Senior Planner - Tunnel MEP Fit-Out

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

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia seeks a Senior Planner - Tunnel MEP Fit-Out to develop and manage detailed schedules for complex tunnel projects. The role focuses on integrating MEP install sequences, fit-out activities, testing, and commissioning with robust progress reporting.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in construction planning, advanced Primavera P6 skills, and a track record of EOT support and delay analysis in large infrastructure programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or Construction Management.
• Minimum 8 years of planning and scheduling experience in construction, infrastructure, tunnel, MEP, or large-scale projects.
• Advanced Primavera P6 proficiency including baselines, progress updates, coding, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop, update, and maintain detailed logic-linked schedules for tunnel MEP and fit-out works using Primavera P6.
• Establish and maintain WBS, CBS, activity coding, calendar structures, and reporting layouts.
• Define construction and installation sequences for mechanical, electrical, ELV, tunnel finishes, fit-out works, access constraints, interfaces, and testing stages.
• Coordinate and integrate contractor programmes into a consolidated package schedule aligned with the overall tunnel systems master schedule.
• Prepare short-term look-ahead programmes (two-week and four-week) for site teams.
• Implement progress measurement systems including earned value metrics (EV, PV, AC).
• Track progress against baselines and identify variances, slippages, and schedule risks.
• Prepare planning visuals and inputs for internal reviews, client meetings, and steering committee reporting.
• Work with MEP, tunnel, fit-out, construction, and commissioning teams to reflect sequences in the programme.
• Plan and monitor mechanical and electrical systems activities and related dependencies.

Skills

Schedule planning

Project controls

Risk & delay analysis

Reporting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Excel

Power BI

Job description

Senior Planner - Tunnel MEP Fit‑Out (Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). Industry: Construction. Function: Strategy/Planning. Experience: Minimum 8 years. Job type: Full‑time.

Position Overview: Senior Planner - Tunnel MEP Fit‑Out in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Construction hiring opportunity with Parsons Corporation for a planning professional experienced in Primavera P6 scheduling, tunnel MEP works, fit‑out sequencing, testing and commissioning planning, progress reporting, and delay analysis support. This role focuses on developing, maintaining, and controlling detailed project schedules for tunnel systems and fit‑out packages within a major infrastructure development program.

Job Details: Country: Saudi Arabia; City: Riyadh; Industry: Construction; Function: Strategy/Planning; Salary: 28,000‑38,000; Gender: Any; Candidate Nationality: Any; Job type: Full‑time.

