Project Planning Lead - Retail Mall Development - Mace - Dubai, UAE

Project Planning Lead - Retail Mall Development - Mace - Dubai, UAEPosition Overview

The Project Planning Lead role at Mace Dubai is a senior leadership position supporting the delivery of a landmark shopping mall development for one of the UAE's most reputable retail developers. The role leads integrated planning activities across the project lifecycle, ensuring safe, sustainable, and client‑focused outcomes while driving productivity, collaboration, and performance excellence.

Country: UAE
City:
Dubai
Industry: Construction
Function:
Project Management
Salary:  monthly (Market estimated)
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality:
Any
Job Type: Full-time

• Lead project delivery with a strong safety‑first mindset, ensuring compliance, wellbeing, and sustainable outcomes
• Drive client‑focused delivery through strategic planning, monitoring, and service excellence
• Support integrity and accountability across strategy, due diligence, and performance management
• Mentor and lead integrated teams, fostering collaboration, innovation, and best practice
• Develop and oversee detailed project plans integrating logistics, sustainability, and health and safety requirements
• Lead project reporting, productivity analysis, and coordination to meet contractual obligations
• Communicate effectively with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal teams to ensure aligned delivery
• Champion collaboration, schedule adherence, and net zero carbon objectives across all project activities

• Professional membership or active progress toward chartered status
• Proven planning experience across large‑scale property and infrastructure projects
• Strong commercial, financial, and stakeholder management capability
• Experience using planning, scheduling, and project controls software
• Knowledge of sustainability principles, carbon impact management, and planning tools
• Strong leadership, communication, and coordination skills

• Opportunity to work on a flagship retail mall development in the UAE
• Senior planning role within a globally respected project management consultancy
• Exposure to complex, multi‑stakeholder construction environments
• Strong culture focused on safety, integrity, and client success
• Inclusive workplace with opportunities for professional growth

Mace is a global consultancy and construction firm delivering project management and advisory services across the built environment. With a strong presence in Dubai and the wider Middle East, Mace partners with leading developers to deliver complex commercial, retail, and infrastructure projects while embedding safety, sustainability, and long‑term value at the core of delivery.