Lead Planner
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About the Role
Hatch is seeking an experienced Lead Planner to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, supporting the Hatch-Maaden partnership. The role involves leading project planning, scheduling, and progress measurement for large mining projects.
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Responsibilities
- Establish and manage integrated project planning and scheduling process for Pre Feasibility and Feasibility Study phases
- Develop high level schedules for early works, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and ramp up
- Establish baseline schedules, milestones, critical paths, and resource/commodity curves
- Monitor and update project schedules, including progress tracking and variance analysis
- Support schedule risk assessments and contribute to mitigation strategies
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of planners/schedulers
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
- 8 12 years of planning experience, including leadership responsibility on large projects
- Strong expertise in Primavera P6 and planning best practices
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Overview
- Hatch is seeking an experienced Lead Planner to join our team supporting the Hatch–Maaden partnership in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- This role is responsible for leading project planning, scheduling, and progress measurement across large, multi disciplinary projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and manage the integrated project planning and scheduling process for the Pre Feasibility and Feasibility Study phases of a mining project.
- Assist with development of project execution strategies.
- Support assessment of alternative development scenarios and project phasing options.
- Develop high level schedules for early works, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and ramp up.
- Support capital cost estimating teams with schedule assumptions and timelines.
- Establish baseline schedules, milestones, critical paths, and resource/commodity curves.
- Monitor and update project schedules, including progress tracking and variance analysis.
- Support schedule risk assessments and contribute to mitigation strategies.
- Ensure integration between contractor schedules and overall project controls framework.
- Provide insights for monthly reporting and short term lookahead planning (4 week / 90 day).
- Support change management and earned value tracking processes.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of planners/schedulers.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
- 8–12 years of planning experience, including leadership responsibility on large projects.
- Strong expertise in Primavera P6 and planning best practices.
What we offer you
- Flexible work environment.
- Long term career development.
- Think globally, work locally.
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