Project Planner - Infrastructure Scheduling

AECOM Middle East Ltd; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Project Planner - Infrastructure Scheduling in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to develop and manage detailed schedules for major infrastructure programs. The role requires expertise in Primavera P6, progress monitoring, and schedule analysis to support forecasting and timely delivery.

The on-site position focuses on coordinating across engineering, procurement, construction, and project controls to ensure feasible, integrated master schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field.
• 10+ years of professional project planning and scheduling experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed project schedules for infrastructure, rail, transportation, construction, and engineering assignments.
• Establish planning criteria, activity structures, sequencing, milestones, and schedule logic aligned with project delivery requirements.
• Use Primavera P6 to build, update, maintain, and analyze integrated project schedules.
• Evaluate proposed planning outputs for feasibility, completeness, logical sequencing, and alignment with project objectives.
• Monitor actual progress against approved schedules and identify deviations requiring corrective attention.
• Analyze critical and near-critical activities to determine potential effects on key contractual and project milestones.
• Review schedule dependencies and interfaces between engineering, procurement, construction, testing, and other delivery activities.
• Gather progress information from project teams and validate inputs before incorporating updates into the schedule.
• Support development of schedule forecasts based on actual progress, outstanding scope, constraints, and current performance trends.
• Coordinate planning information across project management, engineering, construction, commercial, and project controls functions.
• Review contractor and consultant schedules and identify inconsistencies, unrealistic assumptions, or potential delivery conflicts.
• Assess planning implications arising from project changes, technical developments, revised priorities, and emerging risks.
• Support recovery and mitigation planning where progress indicates potential schedule slippage.
• Maintain planning records and schedule information in accordance with established project controls procedures.
• Prepare progress reports, schedule narratives, milestone assessments, and planning analysis for management review.
• Provide technical planning advice to project stakeholders on scheduling methodology, sequencing, and delivery priorities.
• Evaluate assigned planning activities and recommend improvements to processes, controls, reporting, and schedule management practices.

Skills

Project planning

Project scheduling

Primavera P6

Infrastructure scheduling

Rail project planning

Transportation projects

Construction planning

Integrated master schedules

Baseline scheduling

Schedule development

Schedule updating

Critical path analysis

Progress monitoring

Progress measurement

Schedule forecasting

Milestone tracking

Schedule variance analysis

Schedule risk identification

Recovery planning

Project controls

Engineering coordination

Construction sequencing

Contractor schedule review

Schedule reporting

Planning analysis

Project performance reporting

PMP

AACE

Primavera P6 Certification

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Project Planner - Infrastructure Scheduling Job Snapshot

Role: Project Planner - Infrastructure Scheduling

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Construction

Function: Project-Program Management

Experience: Minimum 10 years

Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Project Planner - Infrastructure Scheduling in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Construction opportunity for an experienced planning professional specializing in project scheduling, Primavera P6, progress monitoring, schedule analysis, and multidisciplinary infrastructure delivery. AECOM is hiring for this on-site role to develop and evaluate robust project schedules for major rail, transportation, construction, and engineering programs while supporting reliable forecasting, compliance, and timely delivery.

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia

City: Riyadh

Industry: Construction

Function: Project-Program Management

Salary: Not disclosed

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Project Planner will convert complex engineering and construction activities into structured, measurable delivery schedules that give project teams clear visibility of milestones, dependencies, constraints, and emerging delays. Working across technical and project management disciplines, the role will evaluate the practicality of proposed plans, monitor performance against established schedules, and provide analysis that enables management to make informed decisions before schedule issues affect critical project objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop detailed project schedules for infrastructure, rail, transportation, construction, and engineering assignments.
• Establish planning criteria, activity structures, sequencing, milestones, and schedule logic aligned with project delivery requirements.
• Use Primavera P6 to build, update, maintain, and analyze integrated project schedules.
• Evaluate proposed planning outputs for feasibility, completeness, logical sequencing, and alignment with project objectives.
• Monitor actual progress against approved schedules and identify deviations requiring corrective attention.
• Analyze critical and near-critical activities to determine potential effects on key contractual and project milestones.
• Review schedule dependencies and interfaces between engineering, procurement, construction, testing, and other delivery activities.
• Gather progress information from project teams and validate inputs before incorporating updates into the schedule.
• Support development of schedule forecasts based on actual progress, outstanding scope, constraints, and current performance trends.
• Coordinate planning information across project management, engineering, construction, commercial, and project controls functions.
• Review contractor and consultant schedules and identify inconsistencies, unrealistic assumptions, or potential delivery conflicts.
• Assess planning implications arising from project changes, technical developments, revised priorities, and emerging risks.
• Support recovery and mitigation planning where progress indicates potential schedule slippage.
• Maintain planning records and schedule information in accordance with established project controls procedures.
• Prepare progress reports, schedule narratives, milestone assessments, and planning analysis for management review.
• Provide technical planning advice to project stakeholders on scheduling methodology, sequencing, and delivery priorities.
• Evaluate assigned planning activities and recommend improvements to processes, controls, reporting, and schedule management practices.

Ideal Profile Candidates

Candidates should hold a bachelor 's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field and possess at least 10 years of professional project planning and scheduling experience. Previous involvement in large-scale infrastructure, rail, transportation, construction or engineering projects is important. Candidates should demonstrate the ability to develop and assess complex schedules, analyze progress, coordinate multidisciplinary inputs, and communicate schedule implications clearly to project stakeholders. Primavera P6 expertise is highly desirable due to the complexity and scale of the programs supported by this position. Primavera P6 Certification, PMP, or an AACE professional certification provides additional value. The successful candidate will combine analytical thinking with practical project delivery awareness and should be capable of working independently on routine planning assignments while seeking technical direction when unusual or particularly complex issues arise.

Skills Set

• Project planning
• Project scheduling
• Primavera P6
• Infrastructure scheduling
• Rail project planning
• Transportation projects
• Construction planning
• Integrated master schedules
• Baseline scheduling
• Schedule development
• Schedule updating
• Critical path analysis
• Progress monitoring
• Progress measurement
• Schedule forecasting
• Milestone tracking
• Schedule variance analysis
• Schedule risk identification
• Recovery planning
• Project controls
• Engineering coordination
• Construction sequencing
• Contractor schedule review
• Schedule reporting
• Planning analysis
• Project performance reporting
• PMP
• AACE
• Primavera P6 Certification

Why Join Us

Major infrastructure and transportation programs in Riyadh depend on experienced planners who can translate complex delivery requirements into realistic and measurable schedules. This opportunity provides direct involvement in significant rail, construction, and engineering projects while developing deeper expertise in Primavera P6, integrated project controls, schedule analysis, and multidisciplinary delivery. The scale of Saudi Arabia 's infrastructure market also provides sustained demand for advanced project planning capability.

About the Company

AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting organization delivering engineering, design, planning, program management, and construction management services. Its multidisciplinary teams support complex transportation and infrastructure programs through integrated planning, project controls, technical coordination, and structured project delivery.