Luxury Developer Sr. Planning Manager (High-Rise Buildings)

Role Overview

Senior Planning Manager (High-Rise Buildings) at AHS Properties in Dubai. The role leads project planning, scheduling, and progress control across a portfolio of ultra-luxury high-rise residential developments.

Company Overview

AHS Properties is a leading ultra-luxury real estate developer in Dubai, delivering landmark residential developments that redefine luxury living. The company focuses on innovation, quality, and architectural excellence, creating iconic high-rise towers, waterfront residences, and bespoke developments in the region's most prestigious locations.

Role Purpose

To ensure timely delivery of complex high-rise residential and mixed-use projects by developing and maintaining robust project programs, monitoring performance against baselines, identifying risks and constraints, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to drive execution.

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Scheduling

• Lead the planning and scheduling function for high-rise residential and mixed-use developments.
• Develop, maintain, and manage master project schedules from design through construction and project handover.
• Establish project baselines, milestones, critical paths, and recovery plans.
• Support tendering activities through planning input, sequencing strategies, and project duration assessments.
• Conduct critical path analysis and provide recommendations to optimize project delivery.
• Ensure planning standards, methodologies, and reporting procedures are consistently applied across projects.

Performance Monitoring & Analysis

• Monitor project progress and analyze schedule performance against approved programs.
• Identify schedule risks, delays, and constraints, and develop mitigation and recovery strategies.
• Evaluate the schedule impact of variations, design changes, procurement challenges, and construction activities.
• Perform delay analysis and schedule risk assessments.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate with Development, Design, Procurement, Construction, Commercial, and Consultant teams to ensure alignment with project timelines.
• Review contractor and consultant programs and assess compliance with contractual requirements.
• Review contractor claims and extension of time (EOT) submissions.

Reporting & Leadership

• Prepare internal reports, dashboards, and executive presentations for senior management.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of planning and scheduling experience within the construction and real estate development industry.
• Minimum 5 years in a real estate leadership role.
• Proven experience delivering high-rise residential, mixed-use, hospitality, or large-scale construction projects.
• Strong understanding of UAE construction practices, authority approvals, procurement processes, and project delivery cycles.
• Main contractor background is highly recommended.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong knowledge of construction sequencing, project controls, and planning methodologies.
• Extensive experience with Primavera P6 and advanced scheduling techniques.
• Ability to perform critical path analysis, delay analysis, and schedule risk assessments.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Additional Information

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Project Management, Construction Management, or Engineering.
• PMP, PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional), or equivalent professional certification.
• Experience working with luxury high-rise residential developments in the UAE.

Benefits

• Opportunity to contribute to some of Dubai's most prestigious high-rise developments.
• Dynamic and collaborative work environment.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Career growth within a rapidly expanding luxury real estate developer.