation
• Team mentoring
• Contractor coordination
• Project controls

EEO Statement

This position is open to all qualified candidates regardless of gender or nationality.