Planning Manager

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About the role:
The Planning Manager will be tasked for the overall control of the project’s schedule in addition to the development and monitoring all planning/scheduling work being carried out, ensuring its compliance with the contract and master schedule.

Key responsibilities and duties are listed, but not limited to, the below:

• Integrate schedule requirements and constraints to establish work sequences for all disciplines or specialties.
• Review and assess the work sequences with the developed and agreed project plan 
• Establish and implement methods of determining activity schedules within the project team 
• Develop quantity release and/or installation curves 
• Review and approve invoice verification for payment based on cost-loaded schedules 
• Review schedule data – identify and acquire information needed to complete work logics to interface between project teams. 
• Determines critical-path activities for project milestones 
• Identify significant supporting for all milestones and identify and develop critical path for each project team and activities 
• Monitor schedule deviations including subcontractor submittals; recommend corrective action/work-around any issues that may arise
• Prepare schedule commentary appearing in progress reports
• Clarify activities that have a critical impact on the schedule; prepare the critical items action report
• Oversee all work being carried out by project teams and contractors to ensure compliance with the specifications of the project and contract

Candidate Specification

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline with certification in planning and scheduling of projects and in using Primavera applications
• Experience in planning, scheduling and cost engineering in the UAE
• Experience of working on large Data Centres projects in region. 
• Extensive knowledge and experience in project planning, budgeting, cost phasing and control from the project initiation to close out phases, utilizing computer-based systems (Primavera Project Management P6) 

Flexible working
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience:

• 90 calendar days paid maternity leave
• Competitive annual leave
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance