Senior Planning Manager

Mace; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is seeking a Project Planning Lead in Riyadh to oversee scheduling across projects and tenders, ensuring clear timelines, effective monitoring and profitable delivery. You will support PM teams with robust planning for medium to high complexity projects and drive best practice in planning across multi-disciplinary portfolios.

The role requires strong communication, extensive scheduling tool knowledge, and experience in construction across sectors.

Qualifications

• Excellent written communication skills, clear & concise.
• In depth knowledge of schedule management tools & software.
• Stays up to date with current key industry / professional trends
• Multi Industry Construction Experience.
• Delivers service excellence.
• Problem solving.
• Strong management skills and talent development
• Develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the client and other project stakeholders (internal and external).
• Significant experience in the use of planning techniques in a range of multi-disciplinary sectors.
• Ideally Degree educated, preferably in a Construction/ Engineering discipline (or equivalent).
• Other relevant qualifications specific to local requirements.

Responsibilities

• Champion safety, wellbeing, inclusivity and responsible delivery across every project.
• Deliver projects through clear planning, quality systems and strong stakeholder collaboration.
• Supervise change and commercial performance with integrity.
• Lead teams to achieve KPIs, share best practice and unlock potential across Mace.
• Lead planning and scheduling methods, tools and project controls, including EVM.
• Analyse complex requirements, recommending corrective actions and influencing client decisions.
• Communicate clearly with clients, teams and stakeholders to deliver shared outcomes.
• Lead, develop and support planning teams while driving net zero carbon responsibilities.

Skills

Written communication

Schedule management

Stakeholder collaboration

Problem solving

Leadership

Client relationships

Continuous improvement

Multi-disciplinary experience

Quality delivery

Project controls

Education

Degree in Construction/Engineering

Local qualifications

Job description

The Project

Oversees planning across allocated projects and tenders, ensuring clear schedules, effective monitoring and timely, profitable delivery. Supports project management teams through robust planning for medium to high complexity projects, portfolios or sections of larger programmes, helping deliver successful outcomes for clients and stakeholders.

Oversees planning across allocated projects and tenders, ensuring clear schedules, effective monitoring and timely, profitable delivery. Supports project management teams through robust planning for medium to high complexity projects, portfolios or sections of larger programmes, helping deliver successful outcomes for clients and stakeholders.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Champion safety, wellbeing, inclusivity and responsible delivery across every project.
• Deliver projects through clear planning, quality systems and strong stakeholder collaboration.
• Supervise change and commercial performance with integrity.
• Lead teams to achieve KPIs, share best practice and unlock potential across Mace.
• Lead planning and scheduling methods, tools and project controls, including EVM.
• Analyse complex requirements, recommending corrective actions and influencing client decisions.
• Communicate clearly with clients, teams and stakeholders to deliver shared outcomes.
• Lead, develop and support planning teams while driving net zero carbon responsibilities.

You’ll Need To Have

• Excellent written communication skills, clear & concise.
• In depth knowledge of schedule management tools & software.
• Stays up to date with current key industry / professional trends
• Multi Industry Construction Experience.
• Delivers service excellence.
• Problem solving.
• Strong management skills and talent development
• Develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the
• Client and other project stakeholders (internal and external).
• Significant experience in the use of planning techniques in a range of multi-disciplinary sectors.
• Ideally Degree educated, preferably in a Construction/ Engineering discipline (or equivalent).
• Other relevant qualifications specific to local requirements.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well:

We champion a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of well-being in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise:

We own the quality of deliverables and strategic outcomes and build long-term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing:

We influence positive outcomes within our industry while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel:

We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfill all the criteria, please apply, as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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