Senior Planner

Dar Al Riyadh Group; Medina; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Dar Al Riyadh Group in Medina seeks a senior planning professional to review and monitor contractor programmes, ensuring alignment with project requirements and milestones. Proficient in Primavera P6, baseline management, critical path, and trend analyses, you will provide independent assessments and early warnings to the Client.

You will coordinate design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities, with 15–22 years total experience and 8–12 years GCC/KSA

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Total 15–22 years of professional experience.
• 10–12 years in planning/scheduling roles.
• 8–12 years GCC/KSA experience.
• Experience in PMC or engineering consultancy environments providing independent programme oversight.

Responsibilities

• Review Contractor baseline and updated programmes for compliance with project requirements.
• Verify integration of design, approvals, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Independently monitor actual progress against approved planned progress.
• Perform critical path, float, schedule variance, and trend analyses.
• Validate Contractor-reported progress against actual site conditions and verified accomplishments.
• Identify delays, programme risks, trends, and potential impacts on key milestones.
• Review Contractor recovery programmes and mitigation measures.
• Review and monitor Contractor look-ahead schedules.
• Monitor interfaces, dependencies, and constraints between project packages and stakeholders.
• Develop PMC planning dashboards, progress curves, schedule reports, and management updates.
• Forecast project completion dates and key project milestones based on current performance and trends.
• Monitor testing, commissioning, handover, and close-out milestones.

Skills

Analytical skills

Reporting

Stakeholder management

Coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

• Review and assess Contractor baseline and updated programmes for compliance with project requirements.
• Verify integration of design, approvals, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Independently monitor actual progress against approved planned progress.
• Perform critical path, float, schedule variance, and trend analyses.
• Validate Contractor-reported progress against actual site conditions and verified accomplishments.
• Identify delays, programme risks, trends, and potential impacts on key milestones.
• Review Contractor recovery programmes and mitigation measures.
• Review and monitor Contractor look-ahead schedules.
• Monitor design and procurement activities that may impact construction progress.
• Monitor interfaces, dependencies, and constraints between project packages and stakeholders.
• Develop PMC planning dashboards, progress curves, schedule reports, and management updates.
• Support the assessment and review of Extension of Time (EOT) submissions.
• Coordinate programme information with Construction, Commercial, Contracts, Engineering, and other project functions.
• Forecast project completion dates and key project milestones based on current performance and trends.
• Monitor testing, commissioning, handover, and close-out milestones.
• Provide independent programme assessments, recommendations, and early warnings to the Client.
• Support project planning meetings and communicate key schedule issues and recommendations to project stakeholders.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15–22 years of total professional experience.
• 10–12 years of experience in similar planning/scheduling roles.
• 8–12 years of GCC/KSA experience.
• Strong experience in PMC or engineering consultancy environments providing independent programme oversight is preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6 and project scheduling principles.
• Strong understanding of baseline management, critical path analysis, float analysis, progress measurement, delay analysis, and schedule forecasting.
• Experience reviewing Contractor programmes, recovery schedules, look-ahead programmes, and EOT submissions.
• Strong understanding of design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities and their schedule interfaces.
• Excellent analytical, reporting, communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
• Saudi Arabia/GCC project experience is strongly preferred.