Planning Manager

Company Description

Key Responsibilities

• Review, analyze, and approve Contractor’s baseline programmes and periodic schedule updates.
• Monitor project progress, critical path, milestones, and overall productivity to ensure timely completion.
• Conduct independent delay analysis, including identification of impacts and concurrent delays.
• Review and validate Contractor’s recovery schedules and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, including FIDIC Sub‑Clauses

8.3

8.6

• .
• Assess Extension of Time (EOT) claims and submit objective recommendations to the Engineer/Client.
• Coordinate planning requirements for infrastructure interfaces such as traffic diversions, utility relocations, and bridge/underpass work sequences.
• Identify key risks affecting schedule milestones and propose corrective/preventive actions.
• Prepare independent progress reports, dashboards, KPIs, and planning summaries.
• Lead planning and coordination meetings with Contractors, subcontractors, and relevant authorities.
• Ensure plans comply with authority requirements (e.g.,

TAQA,RTA, DEWA, Dubai Municipality, DMAT, ADM

• ).
• Review project handover requirements, variations, and claims-related documentation.
• Prepare monthly reports, risk registers, and weekly presentations as required by the project.

Minimum Experience & Requirements

• **15years**
• of experience in planning and scheduling for large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Mandatory
• 10 years
• of proven experience in roads, bridges, underpasses, and utility projects.
• Advanced proficiency in

Primavera P6

MS Office

• (Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong experience in delay analysis, EOT evaluation, and progress monitoring techniques.
• Prior exposure to

RTA

• or similar government infrastructure projects is highly preferred.
• Strong understanding of construction methodologies, sequencing, and permitting processes.
• Excellent communication, reporting, and stakeholder-management skills.

Key Skills

• Primavera P6
• Project scheduling
• Delay analysis

• Critical Path Method (CPM)

• EOT claims evaluation
• Infrastructure planning
• Roads and highways
• Bridges and underpasses
• Utilities coordination
• FIDIC contracts
• Risk management
• Progress reporting
• Stakeholder management
• Traffic diversion planning
• Construction planning
• Please submit your CV, current salary, expected salary, and notice period to:
• hr-uae-recruitment@cdmsmith.com
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.