Planning Manager

AtkinsRéalis


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Abu Dhabi
Contract type: Full time
AtkinsRéalis, a world-leading design, engineering, and project management organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We are active in the Middle East and India for over 10 years with our regional headquarter in Dubai, and offices in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. Our Middle East and India presence is complemented by our operations across Asia Pacific, Europe, and the USA, and our 2,000 plus global staff.

Job Description

  • Ability to develop initial baseline schedules with little project information. This requires previous experience is hospitality / mix use development projects.
  • Assist in the preparation and management of overview and strategic programmes, including design, procurement and construction schedules together with supporting information required schedules
  • Include all project stages from initiations to completion in the baseline and identify stage gates accordingly.
  • Coordinate and manage the preparation and development of master planning, engineering, procurement, and construction schedules together with associated information required schedules
  • Establish and agree project reporting procedures, prepare and present monthly project progress. Develop project and programme dashboard templates to be used across the programme by designer and contractors.
  • Review the schedules and related documents from the designers and contractors including monthly reports and analyse the content to ensure compliance with project objectives
  • Review schedule trends to identify problem areas and recommend corrective action to management. Monitor actual progress against planned progress
  • Monitor engineering design progress, material and equipment procurement and construction and commissioning status
  • Prepare progress monitoring tools using earned value for the management and monitoring of the above mentioned schedules. Monitor progress both on and off site. Identify deviations (progress trends) in both construction and procurement progress and suggest possible courses of corrective action
  • Working closely with the Project Controls Manager and Project Team to ensure that the ‘programme’ is feasible, complies with the Project Master Plan and contractual documents
  • Interface on a daily basis with the designers, PMCs, main contractor sub contractors and internal management.
  • Carry out studies into scheduling, manpower, cash flow, and material flow as needed
  • Attend offsite meetings as requested by the client
  • Review schedules for slippage of key dates
  • Assist in the defence / approval of any claim for time extension or major change to the schedule
  • Other duties as requested from time to time
  • Ensuring that each Planning Engineer runs his or her section to the highest professional standards, that all information is current, and that every member of the team is receiving the information he or she needs to fulfil their responsibilities.
  • Establish and maintain consistent and adequate administration procedures, in their field. These procedures will be followed across the project by the respective planners working under the Construction Managers.
  • Participate with the project management team, as directed by the Project Director, to achieve project deliverables.
  • Involve key stakeholder requirements and approvals in the baseline
  • Issue high-level schedule weekly updates
  • Identify and report main issues interfering with progress
  • Identify and report on measures for improving schedule performance
  • Establish Scheduling, reporting procedures, tools, templates, instruction, etc. to standardize the work across the programme.
  • Monitor the timing of submittals against schedule requirements
  • Develop and monitor programme KPIs

Requirements

  • Ideally you should possess a degree in construction management and / or civil engineering and hold a membership/chartership from a construction related professional body.
  • With a minimum of 10 years of experience and have a track record of working on large scale projects.

Rewards & Benefits

We offer an excellent package which includes:

  • A competitive salary
  • Transportation allowance
  • Medical and life insurance cover
  • Annual leave
  • Medical and life insurance cover
  • Company gratuity scheme
  • Discretionary bonus scheme
  • Annual flight allowance to point of origin
  • Employee Well-Being Programme – 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants;

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