Project Planner

About the role

Turner & Townsend is hiring a Planner for its Project Controls division, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role reports to the Project Controls Director internally and to the client representative at project level, within a collaborative supporting team. The Planner gives planning advice and direction to project teams and stakeholders and produces programme assurance reports.

Key responsibilities

• Support the project team on all planning functions, highlighting and clarifying programme issues.
• Give planning advice and direction to project team members and stakeholders, and produce programme assurance reports for client commissions.
• Produce progress reports showing variance against baselines.
• Deliver period programme updates and contribute to project reports.
• Coordinate between clients and their partners', consultants' and contractors' programmes of work and compliance with the project programme, reporting non-compliance for resolution.
• Provide planning support to the bidding team so that bidding documentation can be submitted on time.

Required profile

• BSc degree in a relevant field preferred.
• Minimum 5 to 10 years of postgraduate experience.
• Experience in regional professional consultancy.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required skills

• Advanced knowledge and proficiency with multiple discipline-specific software, including Primavera (P6) and/or other planning and resourcing software.
• Professional working knowledge of project management and planning software and tools.