Planner

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve peoples lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the worlds most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the worlds largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

The Planner will operate in a collaborative supporting team environment, ensuring that client objectives are met. We are looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated individual who has excellent written and verbal communication skills and who wants to make a difference to the Project Management division.

To comply with the Saudization law in the KSA, Turner and Townsend is looking for ambitious and career driven KSA nationals to join our fast-growing business and develop their career with our Project Management Team.

Skills And Behaviours Required

• To support Project Management commissions in developing plans and programmes to deliver our service and projects and monitor and report against these, in accordance with defined scopes of duties and T&T systems, mission and values;
• To support Project Management commissions to achieve safe and efficient outcomes that meet agreed profit and client satisfaction objectives;
• To develop and maintain relationships with clients, peers and others who are influential in providing future business.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support to the project team for all planning functions ensuring that issues within the programme are highlighted and understood.
• Give appropriate planning advice and direction to project team members & all relevant Stakeholders and produce programme assurance reports on our Client commissions.
• Produce progress reports showing variance against the baselines.
• Deliver Period Programme Updates and input to project reports.
• Coordinate between Clients and their Partners, consultants and contractors programmes of works and compliance with the Project Programme. Reporting areas of non-compliance for resolution.
• As appropriate and required, provide planning support to the bidding team to do all the activities necessary to submit the bidding documentation in time.

Qualifications

• BSc Degree in the relevant field is preferred;
• Minimum 3 - 8 years post graduate experience is required.
• KSA experience with professional consultancy is a must.
• Advanced Knowledge and Proficiency with multiple discipline specific software applications such as Primavera (P6), Power BI or other planning and resourcing software;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Professional working knowledge of project management and Planning software and tools.

Additional Information

• Benefits:
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
• Exposure to a wide range of challenging projects.