Senior Planning & Scheduling Lead – PMC Oversight

DAR AL RIYADH; Medina; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

DAR AL RIYADH is seeking a Senior Planning/Scheduling Engineer in Saudi Arabia with 15–22 years of experience to oversee contractor programmes and monitor progress across large infrastructure and urban development projects.

You will review baselines, monitor interfaces, and perform critical path and trend analyses to forecast milestones and handovers, coordinating with multiple project functions and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline.
• 15–22 years of total professional experience.
• 10–12 years in planning/scheduling roles.
• 8–12 years GCC/KSA experience.
• Experience in PMC or engineering consultancy providing independent programme oversight is preferred.
• Proven experience on infrastructure D&B, major urban development, or mixed-use projects.
• Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6 and scheduling principles.
• Strong baseline management, critical path, float analysis, progress measurement, delay analysis, and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Review contractor baselines and updated programmes for compliance with project requirements.
• Verify integration of design approvals, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning and handover activities.
• Independently monitor actual progress against approved planned progress.
• Perform critical path, float, schedule variance, and trend analyses.
• Validate contractor-reported progress against site conditions and verified accomplishments.
• Identify delays, risks, trends and impacts on milestones.
• Review contractor recovery programmes, look-ahead schedules, and EOT submissions.
• Coordinate programme information with Construction, Commercial, Contracts, Engineering, and other functions.
• Forecast completion dates and milestones based on current performance and trends.
• Provide independent programme assessments, recommendations and early warnings to the Client.

Skills

Project scheduling

Baseline management

Critical path analysis

Progress measurement

Delay analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

DAR AL RIYADH is seeking a Senior Planning/Scheduling Engineer in Saudi Arabia with 15–22 years of experience to oversee contractor programmes and monitor progress across large infrastructure and urban development projects.

You will review baselines, monitor interfaces, and perform critical path and trend analyses to forecast milestones and handovers, coordinating with multiple project functions and stakeholders.