Senior Associate - Development Projects Scheduling

Job Purpose

• •Monitor all project plans adherence to their initial schedule
• •Ensure that schedule progress is accurately reported to management
• •Identify risks and delays with mitigation plans
• Please note, this role is for Emiratization Only.

Roles & Responsibilities

• •Develop Aldar projects high-level pre-construction and construction planning in conjunction with the project teams, to identify critical path and alternate schedules
• •Review plan against schedule developed by PMC/ EOR to ensure realistic timeframes and recommend changes
• •Provide support and input during project feasibility phases
• •Provide information to contracts team, on claims related issues
• •Coordinate with project teams from pre-planning to delivery regarding scheduling, monitoring and risk mitigation
• •Coordinate with project teams to track progress on project plan and adherence to schedule
• •Support in development of reporting templates and prepare regular reports to assess Aldar projects portfolio adherence to schedule
• •Identify and raise deviations from the plan to the senior manager, assess impact on project and liaise with project teams to notify them of potential delays
• •Support project teams in identifying opportunities for improvement, risks and areas where additional effort is required
• •Coordinate with Cost Control to assess schedule deviations impact on the budget
• •Review all variation orders and assess impact on overall project plan
• •Provide the criteria to distribute the forecast cost, according to the schedule, to develop the project cashflow.
• •Generate regular reports on project progress to the management incl. risks and mitigations.

Key Results Areas

• •Accuracy of project schedule and completion forecasted dates.
• •Risk identification (% of risks/issues/failures identified in advance)

RELATED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Min of 5+ years of experience in planning and control of real estate development projects [annual revenue of at least AED 2 billion]

FIELD OF EXPERIENCE

•Real Estate / Construction

TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• •Strong knowledge and exposure to the GCC real estate market
• •Deep understanding of project phases
• •Experience of using Primavera P6 is essential
• •Ability to multi-task, monitor schedule for more than 5 projects at a time
• •Adept at handling multiple stakeholder relationships
• •Excellent conflict resolution skills required to identify and propose solutions for any schedule slippage/cost overrun issues
• •Attention to detail to monitor and track schedule

QUALIFICATION

Bachelors degree in engineering, construction management or operations.