Senior Planning Manager

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

The Project

This opportunity is to be involved in a major mixed-use development, in Riyadh. The programme consists of over 200 projects, F&B, retail and hotels, commercial buildings, and educational facilities.

Our Values Shape The Way We Consult, And Define The People We Want To Join Us On Our Journey, They Are

• Safety first - Going home safe and well.
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise.
• Integrity - Always do the right thing.
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel.
  
  

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Capabilities in the use of AI for scheduling such as nplan, Alice, Schedule Analyser or similar.
• Competence in management of delays on projects or programmes.
• Design programme/ schedule management.
• Drafting, management of schedule processes and procedures.
• Schedule quality management across projects or programmes.
• Engagement with client, PMC’s and internal stakeholders to ensure the delivery of the project is as planned.
• Regular site visits to check real time progress on projects.
• Reviews PMC’s schedules and quality assurance.
• Provide feedback to stakeholders on assessed mitigation schedules and provide and independent views on them.
• Programme / sub -programme level assessment to monitor progress against existing baselines and provide reports on progress and potential delays.
• Ability to advise on complex requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively.
• Lead on the review and drafting of programme narratives and programme baselines.
• Advise the client and internal stakeholders on project performance, recording trends and developing mitigation measures where required.
• Manage and report on interfaces within the programmes as required (i.e. within the district).
• Prepare updates for reports to senior management.
• Collaborate with the data, commercial and project controls team to ensure information is interpreted and released within the appropriate timescales.
• Reviews the PMO planning procedures to ensure the PMCs align with the procedures.
• Manage PMC meetings and communicate outstanding items to PMC’s and client as required.
• Collaborate with PMC’s and design consultants to achieve accurate productivity outputs.
• Review the dashboards to ensure the information reflected is accurate and representative of the facts.
• Collaborate with the IMS team to endure that the information represented in the IMS is reflective of the status of projects.
• Collaborate with the interfaces team to ensure that the information represented in the interfaces report is reflective of the potential impacts of interfaces on the project.
  
  

You’ll Need To Have

• Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and have relevant work experience working on high valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business, which are required for immigration and client approval.
• Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6, Power BI and Microsoft Office suite
• Working towards a professional qualification (e.g. CIOB, APM, PMI).
• Other relevant qualifications specific to local requirements.
• Able to respond to all client/stakeholder requests effectively and sensitively.
• Communicate & present to project team on programme drivers, goals & issues, etc.
  
  

You’ll Also Have

• Experience in delivering residential or infrastructure schemes or both.
• Experience in working within a PMO.
• Experience in managing complex schedules and interpreting the data to different stakeholders.
• Good communication skills.
• Good attention to detail
• Supporting qualifications in construction related courses or sufficient work experience.
• A degree in construction related courses or relevant experience in the field.
• PMP, PMI-SP or similar or demonstrable experience in planning and project management methods.
  
  

Please note: Obtaining a visa in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is subject to a criminal record check, qualifications and may encounter age restrictions.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates.