Senior Primavera P6 Planning & Controls Lead

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 201,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh leads construction scheduling and project controls for complex programs. The Planning Specialist develops and maintains detailed schedules, validates contractor baselines, and forecasts completion dates to enable timely decisions.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in planning with Primavera P6, strong Excel/Power BI skills, and excellent communication with project teams and clients. The role requires Saudi nationality and a bachelor’s in engineering or related field.

Qualifications

• Saudi National with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• At least 10 years of planning and scheduling experience in construction projects.
• Strong Primavera P6 skills and ability to develop credible baselines and forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and analyze detailed project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Establish baselines reflecting milestones, procurement, and execution sequences.
• Review contractor schedules for logic, durations, and dependencies against objectives.
• Monitor schedule performance and identify deviations from baselines.
• Prepare schedule status reports, look-ahead plans, and progress forecasting.

Skills

Primavera P6

Construction scheduling

Project planning

Project controls

Baseline schedule development

Schedule updating

Critical path analysis

Progress measurement

Delay claim analysis

Time-impact analysis

Three-week look-ahead planning

Engineering and procurement sequencing

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Client reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

MS Office

Job description

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh leads construction scheduling and project controls for complex programs. The Planning Specialist develops and maintains detailed schedules, validates contractor baselines, and forecasts completion dates to enable timely decisions.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in planning with Primavera P6, strong Excel/Power BI skills, and excellent communication with project teams and clients. The role requires Saudi nationality and a bachelor’s in engineering or related field.