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Job Description
The Planning Lead as part of the Clients Project Control Team is responsible for overseeing networklevel monitoring control and scheduling activities across multiple projects. This role focuses on ensuring that contractors designers and strategic partners adhere to project objectives contract requirements and industry best practices. Instead of direct schedule development the Planning Lead provides schedule governance auditing and oversight ensuring project remains aligned with the Clients expectations and strategic goals.
This position requires expertise in assessing and reviewing baseline cost and resourceloaded schedules submitted by contractors using Primavera P6 as well as verifying timechainage schedules in Tilos for accurate project visualization. Responsibilities include analyzing time impact assessments (TIA) to evaluate delays and recommend recovery strategies reviewing and validating schedule updates to ensure compliance with contract specifications monitoring and reporting on schedule performance identifying variances and advising on corrective actions. The Planning Lead will also conduct sensitivity analyses to assess the potential time and cost implications of schedule changes.
The role extends to developing and maintaining schedule reporting standards applying Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques and ensuring contractor compliance with project scheduling requirements. The Planning Lead prepares progress reports dashboards and visual presentations for senior management ensuring clear communication of schedule status risks and mitigation strategies. Acting as a liaison between the Client and contractors the Planning Lead facilitates issue resolution and ensures contract compliance while promoting effective stakeholder engagement. Participation in planning and scheduling meetings with internal teams contractors and external stakeholders is critical to maintaining alignment on project timelines and milestones.
Risk management and compliance are core aspects of this role. The Planning Lead will audit contractorsubmitted schedules for accuracy flag schedulerelated risks and support the Clients risk management framework by contributing to risk registers and mitigation strategies. Additionally this role involves tracking and reporting materialized risks ensuring project delays and cost impacts are identified early and managed effectively.
Supporting contract and governance efforts the Planning Lead will assist in drafting Requests for Proposals (RFPs) particularly regarding scheduling requirements and reporting expectations. The role includes maintaining and updating the Clients Schedule Management Plan ensuring it reflects best practices and aligns with contractual obligations. The Planning Lead will also define and enforce schedule coding structures and breakdowns ensuring reporting consistency across projects.
To succeed in this role candidates must have a strong understanding of sequencing scheduling and coordination in tramway LRT or major transportation and infrastructure projects. They must demonstrate the ability to audit and assess contractor schedules manage cost time and quality objectives and oversee construction progress monitoring issue resolution and compliance reporting. The ability to conduct schedule impact analyses scenario modeling and risk assessments is critical. Strong presentation and reporting skills particularly in stakeholder engagement and highlevel project oversight are essential.
Preferred qualifications include PMP certification a cost control background and experience working on megaprojects or infrastructure programs in the Middle East.
Qualifications :
- Expanded experience requirement to 15 years
- Added time impact analysis schedule compliance and documentation monitoring responsibilities.
- Strengthened Client/designer coordination role to resolve scheduling conflicts.
- Emphasized risk tracking and sensitivity analysis to reinforce schedule reliability.
- Integrated cost control background and industry compliance checks.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
