Senior Planning Manager
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About the Role
Chestertons MENA is hiring a Senior Planning Manager for their Building Consultancy & Project Management team in Jeddah. The role involves developing and maintaining integrated master schedules using Primavera P6, monitoring project progress, and preparing reports for senior stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain integrated master schedules across multiple projects using Primavera P6 and equivalent planning tools
- Prepare baseline programmes, detailed schedules, look ahead programmes, recovery plans, and milestone tracking systems
- Monitor project progress, critical paths, float consumption, and schedule deviations across all projects
- Identify delays, risks, bottlenecks, and coordination issues proactively while proposing corrective actions and recovery strategies
- Coordinate with Project Managers, Design Managers, consultants, contractors, and procurement teams to maintain programme alignment
- Develop progress measurement systems, KPI dashboards, executive reports, and portfolio level reporting tools
- Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, presentations, and management summaries for senior stakeholders and Board reporting
- Support cashflow forecasting, manpower planning, resource loading, and project performance analysis
- Conduct schedule risk assessments, delay analysis, Time Impact Analysis (TIA), and support Extension of Time (EOT) evaluations where required
- Review contractor schedules, planning submissions, and recovery programmes for compliance and logic integrity
- Support governance procedures, reporting standards, baseline controls, and change management processes across all projects
- Coordinate planning activities between design, procurement, construction, authority approvals, and handover phases
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field
- Approximately 10–18 years of experience in project planning, project controls, or programme management roles
- Proven experience managing planning activities for hospitality, mixed use, commercial, infrastructure, or high end construction projects
- Strong expertise in Primavera P6, project controls, critical path analysis, and integrated scheduling
- Experience in progress measurement, EVM reporting, dashboards, KPI reporting, and executive presentations
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing, procurement coordination, fit out delivery, and multidisciplinary project execution
- Experience in delay analysis, recovery planning, TIA, EOT, and schedule risk management
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects within PMC, client side, or portfolio management environments
- GCC experience is preferred
- Strong proficiency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and reporting tools
Full Job Posting
Hiring Announcement
- Chestertons Saudi Arabia is hiring experienced professionals for their Building Consultancy & Project Management team in Riyadh.
- Position: Senior Planning Manager.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain integrated master schedules across multiple projects using Primavera P6 and equivalent planning tools.
- Prepare baseline programmes, detailed schedules, look ahead programmes, recovery plans, and milestone tracking systems.
- Monitor project progress, critical paths, float consumption, and schedule deviations across all projects.
- Identify delays, risks, bottlenecks, and coordination issues proactively while proposing corrective actions and recovery strategies.
- Coordinate with Project Managers, Design Managers, consultants, contractors, and procurement teams to maintain programme alignment.
- Develop progress measurement systems, KPI dashboards, executive reports, and portfolio level reporting tools.
- Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, presentations, and management summaries for senior stakeholders and Board reporting.
- Support cashflow forecasting, manpower planning, resource loading, and project performance analysis.
- Conduct schedule risk assessments, delay analysis, Time Impact Analysis (TIA), and support Extension of Time (EOT) evaluations where required.
- Review contractor schedules, planning submissions, and recovery programmes for compliance and logic integrity.
- Support governance procedures, reporting standards, baseline controls, and change management processes across all projects.
- Coordinate planning activities between design, procurement, construction, authority approvals, and handover phases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field.
- Approximately 10–18 years of experience in project planning, project controls, or programme management roles.
- Proven experience managing planning activities for hospitality, mixed use, commercial, infrastructure, or high end construction projects.
- Strong expertise in Primavera P6, project controls, critical path analysis, and integrated scheduling.
- Experience in progress measurement, EVM reporting, dashboards, KPI reporting, and executive presentations.
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing, procurement coordination, fit out delivery, and multidisciplinary project execution.
- Experience in delay analysis, recovery planning, TIA, EOT, and schedule risk management.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects within PMC, client side, or portfolio management environments.
- GCC experience is preferred.
- Strong proficiency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and reporting tools.
Preferred Profile
- Planning professional with strong project controls and programme management mindset.
- Capable of translating complex project data into clear executive level reporting and actionable insights.
- Strong coordination and analytical capabilities in fast track project environments.
- Detail oriented with strong follow up and governance discipline.
- Comfortable operating between management, consultants, contractors, and project delivery teams.
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