Planner

Planner Full-time State/Province: Riyadh Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM Arabia Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places Work Location Model: On-Site Operating Group: International Primary Location: KSA - Riyadh, SA - The Business Gate Company Description Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Start here. Grow here. We are recruiting a Planner to join our dynamic team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As a Planner, you will play a crucial role in developing, managing, and optimizing project schedules and programs to ensure successful delivery of our initiatives. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work on diverse projects while collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders in a fast-paced, innovative environment. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include: Develop comprehensive project schedules and detailed Gantt charts from first principles using industry-standard planning software, ensuring alignment with organizational standards and project objectives. Identify, define, and document all project activities, tasks, milestones, and deliverables across the complete project lifecycle, from initiation through closure. Collaborate with Project Managers, team leads, and key stakeholders to establish realistic activity durations, logical sequencing, and resource assumptions. Develop and manage schedule logic, dependencies, leads, lags, and float calculations to accurately identify and communicate the critical path for each project. Integrate individual project schedules into consolidated master program schedules to provide portfolio-level visibility and enable informed decision-making. Maintain and update project schedules on regular reporting cycles, ensuring timely and accurate information for stakeholder communication and enterprise-wide reporting. Conduct schedule risk assessments, critical path analysis, and contractor program reviews to identify potential delays and recommend mitigation strategies. Assess project changes, variations, and scope modifications to determine impacts on schedule, budget, and overall program performance. Support the implementation and monitoring of progress measurement methodologies, including Earned Value Management (EVM) where applicable. Prepare and contribute to comprehensive program and project performance reports for management and senior stakeholders, presenting findings clearly and transparently. Develop cost-loaded schedules to support cash flow forecasting, financial planning, and budget alignment. Facilitate planning workshops and coordination meetings with design consultants, contractors, and internal teams to align methodologies, assumptions, and delivery strategies. Interface with pre-construction, design, construction, and operations teams to support project kick-off activities, budget development, and timeline planning. Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to assess schedule impacts arising from design changes, new materials, innovative construction techniques, or alternative methodologies. Work closely with risk and cost management teams to enable