Project Planner

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of planning, scheduling, and programming of work.
• Lead planning input on assigned projects, including managing contributions from other planners to ensure consistent and effective delivery aligned with scope, time, cost, and quality requirements.
• Establish baseline schedules and control procedures and monitor progress to ensure early identification of issues.
• Provide progress and earned value reports to support financial forecasting and enable timely corrective actions.
• Assist senior planners in monitoring project risks, issues, resource allocation, and CPM analysis; support the project controls manager in keeping with WSP and client standards.
• Support project planning, scheduling, and control inputs for estimating and tendering activities, ensuring relevant issues, actions, and risks are addressed.
• Promote a high-performance culture aligned with WSP values by actively participating in performance management and contributing to the professional growth of team members.
• Contribute to the planning and control strategies of assigned projects, including the development of standards, procedures, dashboards, and progress reporting for internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the Line Manager or Head of Department (HOD) within the GCC PMCM team. Key Competencies / Skills
  

Mandatory Skills:

• Strong expertise in project scheduling and proven experience with planning tools such as Primavera P6, Primavera Risk Analysis, and Microsoft Project.
• Solid understanding and application of Critical Path Analysis, Earned Value Techniques, and general project management principles.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Word for creating tools and dashboards to support stakeholder communication.
• In-depth knowledge of project scheduling philosophies, principles, practices, and techniques.
• Experience reviewing and ensuring the quality of junior planners' work; excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team.
  

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Power BI for reporting and visualisation.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior planners to deliver planning outputs on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
  

Qualifications

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Typically, 5 to 8 years of relevant experience in project scheduling.
• Certification in project management (e.g., CAPM, PMP, or PRINCE2).
• Preferred: Additional qualifications in Project Management or Construction Management.