Senior Associate - Development Projects Scheduling

Role Overview

Senior Associate - Development Projects Scheduling at Aldar Properties. This role is for Emiratization Only.

Role Purpose

Monitor all project plans for adherence to initial schedules, ensure schedule progress is accurately reported to management, and identify risks and delays with mitigation plans.

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Scheduling

• Develop Aldar projects' high-level pre-construction and construction planning in conjunction with project teams to identify critical path and alternate schedules.
• Review plans against schedules developed by PMC/EOR to ensure realistic timeframes and recommend changes.
• Provide support and input during project feasibility phases.
• Provide criteria to distribute forecast cost according to schedule to develop the project cashflow.

Monitoring & Coordination

• Coordinate with project teams from pre-planning to delivery regarding scheduling, monitoring and risk mitigation.
• Coordinate with project teams to track progress on project plan and adherence to schedule.
• Monitor schedule for more than 5 projects at a time.

Reporting & Risk Management

• Support development of reporting templates and prepare regular reports to assess Aldar projects portfolio adherence to schedule.
• Generate regular reports on project progress to management including risks and mitigations.
• Identify and raise deviations from the plan to the senior manager, assess impact on project and liaise with project teams to notify them of potential delays.

Stakeholder & Claims Management

• Provide information to contracts team on claims-related issues.
• Coordinate with Cost Control to assess schedule deviations impact on the budget.
• Support project teams in identifying opportunities for improvement, risks and areas where additional effort is required.
• Adept at handling multiple stakeholder relationships.

Variation Order Review

• Review all variation orders and assess impact on overall project plan.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management or operations.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in planning and control of real estate development projects with annual revenue of at least AED 2 billion.
• Experience in real estate and construction sector.
• Strong knowledge and exposure to the GCC real estate market.

Skills & Competencies

• Deep understanding of project phases.
• Experience with Primavera P6 is essential.
• Ability to multi-task and monitor schedule for more than 5 projects at a time.
• Excellent conflict resolution skills to identify and propose solutions for schedule slippage and cost overrun issues.
• Attention to detail to monitor and track schedule.

Additional Information

• Key Results Areas: Accuracy of project schedule and completion forecasted dates; Risk identification (percentage of risks/issues/failures identified in advance).