Senior Planning Manager - Construction Controls

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Senior Planning Manager in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to lead planning and scheduling during construction for large-scale projects. You will drive master schedules, critical-path analysis, progress measurement, delay management, and recovery planning, coordinating with project leaders, contractors, and client teams to keep milestones and contractual obligations on track.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field and a minimum of 15 years of construction

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience in construction planning and project controls.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline is required.
• Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel; strong experience with critical-path analysis and progress measurement.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and control the master construction schedule.
• Coordinate detailed schedules covering construction activities, work packages, interfaces, and milestones.
• Review contractor and subcontractor schedules, schedule updates, and recovery plans.
• Monitor progress and verify reported progress against site activities.
• Lead schedule reviews with contractors and project teams; prepare dashboards and executive reports.
• Incorporate approved changes into baselines and support delay/extension analyses.

Skills

Leadership

Scheduling

CPM/PERT

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Senior Planning Manager - Construction Controls

Job Snapshot Role: Senior Planning Manager Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function: Project-Program Management Experience: Minimum 15 years Job Type: Full Time

Parsons is seeking an experienced Senior Planning Manager in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to lead planning and scheduling activities during the construction phase of large and complex projects. The role provides senior-level direction for master scheduling, construction sequencing, progress measurement, critical-path analysis, delay management, recovery planning, schedule controls, and project reporting. Working closely with the Project Director, construction managers, contractors, consultants, project controls, commercial, procurement, design, and client teams, the Senior Planning Manager will ensure construction activities are properly planned, monitored, and controlled against approved programs, budgets, quality requirements, milestones, and contractual obligations.

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia City: Riyadh Industry: Construction Function: Project-Program Management Salary: Not disclosed Gender: No Preference Candidate Nationality: Not specified Job Type: Full Time Work Arrangement: On-site

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and control the master construction schedule.
• Coordinate detailed schedules covering construction activities, work packages, interfaces, and key project milestones.
• Review contractor and subcontractor schedules, schedule updates, and proposed recovery plans.
• Monitor planned versus actual progress and verify reported progress against activities completed on site.
• Analyze critical paths, float, schedule logic, constraints, and emerging schedule trends.
• Identify potential delays and provide timely early warnings to project management.
• Assess schedule impacts arising from design changes, variations, access restrictions, procurement delays, approvals, and construction issues.
• Develop mitigation and recovery plans to protect contractual milestones and target completion dates.
• Lead weekly and monthly schedule review meetings with contractors and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Prepare progress dashboards, schedule reports, milestone reports, and executive-level presentations.
• Ensure approved project changes are incorporated into relevant schedules and baselines.

Schedule and Project Controls

The Senior Planning Manager will maintain clear visibility of construction progress and emerging schedule risks throughout project delivery. This includes detailed critical-path analysis, progress measurement, schedule forecasting, delay assessment, recovery scheduling, and monitoring contractor performance against contractual schedules. The role will coordinate with cost-control and commercial teams to align reported schedule progress with project costs and forecasts. It will also support assessment of extension-of-time claims, delay-related submissions, changes, and other schedule matters with contractual implications.

Construction Coordination

• Monitor contractor performance against agreed milestones and contractual schedules.
• Coordinate planning interfaces between construction disciplines, contractors, authorities, utilities, and other stakeholders.
• Work with design, procurement, commercial, and construction teams to identify dependencies that could affect project sequencing.
• Maintain alignment between approved schedule changes, construction activities, and project baselines.
• Promote consistent planning procedures, schedule-control practices, and reporting standards across the project.
• Provide senior guidance and leadership to planning engineers and project controls personnel.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor 's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in construction planning and project controls.
• Proven experience managing planning activities during the construction phase of large and complex projects.
• Strong experience involving major infrastructure, buildings, transportation, utilities, or mixed-use developments.
• Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong experience in critical-path analysis and progress measurement.
• Experience with delay analysis, recovery scheduling, and schedule risk management.
• Experience reviewing contractor schedules, progress updates, claims, and extension-of-time submissions.
• Strong understanding of construction methods and project delivery processes.
• Knowledge of contracts and construction change management.
• Strong leadership, communication, coordination, and problem-solving capabilities.

Overall Purpose

The Senior Planning Manager will provide strategic leadership for construction planning and scheduling, ensuring project progress is accurately measured and schedule performance remains transparent throughout delivery. The position will identify delays at an early stage, coordinate appropriate recovery actions, and maintain focus on approved milestones and contractual requirements.

About Parsons

Parsons brings multidisciplinary expertise to complex infrastructure, construction, and development programs. Its project teams work across planning, engineering, project controls, construction, and program delivery, with an emphasis on technical capability, collaboration, innovation, and professional development.