Job description:
Job Description: Planning Manager (High-Rise)
Location: Dubai, UAE
Sector: Main Contractor / Tier-1 Construction
Reporting to: Project Director / Corporate Planning Head
Role Objective
The Planning Manager leads the entire project control function. Your goal is to ensure the project’s Master Programme is robust, contractually sound, and serves as a tool for proactive decision-making. You are the primary authority on project status, forensic delay analysis, and resource optimization for the high-rise development.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Programming: Oversee the development of the Baseline Schedule, ensuring it integrates MEP, Facade, and Fit-out sequences with the structural core-and-slab cycle.
- Forensic Delay Analysis: Lead the identification of project delays. Use advanced techniques (Time Impact Analysis, As-Built vs. As-Planned) to substantiate Extension of Time (EOT) claims.
- Risk Management: Conduct "What-If" scenarios and Monte Carlo Simulations to predict the probability of hitting key milestones (e.g., Podium Completion, Roof Top-out).
- Executive Reporting: Transform complex P6 data into high-level dashboards for the Client and Board of Directors, highlighting critical risks and mitigation strategies.
- Resource Management: Validate that the Construction Manager’s resource plan (labor/machinery) matches the schedule's requirements to prevent "bursts" or "idleness."
- Contractual Protection: Ensure all project delays are formally notified in accordance with FIDIC (or specific contract) notice periods to protect the company's legal position.
- Inter-departmental Liaison: Bridge the gap between Procurement (long-lead items), Engineering (shop drawings), and Site (execution) to ensure no department creates a bottleneck.
Required Qualifications & Experience
