Senior Planning Manager

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Job Description

This position is for a Senior Planning Manager to lead and manage the Planning functions in the PMO organization on a multiple PMC Delivery team Programme. Reports directly to the PMO Projects Control Manager.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leads the development and management of the program integrated master schedule.
• Establishes robust schedule management plans and procedures for maintaining the Program integrated master schedule.
• Takes the lead in preparing schedule data for tender strategies, proposals or contract negotiations.
• Routinely audits the PMC schedule for compliance with the schedule management plan and schedule industry standards.
• Analyze the progress and confirm the accuracy of the progress being reported.
• Integrates inter-discipline schedule requirements and constraints to establish logical work sequences for assigned disciplines or specialties.
• Reviews and assesses the work sequences with the total project plan.
• Establishes and implements methods for determining activity durations within assigned disciplines or specialties.
• Develops quantity release and/or installation curves for assigned disciplines/areas or specialties.
• Reviews and approves invoice verification for payment based on cost-loaded schedules, as required.
• Reviews schedule data, identifies and acquires information needed to complete work logics to interface between assigned disciplines, specialties and/or projects.
• Maintains specific project codes of accounts and work breakdown structures and recommends appropriate modifications and revisions for new work items as assigned.
• Determines critical path and near critical path activities within the Program integrated master schedule and continually monitors providing recommendations to shorten where possible. If required, provide a Critical Items Action Report.
• Identifies, analyzes, and monitors schedule deviations from the PMC submittals and recommends corrective action/work-around solutions for program considerations.
• Develop and write the schedule narrative that appears in the Executive Progress Reports; monthly and weekly, or as needed.
• Ensures adherence to all corporate, contractual, ethics and safety standards, policies, and procedures.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
  
  
  

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Degree in Engineering or Construction Management or other related discipline with a minimum of 15 years’ experience in planning role, with management role as a pre-requisite.
• Strong communication skills in English, written and spoken. Written and verbal communication in Arabic a plus.
  
  
  

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Demonstrated teamwork and management skills.
• Proven experience of working within a complex construction environment.
• Ability to follow through & clearly deliver work instructions in a complex stakeholder environment.
• Ability to work in a matrix organization (dual reporting). Ability to interact with senior-level management. Ability to consult, motivate, and negotiate effectively with client groups, co-workers, employees, vendors, and contractors.
• Must function effectively under time constraints, schedule workload to meet deadlines, and have the ability to prioritize.
• Technical Skills
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Oracle Primavera P6 Super User
• Project Controls Cost, Scheduling & Risk Experience
• PMIS & Power BI Experience
• Expertise in Oracle Primavera, Advanced Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, etc.
• Expertise with alternate project delivery models (DB, DBB, CMA, CMR, etc)
• Soft Skills
• Senior leadership and management experience, capacity, and demeanor
• Strong coaching qualities
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to delegate tasks and provide directions to junior staff.
• Ability to manage and resolve disputes.
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Professional Experience
• Infrastructure experience
• Previous MEA and/or other international experience
  

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