Planning Manager

at  Mott MacDonald

Planning Manager
Country: United Arab Emirates
Position Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Sector: Built environment
Discipline: Building services
Job Ref: 2143
Recruiter Contact: Diksha Rajguru

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.

We can offer:

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

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The Planning Manager will be responsible for the overall control of project schedules, development and monitoring all planning/scheduling work being done.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES:

• Review Baseline Programme & advise keys risks to all stakeholders.
• Perform EOT claim analysis and determinations
• Draft Contractual letters and manage the correspondence trackers and assign the action owners
• Manage Electronic document management system and document controllers. Set up the systems implementation process for all submittals/snags & the like
• Prepare reporting formats for monitoring the KPIs.
• Perform risk management analysis and maintain risk registers
• Provide estimate of earned value analysis
• Coordinate with management to prepare presentations required for the Employer and higher/executive management.
• Integrate schedule requirements and constraints to establish work sequences for all disciplines or specialties.
• Develop monitoring reports and trackers for all stakeholders to track the submittals schedule.
• 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
• Review and verify Progress S Curves, Cashflow (Earned Value), SPI, CPI, Activities KPI, manpower histogrammes, daily & periodical reports and the like.
• 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.

OUR PURPOSE

At Mott MacDonald, our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do; relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.