Senior Planning Manager
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About the Role
Currie & Brown seeks an experienced Senior Planning Manager to lead programme management on complex, high-value construction projects in Dubai. The role involves developing master programmes, monitoring contractor schedules, and providing delay analysis or project controls expertise.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and manage the master programme
- Ongoing monitoring and reporting of all programme related activities
- Proactive management / conducting detailed reviews of the contractor's programme
- Monitor planning and project controls activities for conformance with project procedures
- Develop and monitor the permitting and authority approvals process
- Prepare the baseline programme
- Prepare monthly reports and recovery plans, where applicable
- Prepare and finalise weekly progress reports and quantity reports
- Provide the Project Manager with weekly progress updates, completion forecasts, together with critical path and trend analyses
- Continually assess the impact of approved changes and deviations from key project targets and milestones
- Work collaboratively with the Project Manager, Engineer and Contractor to resolve project scheduling issues
- Review and analyse contractors' claims and prepare recommendation reports where required
Requirements
- BSc in a relevant discipline
- Significant pre contract and post contract planning experience on major construction projects
- Experience in either delay analysis/delay management or general planning/project controls
- Experience working on high end mixed use projects
- Strong technical writing, communication and client facing skills
- Proficiency in Primavera P6
Full Job Posting
Role Overview
- Currie & Brown is looking for a Senior Planning Manager to join our team in Dubai.
- You will lead in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider.
- We welcome applications from experienced Planning Managers with either a delay analysis/delay management background or a general planning/project controls background.
- The successful candidate will have strong programme management experience and the ability to support complex, high value construction projects through all stages of delivery.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage the master programme
- Ongoing monitoring and reporting of all programme related activities.
- Proactive management / conducting detailed reviews of the contractor's programme.
- Monitor planning and project controls activities for conformance with project procedures.
- Develop and monitor the permitting and authority approvals process.
- Prepare the baseline programme.
- Prepare monthly reports and recovery plans, where applicable.
- Prepare and finalise weekly progress reports and quantity reports.
- Provide the Project Manager with weekly progress updates, completion forecasts, together with critical path and trend analyses.
- Continually assess the impact of approved changes and deviations from key project targets and milestones, including productivity monitoring and "what if" scenario analysis to support project decision making.
- Work collaboratively with the Project Manager, Engineer and Contractor to resolve project scheduling issues.
- Review and analyse contractors' claims and prepare recommendation reports where required.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications
- Experience working on high end mixed use projects.
- BSc in a relevant discipline.
- Significant pre contract and post contract planning experience on major construction projects.
- Experience in either delay analysis/delay management or general planning/project controls.
- Strong technical writing, communication and client facing skills.
- Proficiency in Primavera P6.
About Currie & Brown
- At Currie & Brown, we know that when it comes to a good idea, it doesn't matter where it comes from.
- We take a collaborative, open door approach to running our business.
- Our people, from apprentices to senior management, make our company what it is.
- We focus on the long term and deliver on our commitments.
- We take a compassionate and inclusive approach to our work and always invest in the future of our people.
- With the backing of our parent company, we are an independent company.
- Our people are able to make quick and flexible decisions, and work directly with some of the world's best partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.
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