Planning Manager - MEP | Al Futtaim Engineering | Al Futtaim Contracting

Role Summary

Overview of the role

Planning Manager is responsible for developing, monitoring, and controlling project programmes, including baseline schedules, weekly and monthly progress reports, and project control activities covering quantities, cost tracking, and Earned Value Management (EVM). The role involves preparing Extension of Time (EOT) claims supported by comprehensive records, documentation, and contractual substantiation, while ensuring alignment with contract requirements and the main contract programme to achieve timely and cost-effective project completion.

Responsibilities

• Develop and obtain approval for the MEP contract baseline programme.
• Prepare engineering registers in line with the approved baseline programme.
• Monitor engineering submission progress and highlight schedule variances.
• Provide short-term look-ahead plans to the engineering and project teams.
• Prepare and maintain procurement registers aligned with project schedules.
• Track procurement activities and identify potential delays or risks.
• Coordinate with vendors and specialist subcontractors to ensure timely project delivery.
• Monitor overall project progress against the baseline programme.
• Update project schedules and prepare periodic progress reports.
• Conduct look-ahead planning and coordinate weekly progress meetings.
• Attend client and main contractor progress review meetings.
• Forecast manpower requirements based on project progress.
• Monitor labour productivity and highlight resource constraints.
• Develop detailed testing and commissioning (T&C) schedules.
• Plan commissioning logic and sequence to support successful project delivery.
• Identify variations and delay events impacting the project programme.
• Prepare delay analyses, issue contractual delay notifications, and support Extension of Time (EOT) submissions.
• Ensure project planning activities comply with contractual obligations and project milestones.

Requirements

Required skills to be successful

• Strong proficiency in project management software, particularly Primavera P6.
• Good knowledge and understanding of construction contracts, including FIDIC conditions.
• Excellent communication skills with strong technical report writing and correspondence abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills, high ethical standards, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

What equips you for the role

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6.
• 12–15 years of experience in planning and project controls for MEP projects.

About the Company

Why Join HealthHub?

We Hear Your Ambition.

For over 90 years, the Al-Futtaim Group has been bringing the world’s leading brands of lifestyle watches, cars, home furnishings and fashion to the UAE. The Group has now introduced a whole new way of holistic healthcare through HealthHub Clinics by Al-Futtaim, its multi-speciality chain of more than 20 clinics in Dubai with over 25 specialties offering the right combination of advanced diagnostics, proven medical expertise and specialised services.

What gives our clinics an edge is that as a part of the Al-Futtaim Group, you can expect world-class quality standards, with access to the best medical services and facilities within a healing environment. It’s a new way of healthcare that’s designed to meet a patient’s needs with a complete range of smart healthcare solutions. As testimony to this, only recently, we’ve earned a rare milestone of being the only primary healthcare network in the UAE to receive the Gold Seal by a reputed international body: Accreditation Canada.

As trusted partners to health, we at HealthHub Clinics adopt evidence-based learning that enables us to listen to our patients more carefully. It helps us in treating the cause and not just the symptoms, while applying global best practices to ensure quality of care for every family member. Most of all, we adopt a patient-centric approach to healthcare that is reflected in the promise of our core belief: “We Hear You.”

5-day working week