Job summary
Savills Middle East seeks a Planner in Riyadh to manage and maintain integrated project schedules for building and infrastructure work. The role measures progress, analyses schedule risk and prepares reports while coordinating with engineering, procurement and construction teams to resolve critical-path issues.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the integrated project programme and package-level schedules
- Review contractor baselines and revised programmes for logic and contractual compliance
- Update progress from verified site data and assess planned vs actual performance
- Prepare weekly/monthly schedule reports, dashboards, S-curves and look-aheads
- Identify delays, constraints and programme risks and recommend mitigation actions
- Review recovery programmes, acceleration proposals and time-impact analyses
- Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning teams
- Maintain schedule narratives, assumptions, change logs and auditable records
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related field
- Minimum 7 years planning/scheduling experience on major construction or infrastructure projects
- Advanced Primavera P6 skills: baselines, logic analysis, resource/cost loading, comparisons
- Strong knowledge of CPM, progress measurement, delay and time-impact analysis
- Experience producing executive dashboards and concise planning narratives
- PMP, PMI-SP, AACE PSP or equivalent certification is advantageous
- Excellent written and spoken English and stakeholder communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; Power BI experience is advantageous
Skills
Primavera P6Critical Path MethodDelay AnalysisTime Impact AnalysisEarned ValueProgress MeasurementMS OfficePower BISchedule ReportingStakeholder Communication
Source: Company careers page. Last checked as open: 13 Nov 2026. You apply directly with the employer.
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