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Job Description:
Parsons is seeking an experienced Planner - Saudi National to support project planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, and reporting activities for a large-scale airport airfield and infrastructure development project. This role requires strong expertise in project controls, baseline schedule development, progress measurement, and coordination with multidisciplinary engineering and construction teams. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of experience in planning and scheduling major infrastructure, airport, transportation, or EPC projects, with a strong understanding of construction sequencing, project controls methodologies, and schedule management practices.
What You'll Be Doing:- Develop, maintain, and update project schedules in accordance with project requirements and delivery objectives.
- Support preparation of baseline programs, recovery schedules, look-ahead schedules, and detailed execution plans.
- Review project scope, work breakdown structures (WBS), and activity sequencing to ensure accurate project planning.
- Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project management teams to develop realistic project programs.
- Ensure alignment of project schedules with contractual milestones, key deliverables, and project objectives.
- Monitor project progress against approved baseline schedules and identify delays, trends, and potential risks.
- Collect progress updates from project teams, contractors, and stakeholders.
- Analyze actual progress, planned progress, productivity trends, and schedule performance.
- Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards, and schedule performance updates.
- Highlight critical activities, delays, constraints, and recovery requirements to project management.
- Support planning activities for airfield and infrastructure works, including civil works, utilities, buildings, and associated systems.
- Review contractor schedules, work sequences, and construction methodologies.
- Assess construction progress and identify potential impacts on project milestones.
- Coordinate with site teams to validate progress information and resolve schedule-related issues.
- Support planning of construction activities, interfaces, and operational constraints within airport environments.
- Maintain project schedules using recognized planning tools and ensure schedule integrity.
- Perform critical path analysis, float analysis, and schedule impact assessments.
- Identify schedule risks, constraints, and opportunities for improvement.
- Support preparation of mitigation and recovery plans for delayed activities.
- Monitor changes, variations, and their impact on project timelines.
- Coordinate with engineering, procurement, commercial, construction, and commissioning teams to ensure integrated project planning.
- Participate in planning meetings, progress reviews, and coordination workshops.
- Support communication between project stakeholders regarding schedule requirements and constraints.
- Monitor interfaces between different disciplines and contractors to ensure timely delivery.
- Support integration of planning activities with cost control, risk management, and reporting functions.
- Provide schedule information to support risk assessments, change management, and decision-making.
- Assist in preparation of earned value analysis and performance measurement reports.
- Maintain accurate project records related to schedules, progress updates, and reporting.
- Review contractor baseline schedules, updates, recovery plans, and short-term programs.
- Assess contractor progress submissions and validate reported achievements.
- Identify inconsistencies, delays, and potential schedule issues.
- Support review of contractor claims, extension of time submissions, and schedule impacts.
- Prepare and maintain planning documentation, including schedules, progress reports, and planning registers.
- Ensure accurate records of project milestones, activities, and schedule changes.
- Support preparation of presentations for client, project leadership, and governance meetings.
- Maintain compliance with project reporting requirements and procedures.
- Ensure project planning activities consider HSE, quality, and operational requirements.
- Support integration of safety milestones, inspections, testing, commissioning, and handover activities into project schedules.
- Coordinate with project teams to ensure planned activities align with approved procedures and project standards.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline.
- Relevant professional certifications in planning or project controls are an advantage.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in project planning and scheduling for major infrastructure, airport, transportation, construction, or EPC projects.
- Experience developing and managing project schedules throughout design, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary project teams and contractors.
- Experience supporting large-scale capital projects with complex interfaces and delivery requirements.
- Strong knowledge of project planning principles, construction sequencing, and project controls methodologies.
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project or equivalent scheduling tools.
- Understanding of WBS development, critical path analysis, progress measurement, and schedule reporting.
- Knowledge of construction methodologies and infrastructure project delivery processes.
- Ability to analyze schedule performance and identify potential delays.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Experience working on airport, airfield, transportation, or major infrastructure development projects.
- Knowledge of aviation project constraints and airside construction requirements.
- Experience working under FIDIC, EPC, design-build, or similar contract frameworks.
- Knowledge of earned value management (EVM) and integrated project controls.
- Experience with risk-informed planning and schedule risk analysis.
- Familiarity with digital project management platforms and reporting tools.
- Strong experience supporting client and contractor coordination.
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Skills Required
- Saudi National
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline
- Minimum 5 years' experience in project planning and scheduling for major infrastructure, airport, transportation, construction, or EPC projects
- Experience developing and managing project schedules through design, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project or equivalent scheduling tools
- Strong knowledge of project planning principles, construction sequencing, and project controls methodologies
- Understanding of WBS development, critical path analysis, progress measurement, and schedule reporting
- Experience working with multidisciplinary project teams and contractors
- Ability to analyze schedule performance, identify delays and prepare mitigation/recovery plans
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment
- Relevant professional certifications in planning or project controls (advantage)
- Experience working on airport, airfield, transportation, or major infrastructure development projects
- Knowledge of FIDIC, EPC, design-build, or similar contract frameworks
- Knowledge of earned value management (EVM) and integrated project controls
- Experience with risk-informed planning and schedule risk analysis
- Familiarity with digital project management platforms and reporting tools
- Strong experience supporting client and contractor coordination and claims/submission reviews
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
