Senior Planning Manager Stadium

Client on One95 Global; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Client on One95 Global is seeking a Senior Planning/Project Controls Lead to develop and maintain the master programme for a flagship stadium project, integrating design, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning, and coordinating inputs from the client, consultants, main contractor and stadium-systems suppliers.

You will lead planning across the programme, monitor progress, perform schedule risk analysis, support claims and extensions of time, and mentor a team of planners in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or related field.
• 15+ years post-qualification experience in planning/project controls, with senior leadership.
• Demonstrable experience delivering a sports stadium project.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 scheduling software, with strong schedule risk analysis.
• Experience delivering mega-scale infrastructure or sports venues (multi-billion SAR/USD).
• Fluent English with experience in international multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in the Middle East/GCC, ideally Saudi Arabia.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the master programme for the stadium project.
• Lead planning across design, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning.
• Monitor progress against baselines and manage risks with recovery plans.
• Prepare status reports, forecasts and look-ahead schedules for senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate interfaces across architectural, structural, MEP, seating, bowl, pitch and roofing work.
• Support claims, delay analysis and extension-of-time assessments.
• Ensure compliance with milestones and event-readiness deadlines.
• Lead and mentor planning engineers and project controls coordinators.
• Support testing, commissioning and pre-event readiness planning.

Skills

Primavera P6

Leadership

Project controls

Schedule risk

Mega-scale infra

English fluency

Middle East exp

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Responsibilities

Develop own and maintain the master programme for the stadium project integrating design procurement construction testing and commissioning phases Lead the planning and project controls function across the programme coordinating inputs from the client design consultants main contractor and specialist stadium-systems suppliers Monitor progress against baseline programmes identify critical path risks and lead recovery and mitigation planning Prepare and present programme status reports forecasts and look-ahead schedules to senior stakeholders and governing-body representatives Undertake schedule risk analysis and scenario what-if planning to support key programme decisions Coordinate programme interfaces between architectural structural MEP seating bowl pitch roofing and overlay work packages Support claims delay analysis and extension-of-time assessments where required Ensure programme compliance with contractual milestones FIFA AFC event-readiness deadlines and client reporting requirements Lead mentor and direct a team of planning engineers and project controls coordinators across the programme Support testing commissioning and pre-event readiness planning ahead of stadium handover

Requirements

• Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or a related field
• Minimum 15+ years post-qualification experience in planning / project controls, including significant time in a senior planning leadership role. Previous experience gained with a design consultancy, site supervision consultancy or project management consultancy
• Demonstrable, verifiable experience delivering a sports stadium project.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 (or equivalent) scheduling software, with strong schedule risk analysis skills
• Experience delivering mega-scale infrastructure or sports venue projects (multi-billion SAR / USD value)
• Fluent English and strong experience operating within international, multidisciplinary design and delivery teams
• Prior experience working in the Middle East / GCC, ideally Saudi Arabia, is highly advantageous
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills