Head of Planning

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 worlds 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:

Responsible for managing and control of all planning engineers at various projects to enable them developing, tracking and guiding the most appropriate method and sequence of MEP activities in conjunction with the Contract Requirements and Main Contract Programme in order to ensure the project is completed timely and on budget. Ensure that planning engineers at various projects are providing the proper service to the projects managers. Generating weekly and monthly high level reports to management indicating risks and concerns at early stage. Responsible for all claims including prolongation, acceleration, disruption .. etc. maximize utilization of planning resources to serve multiple projects by sharing the work load

What you will do:

• Support planning engineers in developing and obtaining approval of MEP Contract Baseline Programme.
• Monitor progress of engineering tasks, including preparing Engineering Registers and highlighting variances.
• Coordinate procurement activities, ensuring timely deliverables and compliance with project requirements.
• Monitor work progress, update Baseline Schedule, and prepare progress reports.
• Organize weekly meetings with project team and specialist subcontractors.
• Identify manpower requirements and monitor labor productivity.
• Develop Testing & Commissioning schedule in line with Baseline Programme.
• Identify variations impacting the programme and delay events.
• Notify delays in accordance with Contract Conditions.
• Prepare delay analysis impact programme

Required Skills to be successful:

Minimum Experience:

15 years of experience in Planning of MEP Projects.

Job-Specific Skills:

• Strong familiarity with project management software, such as Primavera (P6-V6)
• Knowledge of Contracts (FIDIC)
• Strong knowledge of delay analysis
• Excellent Communication & letter writing Skills
• Interpersonal skill, ethical values and commitment to continual improvement

What equips you for the role:

Minimum Qualifications , Certification and Knowledge:

• BE/ BTech – Mechanical/ Electrical.
• Primavera (P6)

About Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies

Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies offers customers complete engineering and systems integration solutions.

The Engineering arm operates in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt providing a wide variety of products and services from air conditioning, scaffolding and access solutions, elevators and escalators, control and life safety, facilities management, building products, MEP, Energy Management, Technology Infrastructure and Digital Transformation.

The Technologies division provides complete business solutions to large, medium and small customers that include, contact centre solutions, business applications, business intelligence, data management, advanced analytics amongst others. The IT infrastructure portfolio comprises IP telephony, ELV systems, networking solutions, professional audio-visual solutions and managed services.

These solutions are further complemented by services that include project management, installation, testing, commissioning and after-sales maintenance contracts.