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.