Planning Manager (Automotive/Industrial Construction) KAEC, Saudi Arabia

Job Title: Planning Manager – Construction

Location: KAEC, Saudi Arabia

Function: Project Controls / Planning

Seniority: Senior Management

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced Planning Manager – Construction to provide programme governance and schedule assurance across a complex multi-site automotive industrial development.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and govern the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Integrate design, procurement, construction, utilities, commissioning and handover schedules.
• Validate contractor and consultant schedules against contractual milestones.
• Monitor critical paths and programme interfaces.
• Establish project planning standards and schedule-control processes.
• Review recovery programmes and mitigation plans.
• Monitor physical progress and independently validate reported progress.
• Analyse KPIs, milestones, schedule trends and forecast completion.
• Perform schedule-risk assessments.
• Undertake Time Impact Analysis (TIA) for changes and delays.
• Review EOT submissions and programme-related claims.
• Coordinate design, procurement, utilities and construction interfaces.
• Integrate testing, commissioning and phased handover into the master programme.
• Prepare executive planning dashboards and management reports.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Engineering degree and SCE eligibility/approval.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant planning/project-controls experience.
• Extensive experience on major construction, industrial or manufacturing projects.
• Expert-level Primavera P6 and integrated master scheduling capability.
• Strong TIA, EOT, claims and delay-analysis experience.
• Experience managing design-to-construction and commissioning interfaces.
• PMP / RMP / MCIOB or equivalent credentials strongly preferred.
  
  

SEGULA Technologies is a global engineering group, boosting the competitiveness of all major industrial sectors: automotive, aerospace, energy, rail, naval, life sciences, and telecoms. With a presence in more than 30 countries and 140 locations worldwide, the Group prioritizes close relationships with its clients, driven by the expertise of its 15,000 employees. As a leading engineering player putting innovation at the heart of its strategy, SEGULA Technologies manages large-scale projects, ranging from initial studies to industrialization and production. SEGULA TECHNOLOGIES is dedicated to gender balance and diversity, recognizing and recruiting talent of all backgrounds.