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Project Planner / Scheduler - 3-6 Month Contract

United Arab Emirates  |  Contract

Our International Specialist AV Contracting client has a new requirement for a well experienced Project Planner / Scheduler to join their team in Abu Dhabi. Successful candidates will have strong Planning and Scheduling experience and major project exposure in AV will be preferred.


This role is available for immediate joining and is for an initial 3-6 month fixed term contract as an outsourced employee through J10 Consulting.


Key Responsibilities:

  • The Project Scheduler is responsible for setting, monitoring, and managing the project schedule in close co-ordination with the Project’s management. The Project Scheduler works at or close to site, allowing close liaison with client and fellow vendors schedulers and the Project team. The Project Scheduler works closely with the internal and external team to become an integral support for the success of the project.
  • Develop/Maintain the master schedule for the project, ensuring all activities, resource allocations, events and milestones are included
  • Liaise with the Business Development team at Project Initiation stage to ensure the schedule meets the scope and client expectation
  • Manage control and take responsibility for the master schedule, ensuring that key dependencies are highlighted, and changes are quickly incorporated
  • Liaise with client, general contractor, and fellow vendors’ Schedulers to highlight any upcoming concerns and flag those to the Project’s management team
  • Liaise with the Project’s management team to ensure sufficient resourcing and highlight any peaks and troughs of resource that may need managing or smoothing
  • Identify where more effective use of resource can be made, adjusting as needed
  • Report on the schedule, highlighting any trends, concerns, opportunities, and improvements
  • Highlight any concerns for inclusion in the risk register
  • Maintain documentation and report on progress, risks, and anomalies, alerting the Project’s management team to deviations from the schedule
  • Build strong working relationships with the team, the client team, and fellow Schedulers from vendor teams to ensure clear communications and positive
  • interactions
  • Capture projects learns and contribute to the post project review process.
  • The accuracy and currency of the schedule in the project team
  • The maintenance, management, and communication of the schedule to keep the project flowing and free others to focus on other tasks
  • Giving the Project’s management the confidence that the schedule is realistic, organised and being followed and any deviations will be quickly highlighted for action
  • Confidence in the schedule, able to withstand challenge and to demand adherence, and just as ready to adapt and ask for help and clarification when unsure of the right course of action
  • Understand the schedule impact on potential Variation Orders and help put together relevant documentation where necessary


Project Planner / Scheduler Experience:

  • B.Sc degree in a relevant engineering discipline
  • Proven experience in managing project plans and schedules
  • Planning of Professional Services (Engineering and consultancy services);
  • Proven track record of having contributed to the development of procedures related to planning and schedules review.
  • 8+ years of experience in planning management and cost engineering
  • Certification in planning and scheduling of projects and in using Primavera applications (Primavera Project Management / P6 and Primavera Contract Management / Expedition)
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Ability to handle complex situations with professionalism and confidentiality
  • Previous experience in the AV or Theme Park industry is preferred


Interested candidates are invited to share their up to date CV and details directly to jobs@j10consulting.ae for further review and shortlisting.


Date Posted: 12 Oct 2022

Status: Filled