Project Planner - Construction Scheduling

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is seeking a Project Planner - Construction Scheduling to support schedule development, progress monitoring, and reporting for building or infrastructure projects. The role focuses on reviewing contractor programs, validating progress data, tracking milestones, and communicating schedule concerns clearly.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Construction Management and a minimum of five years' experience in project planning

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum five years of experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Background supporting building or infrastructure construction projects.
• Experience within construction supervision, project-management consultancy, engineering consultancy, or contractor environments.
• Ability to prepare, review, and update detailed construction schedules.
• Understanding of baseline programs, recovery plans, and look-ahead schedules.
• Familiarity with progress measurement and schedule-performance analysis.
• Ability to identify critical activities, delays, and emerging delivery risks.
• Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and coordination abilities.
• High attention to schedule detail and supporting documentation.
• Ability to work under deadlines and manage competing priorities.
• Confidence working with multidisciplinary project teams.
• High-rise building experience is advantageous.
• Previous professional experience in Saudi Arabia or the GCC is preferred.
• Planning or project-management certification would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain project schedules based on approved scope and milestones.
• Align planning activities with contractual and client requirements.
• Develop schedule structures, activity logic, and delivery sequences.
• Review contractor baseline schedules for completeness and feasibility.
• Assess revised programs, recovery schedules, and periodic updates.
• Monitor actual performance against planned dates and approved baselines.
• Validate reported progress using project records and team input.
• Identify delays, critical activities, emerging risks, and schedule constraints.
• Assess potential effects on interim milestones and project completion.
• Conduct schedule analysis and communicate areas requiring management attention.
• Support weekly and monthly progress reporting.
• Prepare planning narratives, look-ahead programs, and dashboard updates.
• Coordinate with project managers, engineers, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Collect accurate progress information from multidisciplinary teams.
• Track key milestones, submissions, approvals, deliverables, and interfaces.
• Maintain logs for schedule issues, delays, and required follow-up actions.
• Support the evaluation of extension-of-time claims and schedule submissions.
• Assist with reviewing delay evidence and reported time impacts.
• Maintain planning records and supporting schedule-control documentation.
• Ensure reports remain consistent with project procedures and agreed standards.
• Provide timely schedule information for progress meetings and management reviews.
• Support corrective-action and recovery planning when performance falls behind target.
• Manage several planning priorities within required reporting deadlines.

Skills

Construction scheduling

Baseline-schedule development

Contractor-program review

Schedule updating

Progress measurement

Critical-activity monitoring

Delay identification

Schedule-risk analysis

Recovery-schedule review

Look-ahead planning

Milestone tracking

Multidisciplinary interface tracking

Extension-of-time support

Schedule-submission evaluation

Progress-data validation

Weekly progress reports

Monthly progress reports

Planning narratives

Performance dashboards

Schedule-control logs

Project scheduling platforms

Contractual milestone monitoring

Forecast completion analysis

Corrective-action planning

Project-controls coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline

Job description

Project Planner - Construction Scheduling Job Snapshot Role: Project Planner - Construction Scheduling Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function: Project Management Experience: Minimum 5 years Job Type: Full-time

Parsons is hiring a Project Planner - Construction Scheduling in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a project-controls opportunity within the Construction industry. The planner will support schedule development, progress monitoring, delay identification, performance analysis, and reporting for building or infrastructure projects. The position requires the ability to review contractor programs, validate progress information, track critical milestones, and communicate schedule concerns clearly. The successful candidate will provide project teams and management with reliable planning information for timely decision-making.

Job Details Country: Saudi Arabia City: Riyadh Industry: Construction Function: Project Management Salary: 10000-16000 SAR per month Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in Riyadh; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context Construction programs depend on accurate schedules that connect design, procurement, approvals, resources, site activities, and handover obligations. If progress data is incomplete or delays are identified too late, teams lose the opportunity to take effective recovery action. The Project Planner will convert delivery information into measurable schedule updates and practical performance insight. Consistent monitoring will help protect contractual milestones, coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces, and improve confidence in forecast completion dates.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain project schedules based on approved scope and milestones.
• Align planning activities with contractual and client requirements.
• Develop schedule structures, activity logic, and delivery sequences.
• Review contractor baseline schedules for completeness and feasibility.
• Assess revised programs, recovery schedules, and periodic updates.
• Monitor actual performance against planned dates and approved baselines.
• Validate reported progress using project records and team input.
• Identify delays, critical activities, emerging risks, and schedule constraints.
• Assess potential effects on interim milestones and project completion.
• Conduct schedule analysis and communicate areas requiring management attention.
• Support weekly and monthly progress reporting.
• Prepare planning narratives, look-ahead programs, and dashboard updates.
• Coordinate with project managers, engineers, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Collect accurate progress information from multidisciplinary teams.
• Track key milestones, submissions, approvals, deliverables, and interfaces.
• Maintain logs for schedule issues, delays, and required follow-up actions.
• Support the evaluation of extension-of-time claims and schedule submissions.
• Assist with reviewing delay evidence and reported time impacts.
• Maintain planning records and supporting schedule-control documentation.
• Ensure reports remain consistent with project procedures and agreed standards.
• Provide timely schedule information for progress meetings and management reviews.
• Support corrective-action and recovery planning when performance falls behind target.
• Manage several planning priorities within required reporting deadlines.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum five years of experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Background supporting building or infrastructure construction projects.
• Experience within construction supervision, project-management consultancy, engineering consultancy, or contractor environments.
• Ability to prepare, review, and update detailed construction schedules.
• Understanding of baseline programs, recovery plans, and look-ahead schedules.
• Familiarity with progress measurement and schedule-performance analysis.
• Ability to identify critical activities, delays, and emerging delivery risks.
• Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and coordination abilities.
• High attention to schedule detail and supporting documentation.
• Ability to work under deadlines and manage competing priorities.
• Confidence working with multidisciplinary project teams.
• High-rise building experience is advantageous.
• Previous professional experience in Saudi Arabia or the GCC is preferred.
• Planning or project-management certification would be beneficial.

Skills Set

• Construction scheduling
• Baseline-schedule development
• Contractor-program review
• Schedule updating
• Progress measurement
• Critical-activity monitoring
• Delay identification
• Schedule-risk analysis
• Recovery-schedule review
• Look-ahead planning
• Milestone tracking
• Multidisciplinary interface tracking
• Extension-of-time support
• Schedule-submission evaluation
• Progress-data validation
• Weekly progress reports
• Monthly progress reports
• Planning narratives
• Performance dashboards
• Schedule-control logs
• Project scheduling platforms
• Contractual milestone monitoring
• Forecast completion analysis
• Corrective-action planning
• Project-controls coordination

Why Join Us

This role provides practical exposure to schedule development, contractor-program review, delay analysis, and management reporting across complex construction projects. The planner will build experience connecting site progress with contractual and business objectives. The position offers a strong route toward senior planning, project-controls, delay-analysis, and scheduling-management roles within Saudi Arabia 's active Construction market.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, construction supervision, project controls, and program-management services for complex building and infrastructure developments. Its teams use disciplined planning and reliable performance data to support coordinated project delivery.