Planning Manager
Company Overview
Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions: automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand, responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration, and integrity, Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.
Overview of the Role
Providing management oversight for all phases of the construction project, from pre-construction through design, procurement, construction, and commissioning, including coordination of labour force, material, and equipment, ensuring that specifications are being followed, and work is proceeding on schedule and within budget.
Maintaining company standards, policies, and procedures, whilst respecting and reflecting the abilities and aspirations of the project team and local culture.
What You Will Do
Day to Day Operations- Responsible for managing and coordination of the project programme and subordinate planning staff and ensuring that individual project programmes comply with the strategic and contractual requirements of a single or multiple projects.
- Ensure consistency of programmes and progress reports throughout the project.
- Preparation of initial strategic master programme based on development concepts, advising client/developer on programmes for developing phases of the project.
- Provide feedback to client/developer on effect of proposed changes, assessing impact of delays and changes to ongoing areas of the project and liaise with employees from development, marketing, design, construction, and advising planning staff on production outputs.
- Manage projected risk and provide mitigation strategies for successful project delivery.
- Responsible for monitoring progress, preparing client and internal reports, preparing programmes to completion, preparation of time impact analysis programme as supporting documentation for claim.
- Responsible for preparation of fully coordinated, logic linked, resources loaded, design, procurement, construction, and commission programmes for projects.
- Produce planning narrative statement reflecting the programme intent.
- Maintain an objective and independent view of the project's progress position.
- Administer time management provisions of main contract and subcontract agreements.
- Perform forensic delay analysis and prepare the extension of time claims including required liaison with stakeholders to its finalisation.
- Develop master schedules, baseline programs, and recovery plans for projects.
- Implement advanced planning techniques to optimize project execution and mitigate risks.
- Provide strategic insights on project sequencing, resource allocation, and critical path analysis.
- Ensure compliance with contract milestones, SLAs, and EOT (Extension of Time) claims.
Ensure that all relevant safety, quality, and environmental procedures, instructions, and controls are adhered to so that the safety, quality of services, and environmental compliance can be guaranteed within AFEC.
Required Skills to Be Successful
Behavioural Competencies:- Delighting our customers
- Working across boundaries
- Managing complexity
- Influencing others
- Taking initiative
- Driving for results
- Engaging leadership
- Developing talent
- Situational adaptability
- Demonstrating self-awareness
What Qualifies You for the Role?
Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge:- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
- PSP (AACE), PMP, PMI-SP, Primavera P6 Certification, or equivalent.
- Excellent understanding of infrastructure, construction, enterprise, innovation, and business growth issues.
- Good knowledge of local legislation.
- Knowledge of personnel management, including supervision, training, and performance evaluation.
- Knowledge of principles of budgeting and finance.
- Knowledge of principles and techniques of the planning profession and development process.
- 15+ years in construction planning and project controls.
- Minimum of 10 years managerial and/or technical experience.
- Significant track record of success in strategically leading a major contract, business unit, region, and/or professional function.
- Experience of negotiation in multi-agency, multi-stakeholder environments.
About Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate
The real estate development and operations arm of Al-Futtaim, Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate is responsible for a multi-billion-dollar portfolio across MENA. With high-quality residential, business, retail, tourism, educational, and healthcare developments, the master developer caters to the diverse needs of cities and communities in the region.
From origination, conception, development, sales, procurement, and construction of mega-projects to the leasing, operation, and management of these projects after completion, Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate (AFGRE) has been developing and managing owned landbanks, unlocking the economic potential of the region, and contributing to future development for more than 40 years.
Our focus is to enable and invest in meaningful relationships to make our properties the best places to live and work, build additional products and services, and enable partnerships to create true value to our customers throughout their entire experience with us.
AFGRE is responsible for master planning of all projects in its portfolio, including two large-scale mixed-use destinations: Dubai Festival City and Cairo Festival City.