Planning Manager

Overview We are currently looking for a Planning Manager to be part of team based in Dubai, UAE Your role • Lead the development, maintenance, and control of integrated master schedules for residential developments, including villas, townhouses, apartment buildings, infrastructure, and landscape works. • Establish project baselines covering design, procurement, construction, testing, handover, and close-out phases. • Monitor project progress against approved schedules and identify risks, delays, and critical path impacts, recommending mitigation and recovery measures. • Review and assess contractors and consultants programmes, progress reports, recovery plans, and schedule submissions for compliance with project objectives and contractual requirements. • Prepare and present weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards, KPIs, forecasts, and executive-level programme updates. • Implement project controls processes, including progress measurement, forecasting, Earned Value Management (EVM), and performance analysis. • Coordinate with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment of project schedules and key milestones. • Support claims management, Extension of Time (EOT) evaluations, schedule impact assessments, and change control processes. • Develop and standardize planning procedures, reporting tools, templates, and governance frameworks across the programme. • Lead and mentor planning teams, ensuring high-quality planning deliverables and consistent project controls practices across all projects. • Monitor critical design approvals, material procurement, authority permits, and construction activities to ensure timely project delivery. • Provide strategic planning support to senior management and contribute to the successful delivery of large-scale residential and mixed-use developments. • Ideally you should possess a degree in construction management and / or civil engineering and hold a membership/chartership from a construction related professional body. • Should have a minimum of 10 years of experience in planning and scheduling with good track record of working on heritage/ hotels/master planning/ museum / cultural / pavilion projects, ideally with minimum 5 years experience working in the region. • Arabic speaking and writing an advantage.