Lead Planner Mechanical

Position Summary:
The Lead Planner Mechanical is accountable for planning and scheduling, cost control, invoicing, progress reporting, client coordination, meetings, and correspondence for mechanical construction scopes on major industrial projects in Saudi Arabia. The role oversees baseline schedule development, resource and manpower loading, progress measurement, earned value, look-ahead planning, delay analysis, recovery planning, and completion forecasting across greenfield and brownfield projects. The position provides Project Management with accurate and auditable schedule status and completion forecasts, while leading the mechanical planning function, establishing planning standards, and developing team capability.

Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Schedule Development and Baseline Control
2. Progress Measurement and Performance Reporting
3. Look-Ahead Planning and Execution Support
4. Forecasting, Recovery and Change Control
5. Interface Management and Project Controls Systems
6. Leadership and Functional Development

Preferred Candidate:
Qualification:
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from a recognized university
• Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE) registration, or immediate eligibility to register
• Primavera P6 formal training or vendor certification.

Work Experience:
• Minimum 10–15 years of progressive experience in planning and scheduling within the EPC sector.
• Demonstrated planning delivery on petrochemical, refinery, oil & gas, power generation and process plant projects.
• Proven experience across both greenfield and brownfield / revamp scopes, including shutdown and tie-in planning.
• Ownership of the mechanical Level 3 baseline schedule on at least one major project from baseline development through to mechanical completion.
• Demonstrated competence in progress measurement, earned value reporting, productivity analysis and completion forecasting.
• project experience with Saudi Aramco, SABIC, SEC, SATORP, Ma’aden, Petro Rabigh, Luberef, YASREF or equivalent operators, with familiarity in their planning and reporting protocols preferred.
• Exposure to delay analysis, time impact analysis and Extension of Time substantiation; prior site engineering or field supervision experience preceding transition into planning; wider GCC project exposure preferred.

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