Planning/Scheduling Manager

Our client is one of the biggest Real Estate developers in the Middle East. They are looking for an experienced Planning/Scheduling Manager to join their team in Abu Dhabi.

• Monitoring all project plans adherence to their initial schedule.
• Ensuring that schedule progress is accurately reported to management.
• Identifying risks and delays with mitigation plans.
• Reviewing and approving project schedules and its attributes.
• Developing policies and procedures related to project scheduling and monitoring.
• Developing company projects high-level pre-construction and construction planning in conjunction with the project teams, to identify critical path and alternate schedules.
• Reviewing plan against schedule developed by PMC/EOR to ensure realistic timeframes and recommend changes.
• Providing support and input during project feasibility phases.
• Coordinating with project teams to track progress on project plan and adherence to schedule.
• Developing reporting templates and prepare regular reports to assess projects portfolio adherence to schedule.
• Investigating deviations from the plan, assessing impact on project and liaising with project teams to notify them of potential delays.
• Supporting project teams in identifying opportunities for improvement, risks and areas where additional effort is required.
• Coordinating with Cost Control to assess schedule deviations impact on the budget.
• Reviewing all variation orders and assessing impact on overall project plan.
• Providing the criteria to distribute the forecast cost according to the schedule in order to develop the project cash flow.
• Providing assistance to contracts team on claims related issues.

• 10+ years of experience in real estate planning and control of projects at least AED 100 million in value with large real estate developers/contractors/consultants.
• Strong knowledge and exposure to the GCC real estate market.
• Deep understanding of project phases.
• Ability to multi-task, monitor schedules for multiple ongoing projects.
• Adept at handling multiple stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent conflict resolution skills required to identify and propose solutions for any schedule slippage/cost overrun issues.
• Attention to detail to monitor and track schedule.

Bachelor degree in engineering, construction management or operations.