Senior Planner

Atkins Realis Group; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Comprehensive life insurance

Premium medical insurance

Generous annual leave

Hybrid work solutions

Remote work opportunities outside of K

Company gratuity scheme

Discretionary bonus

Annual flight contribution

Relocation assistance

Housing/transport allowances

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Atkins Realis Group in AlUla, KSA seeks a Senior Planning Engineer to lead project scheduling for high-profile mixed-use developments, hospitality destinations, and cultural assets across the Middle East. You will develop, maintain, and monitor schedules while delivering schedule performance analysis across all project phases.

The role requires coordinating with designers, PMCs, and contractors, preparing progress reports, and supporting project controls to ensure feasibility and alignment with

Qualifications

• Degree in construction management and/or civil engineering.
• Membership or chartership from a construction-related professional body.
• Approximately 15 years of experience with heritage/hotels/master planning/museum/cultural projects.
• Regional experience in the Middle East is preferred, with 5+ years in the region.

Responsibilities

• Develop initial baseline schedules with limited project information.
• Prepare and manage overview and strategic programmes including design, procurement and construction schedules.
• Coordinate master planning, engineering, procurement and construction schedules.
• Establish reporting procedures and present monthly progress.
• Develop dashboards and monitor actual progress against plans.
• Review schedules and related documents for compliance with project objectives.
• Monitor schedule trends and advise on corrective actions.
• Interface daily with designers, PMCs, main contractors and management.

Skills

Scheduling

Project controls

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in construction management or civil engineering

Job description

Job Description

AtkinsR alis is looking for a Senior Planning Engineer based in AlUla KSA

We are looking for an experienced Senior Planning Engineer to support the successful delivery of high-profile mixed-use developments hospitality destinations cultural assets and recreational landmark projects in the middles east. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing maintaining and monitoring project schedules providing strategic planning support and delivering schedule performance analysis across all phases of project delivery.

Your role

• Ability to develop initial baseline schedules with little project information This requires mixed-use developments hospitality destinations cultural assets and recreational landmark projects
• Assist in the preparation and management of overview and strategic programmes including design procurement and construction schedules together with supporting information required schedules
• Include all project stages from initiations to completion in the baseline and identify stage gates accordingly
• Coordinate and manage the preparation and development of master planning engineering procurement and construction schedules together with associated information required schedules
• Establish and agree project reporting procedures prepare and present monthly project progress
• Develop project and programme dashboard templates to be used across the programme by designer and contractors
• Review the schedules and related documents from the designers and contractors including monthly reports and analyse the content to ensure compliance with project objectives
• Review schedule trends to identify problem areas and recommend corrective action to management
• Monitor actual progress against planned progress
• Monitor engineering design progress material and equipment procurement and construction and commissioning status
• Prepare progress monitoring tools using earned value for the management and monitoring of the above mentioned schedules
• Monitor progress both on and off site
• Identify deviations progress trends in both construction and procurement progress and suggest possible courses of corrective action
• Working closely with the Project Controls Manager and Project Team to ensure that the programme is feasible complies with the Project Master Plan and contractual documents
• Interface on a daily basis with the designers PMCs main contractor sub contractors and internal management
• Carry out studies into scheduling manpower cash flow and material flow as needed
• Attend offsite meetings as requested by the client
• Review schedules for slippage of key dates
• Assist in the defence approval of any claim for time extension or major change to the schedule
• Other duties as requested from time to time
• Ensuring that each Planning Engineer runs his or her section to the highest professional standards that all information is current and that every member of the team is receiving the information he or she needs to fulfil their responsibilities
• Establish and maintain consistent and adequate administration procedures in their field These procedures will be followed across the project by the respective planners working under the Construction Managers
• Participate with the project management team as directed by the Project Director to achieve project deliverables
• Involve key stakeholder requirements and approvals in the baseline
• Issue high-level schedule weekly updates
• Identify and report main issues interfering with progress
• Identify and report on measures for improving schedule performance
• Establish Scheduling reporting procedures tools templates instruction etc to standardize the work across the programme
• Monitor the timing of submittals against schedule requirements
• Develop and monitor programme KPIs

Rewards amp benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive at every stage of your life and your career This includes

• Tax-free salary
• Comprehensive life insurance coverage
• Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents
• Generous annual leave balance
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions
• Remote work opportunities outside of country
• Company gratuity scheme
• Discretionary bonus program
• Annual flight contribution
• Relocation assistance
• Transportation housing allowances available for remote work locations
• Employee Wellbeing Program 24 7 access to specialists in finance legal matters family care personal health fitness and nutrition
• Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills expand your expertise and be recognized for the impact you make

Requirements

Ideally you should possess a degree in construction management and / or civil engineering and hold a membership/chartership from a construction related professional body. Generally, you will have 15 years of experience and have a track record of working on heritage/ hotels/master planning/ museum / cultural / pavilion projects, ideally with minimum 5 years experience working in the region. Arabic speaking and writing an advantage