PLANNING MANAGER – DEPOTS & TERMINAL

HIRING: PLANNING MANAGER RAIL DEPOTS & TERMINALS

Location: UAE
Project: High-Speed Rail Infrastructure

We are seeking a Planning Manager with strong main-contractor experience to lead planning scheduling and progress control for the civil construction of rail depots and terminal facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the integrated Primavera P6 baseline programme covering design approvals procurement construction testing and handover.
  
• Prepare resource- and cost-loaded schedules aligned with construction methods quantities productivity rates and contractual milestones.
  
• Monitor site progress critical paths float and resource performance; identify delays and drive corrective actions.
  
• Prepare look-ahead schedules recovery programmes progress dashboards and client reports.
  
• Integrate subcontractor programmes and coordinate civil structural architectural MEP track and depot equipment interfaces.
  
• Assess the programme impact of variations late approvals access restrictions and procurement delays.
  
• Support Extension of Time (EOT) submissions and delay analysis maintaining reliable records with the contracts and commercial teams.
  
• Lead planning engineers and coordinate closely with construction engineering procurement and project management teams.
  

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering or a relevant engineering discipline.
  
• Typically 1215 years of construction planning experience including 5 years in a planning leadership role.
  
• Main-contractor experience is essential with direct involvement in site execution subcontractor coordination and programme recovery.
  
• Proven planning experience on rail depots terminals stations or comparable major infrastructure and building projects.
  
• Advanced Primavera P6 skills and strong knowledge of construction sequencing resource planning earned value and delay analysis.
  
• Experience preparing baseline programmes progress updates and EOT substantiation under major construction contracts.
  
• UAE/GCC experience preferred; high-speed rail experience is an advantage.
  
• Strong analytical reporting and stakeholder coordination skills.
  

#PlanningManager #PrimaveraP6 #ProjectPlanning #ProjectControls #RailConstruction #RailDepot #HighSpeedRail #CivilEngineering #ConstructionJobs #UAEJobs #TalentOne