Planning Manager
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About the Role
Al Tayer Stocks seeks a Planning Manager to manage and improve turnkey project work programs, monitor progress, and ensure timely completion. The role involves planning, scheduling, delay analysis, extension of time claims, and team management.
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Responsibilities
- Handle overall project planning and planning related contract management activities for Operations Department
- Plan and schedule projects using systems as per contract requirements
- Compile project methodology as part of technical submittal
- Assess available planning resources and allocate projects to planning team
- Set weekly and monthly activity targets for projects team
- Standardize labor forecast process for projects
- Brief and train Site Engineers to set up trackers
- Conduct delay analysis on running projects and recommend strategies to mitigate delays
- Prepare detailed Extension of time claims using various methodologies
- Compile internal labor forecast and track labor usage
- Set out overall production targets and share relevant milestones
- Guide and motivate planning team to enhance performance
Requirements
- Diploma / Degree in Civil Engineering
- Good working knowledge of Primavera / MS Project
- 7 to 10 years’ experience in the fit out / building
- Minimum of 3 – 5 years in a manager capacity
- Experience in handling all planning processes, complete knowledge of project planning
- Should have managed high commercial value projects independently/team
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Overview
- To manage and improve the turnkey project work programs as per the project guidelines provided monitor the progress of the project against the plan to ensure completion within the specified time.
- Ensure all extension of time claims are done on timely manner and on correct basis to enable the entitlement and award of the time and cost.
Functional Roles and Responsibilities
- Handle Overall project planning and planning related contract management activities for Operations Department and critical projects from start till completion.
- Planning and scheduling and checking all relevant scope in projects using systems as per the contract requirement after study of project scope, coordinating between clients, suppliers and internal departments to accomplish works as per schedule
- Compile the project methodology as part of technical submittal after careful study of BOQ/Drawings/Spec and in consultation with Operations Manager/Senior Projects Manager.
- Assess available planning resources and allocate projects to planning team as per project requirements and capacity.
- Set weekly and monthly activity targets for projects team as per project requirements and track them on a weekly basis via individual project trackers.
- Standardize labor forecast process for projects for productivity durations on all programs.
- Brief and train Site Engineers to set up trackers and update them weekly and to use this tool effectively to manage project progress in detail.
- Monthly planning sessions make the site and/or Operation team aware about critical project tasks and look ahead schedules.
- Compile and input progress related reports and project dashboards along with the project manager’s input on a weekly basis and recommend corrective actions to mitigate project delays, if any ensuring the accuracy of the reports and ensuring weekly flash reports are sent for senior management.
- Maintain a projects dashboard to visualize overall projects movement, staff allocation and target schedule to be used as a tool for Operations decision making.
- Conduct delay analysis on running projects and recommend strategies to mitigate delays as and when required by the project team . Also, support in extension of time claims in line with contractual methodology and periodic window analysis.
- Prepare detailed Extension of time claims using Window, Impact as planned and Updated Impact methodologies as per client requirement.
People Management Roles and Responsibilities
- Guide and motivate planning team to enhance performance and produce quality work, and ensure that they are continuously developed for higher level roles
- Set goals and development plans for the planning team, which is regularly updated during appraisal cycles.
- Guide and coordinate with senior management team to align schedules and updates with project specific delivery targets and relevant extension of time/ site issues.
- Guide site team to set up completion schedules on projects to ensure timely completion of all relevant activities area wise on projects.
Education/Certification and Continued Education
- Diploma / Degree in Civil Engineering with Good working knowledge of Primavera / MS Project is essential
Years of Experience
- 7 to 10 years’ experience in the fit out / building with a minimum of 3 – 5 years in a manager capacity
- Experience in handling of all planning process, complete knowledge of project planning and should have managed high commercial value projects independently/team.
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