A well-known international Engineering & Manufacturing client is looking for a Planning Manager to support a new Metro project in the UAE.

Accountabilities
* Responsible for independently creating, updating and monitoring Project schedules in P6.
* Be fully knowledgeable with the project contractual requirements and ensure compliance in execution and reporting Work with the Core Team to generate and validate monthly and quarterly updates of EAC and labour demand
* Provide reports/metrics including Critical Path, Earned Value, EAC variance, Critical milestones movement, KPIs & labour forecasts.
* Analyse the data in these reports to identify trends, risks, and issues & work with the Core Team to resolve them
* Support critical Bids that require a full schedule in the Bid submission:
* Read the tender documents,
* Assess all contractual requirements for both the Bid submission and the Contract execution,
* Assess compliance, feasibility and risks
* Create a comprehensive and effective Schedule Narrative when required
* Produce an estimate of the level of effort for the planning function in the project
* Lead the creation of a project schedule to the level required to be submitted in the bid
* Manages both progress against the Baseline schedule and change to ensure the contractual deliverables and the company's position are protected.
* Very good understanding of the S-Curve outputs. Can provide meaningful commentary on S-Curves, relate back to the schedule and other schedule outputs. Can communicate outputs to the Core Team in a simple and useful manner. Able to produce S-Curves from scratch
* Very experienced in dealing with Customers and Suppliers and negotiating with / influencing their schedulers.
* Will connect the customer, senior management, Project site, the product and departments together and have a full view of the project.
* Very experienced in inputting into the Project change management process and calculating the schedule implications of all changes and ensuring they are incorporated into the Project through Change orders.
* Very experienced in attending risk and opportunity reviews , calculating schedule impact of risks and opportunities and managing assigned mitigation / action items
* Foster an environment of cooperation, commitment and buy-in amongst the Project Team members and the Heads of Disciplines
* Work effectively within a global environment with stakeholders who are geographically dispersed
* Generate clear comprehensive reporting to management and customers as required by process or contract
* Support the Core Team with creative and effective rationale in the justification and documentation of the basis of Claims and Variation orders during project execution
* Provide guidance/support as required for the project scheduler and project planner
* Contribute to process improvement by identifying ideas for improvement and following through to implement where possible

Required Skills/ Knowledge
* Not Less than 15 years of experience
* Expert level skills in Primavera P6
* Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* GCC Railway experience is preferable
* Based in UAE is preferable
* Advanced/Expert skills in Microsoft Excel
* Able to understand complex technology & resolve complex problems

Education/Qualifications
* Bachelor's Degree
* Engineer Degree
* PMP Project Management certificate holder is preferable

Languages
* English Proficiency
* Arabic is a plus

For more information about this role or other rail related project, please contact Megan Burges on <email address removed>

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