Planning Manager

Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is looking for a Planning Manager based in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

The Planning Manager is responsible for the development management and analysis of integrated master schedules for large-scale building construction programs with a particular emphasis on hospitality mixeduse and complex vertical developments. This role requires strong regional experience within the Middle East in-depth familiarity with Saudi Arabian regulatory authority approval and delivery frameworks and the capability to manage complex schedule interfaces across multiple design packages contractors consultants and government entities. The Planning Manager plays a pivotal role in ensuring project timelines are robust realistic and contractually compliant and fully aligned with construction methodology engineering design procurement strategies and commercial objectives throughout all project phasesfrom early planning and design through construction testing commissioning and final handover.

Your role

Master Planning & Program Scheduling

• Develop and maintain fully integrated master schedules for large-scale hospitality mixed-use and high-rise building programs.

• Incorporate design development authority approvals procurement construction fit-out FF&E testing commissioning and handover activities into cohesive schedules.

• Establish schedule logic critical paths milestones and sequencing aligned with large fast-track delivery models.

Multi-Package & Interface Management

• Manage planning interfaces across multiple work packages including structure façades MEP interiors public realm utilities and enabling works.

• Coordinate and challenge contractor and consultant schedules to ensure alignment with the program master schedule.

• Integrate inputs from PMC designers contractors specialist trades and suppliers into a unified planning framework.

Saudi Regulatory & Authority Alignment

• Embed Saudi authority approvals permitting and regulatory milestones (e.g. municipal civil defense utilities and relevant ministries) into project schedules.

• Ensure alignment with Saudi construction practices approval cycles and compliance requirements.

• Account for religious cultural and seasonal considerations impacting program delivery.

Schedule Analysis & Risk Management

• Perform critical path analysis schedule health checks whatif scenarios and delay impact assessments.

• Identify schedule risks interface constraints and potential delays proposing mitigation and recovery strategies.

• Support schedule risk workshops and contribute to program-level risk and opportunity registers.

Reporting & Stakeholder Communications

• Prepare detailed planning reports dashboards and schedule narratives for executive leadership and key stakeholders.

• Present planning status key risks and recovery strategies to clients development partners and authorities.

• Ensure accurate progress measurement forecasting and alignment with cost and commercial reporting.

Governance Standards & Capability Development

• Establish and maintain planning standards procedures and coding structures suitable for large-scale programs.

• Ensure planning deliverables comply with contractual client and governance requirements.

• Mentor and guide planners and junior planning staff supporting capability development within the function.

About you

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management or a related discipline.

• Professional certifications (e.g. PMP PMISP AACE or equivalent) are advantageous.

• At least 12 years of experience in planning and scheduling for large-scale building construction programs including hospitality and mixed-use developments.

• Proven experience delivering projects within Saudi Arabia with strong understanding of local regulatory authority and delivery environments.

• Demonstrated capability managing multi-contract multi-stakeholder programs with high complexity and aggressive schedules.

• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 (mandatory).

• Strong understanding of construction methodologies procurement strategies fit-out sequencing and phased handover planning.

• Experience with schedule analysis techniques progress measurement and schedule recovery planning

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills able to influence senior project and client teams.

• Strategic thinker with the ability to manage complexity at a program scale.

• Highly analytical detail-oriented and proactive in identifying risks and solutions.

• Effective communicator within multicultural and multidisciplinary environments.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Tax-free salary.

• Comprehensive life insurance coverage.

• Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.

• Generous annual leave balance.

• Flexible and hybrid work solutions.

• Remote work opportunities outside of country.

• Company gratuity scheme.

• Discretionary bonus program.

• Annual flight contribution.

• Relocation assistance.

• Transportation & housing allowances (available for remote work locations).

• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance legal matters family care personal health fitness and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills expand your expertise and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

Were AtkinsRéalis a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people data and technology to transform the worlds infrastructure and energy systems. Together with our industry partners and clients and our global team of consultants designers engineers and project managers we can change the world. Were committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

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At AtkinsRéalis we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender ethnic or national origin sexual identity and orientation age religion or disability but enriches itself through these differences.