Senior Planning Manager - Construction Controls

Job Snapshot Role:
Senior Planning Manager

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function:
Project-Program Management

Experience:

Minimum 15 years Job Type: Full Time

Parsons is seeking an experienced Senior Planning Manager in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to lead planning and scheduling activities during the construction phase of large and complex projects. The role provides senior-level direction for master scheduling, construction sequencing, progress measurement, critical-path analysis, delay management, recovery planning, schedule controls, and project reporting. Working closely with the Project Director, construction managers, contractors, consultants, project controls, commercial, procurement, design, and client teams, the Senior Planning Manager will ensure construction activities are properly planned, monitored, and controlled against approved programs, budgets, quality requirements, milestones, and contractual obligations.

Job Details

Country:
Saudi Arabia City:
Riyadh Industry: Construction Function:
Project-Program Management Salary:
Not disclosed Gender: No Preference Candidate Nationality:
Not specified Job Type: Full Time Work Arrangement:
On-site

• Develop, maintain, and control the master construction schedule.
• Coordinate detailed schedules covering construction activities, work packages, interfaces, and key project milestones.
• Review contractor and subcontractor schedules, schedule updates, and proposed recovery plans.
• Monitor planned versus actual progress and verify reported progress against activities completed on site.
• Analyze critical paths, float, schedule logic, constraints, and emerging schedule trends.
• Identify potential delays and provide timely early warnings to project management.
• Assess schedule impacts arising from design changes, variations, access restrictions, procurement delays, approvals, and construction issues.
• Develop mitigation and recovery plans to protect contractual milestones and target completion dates.
• Lead weekly and monthly schedule review meetings with contractors and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Prepare progress dashboards, schedule reports, milestone reports, and executive-level presentations.
• Ensure approved project changes are incorporated into relevant schedules and baselines.

Schedule and Project Controls

The Senior Planning Manager will maintain clear visibility of construction progress and emerging schedule risks throughout project delivery. This includes detailed critical-path analysis, progress measurement, schedule forecasting, delay assessment, recovery scheduling, and monitoring contractor performance against contractual schedules. The role will coordinate with cost-control and commercial teams to align reported schedule progress with project costs and forecasts. It will also support assessment of extension-of-time claims, delay-related submissions, changes, and other schedule matters with contractual implications.

• Monitor contractor performance against agreed milestones and contractual schedules.
• Coordinate planning interfaces between construction disciplines, contractors, authorities, utilities, and other stakeholders.
• Work with design, procurement, commercial, and construction teams to identify dependencies that could affect project sequencing.
• Maintain alignment between approved schedule changes, construction activities, and project baselines.
• Promote consistent planning procedures, schedule-control practices, and reporting standards across the project.
• Provide senior guidance and leadership to planning engineers and project controls personnel.

• Bachelor 's degree in Engineering, Construction Management,…