Lead Planner

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Project Overview:

TROJENA (The Mountains of NEOM) will be an iconic, world-class destination, blending natural and developed landscapes and will offer unique experiences for residents and visitors alike. Located in the northwest of Saudi Arabia in the region of Tabuk just 50km from the coast, TROJENA will be a destination like no other on earth. Based upon the principles of eco-tourism facilities will include a folded vertical village, a lake with water sports and event facilities, high altitude ski village, observatory, world leading health and wellbeing facilities and a nature reserve which will be home to unique wildlife, heritage sites and exploration opportunities.

With over 3,600 hotel, 2,200 homes, 9 iconic buildings and 100 world class indoor and outdoor experiences Trojena will become the ultimate mountain destination. Bechtel will provide a full range of project management services to assist the delivery of this iconic destination.

Job Summary:

The Lead Planner supervises schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, and recovery plan development activities, supports project organizational and administrative activities, and supervises the development and integration of individual schedules into the total project plan. The Lead Planner also establishes project milestones, supervises schedule resource loading and leveling. Supports development of scheduling standards and procedures.

Major Responsibilities:

• Directs all program level schedule development and maintenance monitoring activities
• Develops, interprets, and executes policy objectives and standards applicable to schedule maintenance and the monitoring of development functions
• Oversees the implementation of milestone schedules, engineering/procurement/construction closeout monitoring including documentation and planned maintenance activities
• Performs schedule reviews to ensure compliance with Client’s expectation and coordinate the required level of integration among the major contractors
• Represent the Client in meeting with the major contractors
• Performs and/or coordinates, collects, verifies, and integrates the work scope for all entities into the total project plan
• Reviews the representation of project scope in schedules
• Establishes the conceptual scope of schedule studies. Prepares and analyzes comparisons of scope and quantities between the projects
• Performs productivity analysis of construction operations and verifies
• Establishes productivity basis to be utilized in estimates, as developed in concurrence with Construction
• Reviews labor estimates for reasonableness
• Manages the preparation of subject-specific schedules on an as-required basis
• Supports the development and integration of individual schedules into the total project plan
• Reviews the performing organizations and unit’s work logics and determines whether the schedules will adequately support the overall project schedule
• Plans, coordinates, and establishes the level of quantification appropriate to the objectives of the effort and to the level of scope definition for each discipline or specialty and designates reference job(s) for source data and/or reconciliations of quantities
• Reviews completeness and reasonableness of quantities

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 14-17 years of relevant work experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience and demonstrated skill in directing, planning, and scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, and analysis, in the field and the home office
• Experience and demonstrated skill in establishing criteria for project planning and scheduling activities
• Skilled in direction, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel
• Skilled in oral and written communication, with a demonstrated ability to present planning and scheduling information to management and clients
• Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing, and solving problems
• Knowledgeable about current industry and technical developments

Preferred Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, and 15 years’ experience
• Expert analytical and computer skills required
• Primavera P6 experience required
• Experience representing the client and reviewing / integrating contractor schedules preferred

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