Role Context: The Senior Planner - Tunnel MEP Fit‑Out will support the planning and schedule control of MEP installation, architectural fit‑out, tunnel systems interfaces, progress measurement, testing, commissioning, and handover activities. The role is important for maintaining a realistic and logic‑linked programme that reflects site access, construction sequencing, contractor inputs, interface dependencies, risk events, and recovery actions. This position also provides schedule evidence and planning analysis for EOT submissions, delay reviews, claims support, and management reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, update, and maintain detailed logic‑linked schedules for tunnel MEP and fit‑out works using Primavera P6.
• Establish and maintain WBS, CBS, activity coding, calendar structures, and reporting layouts aligned with project and program controls requirements.
• Define construction and installation sequences for mechanical, electrical, ELV, tunnel finishes, fit‑out works, access constraints, interfaces, and testing stages.
• Coordinate and integrate contractor programmes into a consolidated package schedule aligned with the overall tunnel systems master schedule.
• Prepare short‑term look‑ahead programmes, including two‑week and four‑week plans, to support site teams with upcoming installation, inspection, and commissioning activities.
• Implement progress measurement systems for tunnel MEP and fit‑out activities, including earned value metrics such as EV, PV, and AC.
• Track actual progress against baseline schedules and identify variances, slippages, critical path movement, and emerging schedule risks.
• Produce weekly and monthly planning reports covering S‑curves, progress charts, milestone tracking, forecast completion dates, critical path analysis, and near‑critical activities.
• Prepare planning visualizations and schedule inputs for internal reviews, client progress meetings, contractor coordination sessions, and steering committee reporting.
• Work closely with MEP, tunnel systems, fit‑out, construction, and commissioning teams to ensure installation and testing sequences are accurately reflected in the programme.
• Plan and monitor mechanical systems activities including tunnel ventilation, drainage, pumping, firefighting, and related support systems.
• Plan and monitor electrical systems activities including power distribution, lighting, emergency power, containment, cabling, and system readiness requirements.
• Track ELV, communication, control, BMS, SCADA, life safety, and tunnel operational systems within the planning framework.
• Monitor architectural finishes and tunnel fit‑out works such as walls, ceilings, flooring, access elements, and final completion interfaces.
• Support testing and commissioning planning, including pre‑commissioning, integrated testing, authority inspections, system readiness, and handover milestones.
• Assist with preparation and review of EOT claims related to tunnel MEP and fit‑out works.
• Develop and maintain baseline schedules, contemporaneous updates, logic diagrams, and progress records suitable for EOT and delay analysis.
• Support Time Impact Analysis, windows analysis, and as‑planned versus as‑built schedule comparisons.
• Work with the Senior Planning Manager and commercial team to provide schedule data, delay narratives, programme extracts, and planning evidence for EOT submissions and claim defense.
• Contribute to schedule risk identification covering access, interfaces, design changes, material deliveries, resource constraints, testing delays, and commissioning dependencies.
• Support the maintenance of risk registers and link major planning risks to relevant schedule activities.
• Evaluate mitigation and recovery options such as resequencing, additional resources, shift work, revised access plans, and accelerated work fronts.
• Coordinate with construction, MEP, fit‑out, design, project controls, and commercial teams to maintain an agreed and achievable schedule.
• Participate in planning, progress, and interface meetings with contractors, consultants, and client representatives.
• Maintain proper documentation for schedule baselines, updates, revisions, approvals, progress records, and planning assumptions.
• Ensure planning activities comply with program management standards, client procedures, document control requirements, and project governance expectations.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of planning and scheduling experience in construction, infrastructure, tunnel, MEP, fit‑out, or large‑scale project environments.
• Strong experience preparing and controlling detailed schedules for MEP installation, tunnel systems, architectural fit‑out, and testing and commissioning phases.
• Practical knowledge of tunnel projects, underground works, major infrastructure packages, or complex MEP‑intensive developments is highly desirable.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 is mandatory, including logic development, baselines, progress updates, coding, layouts, filters, and reporting.
• Strong capability in schedule development, activity sequencing, resource loading, progress measurement, and critical path analysis.
• Good understanding of construction and installation methodologies for tunnel MEP systems, fit‑out works, access constraints, and interface management.
• Working knowledge of earned value management and basic cost‑time integration.
• Experience supporting EOT submissions, delay analysis, Time Impact Analysis, windows analysis, and claims‑related planning documentation is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and standard reporting tools; Power BI or similar dashboard experience is an advantage.
• Basic awareness of BIM and 4D planning concepts is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail with a structured, methodical, and evidence‑based approach to planning and reporting.
• Ability to work closely with site teams and translate construction methods into practical, measurable programmes.
• Good communication and coordination skills with the ability to work across contractors, consultants, engineers, commercial teams, and client representatives.
• Problem‑solving mindset with the ability to identify schedule issues early and support practical recovery planning.
• Able to work under time pressure while maintaining accuracy, schedule discipline, and reliable reporting.
• Willingness to be based full‑time in Riyadh and attend project sites regularly.
• Commitment to safety, quality, timely delivery, and controlled completion of tunnel MEP and fit‑out scope.

Skills Set

• Primavera P6
• Project planning
• Construction scheduling
• Tunnel MEP planning
• Fit‑out scheduling
• Infrastructure planning
• Logic‑linked schedules
• WBS
• CBS
• Activity coding
• Baseline schedules
• Schedule updates
• Look‑ahead programmes
• Progress measurement
• Earned value management
• EV
• PV
• AC
• S‑curves
• Critical path analysis
• Milestone tracking
• Forecast completion
• Progress reporting
• Delay analysis
• EOT support
• Time Impact Analysis
• Windows analysis
• As‑planned versus as‑built analysis
• Claims support
• Risk‑based planning
• Schedule risk registers
• Recovery planning
• Resource loading
• Testing and commissioning planning
• Tunnel ventilation systems
• Drainage systems
• Pumping systems
• Firefighting systems
• Electrical power distribution
• Tunnel lighting
• Emergency power systems
• ELV systems
• BMS
• SCADA
• Communication systems
• Life safety systems
• Tunnel architectural finishes
• Site coordination
• Contractor programme integration
• MS Excel
• Power BI
• BIM awareness
• 4D planning awareness

Why Join Us

This role gives an experienced planner the opportunity to support tunnel MEP and fit‑out delivery on a major infrastructure program in Riyadh. The position offers strong exposure to Primavera P6 scheduling, contractor programme integration, earned value reporting, tunnel systems sequencing, testing and commissioning planning, and EOT‑related delay analysis. Parsons Corporation provides a technical project environment where planning professionals can build deeper infrastructure expertise, contribute to disciplined project delivery, and support Saudi Arabia's expanding construction and urban development sector.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, construction, program management, and infrastructure solutions company delivering complex projects across transportation, aviation, rail, smart cities, utilities, defense, and large‑scale urban development. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons supports major national programs through project management, technical engineering, construction supervision, project controls, planning, digital delivery, quality oversight, and multidisciplinary infrastructure expertise.