Summery:

The Project Planner is responsible for developing, updating, and maintaining time schedules for construction projects to ensure timely and cost-effective project delivery. The role involves coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to reflect accurate progress, anticipate delays, and support decision-making through professional planning tools and techniques.

Job Duties:

• Prepare, develop, and maintain project baseline schedules using Primavera P6 or MS Project.
• Develop Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), define activities, durations, sequences, and resource allocations.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, and site teams to gather schedule input.
• Monitor actual progress against planned timelines and update project schedules accordingly.
• Perform delay analysis and recommend recovery and mitigation strategies.
• Issue weekly and monthly schedule updates, look-ahead reports, and highlight risks.
• Support planning input in Extension of Time (EOT) claims and contractual documentation.
• Track progress, manpower, equipment, and material deliveries aligned with schedule.
• Integrate cost and resource loading into schedules when required.
• Liaise with project managers and site engineers to validate progress data.
• Identify and assess scheduling risks and propose corrective measures.
• Maintain documentation of all planning-related changes and approvals.
• Participate in progress meetings and present schedule status to internal/external stakeholders.
• Assist in the preparation of project control reports for internal and client use.

Ensure planning compliance with contract requirements and company procedures.