Senior Planning & Risk Manager M/F

General information

Organisation

Egis is a global consulting and engineering firm working in construction,
transport and mobility services. Our mission: create and operate intelligent
infrastructure and buildings to further the transition to a low-carbon economy
and contribute to more balanced and sustainable territorial development.
To support our growth dynamic, we offer a wide variety of career opportunities
in more than ‎120 countries.
Joining our Group and its ‎16,000 employees means, above all, sharing our
values as a people-first company, strongly committed to sustainability and
innovation.

Reference

‎2022-‎7185

Position description

Job title

Senior Planning & Risk Manager M/F

Contract type

Permanent contract

Business Line specific context

The Senior Planning & Risk Manager is responsible for developing the risk
management strategy and procedures for the project, He/She will be managing
the assigned project level monitoring, controlling, scheduling activities.
He/she will develops the capability and supervises the performance for all
program planning ,scheduling, development, analysis, reporting and progress
evaluation.

Job description

• Creating Baseline cost and resource loaded schedules from first principles using Primavera P6


• Reporting on the progress of the schedules using reporting practices such as Earned Value techniques


• Presenting Schedule updates to the management team, and preparing visual presentations of the schedule


• Presenting solutions to Schedule slippages to the management team


• Assist the wider project team in Project Management duties - this could be in the form of preparing visual reports or presentations or chasing actions from the wider stakeholders.


• Assist with the completion of Client Ad-Hoc Requests


• Coordinate and liaise with strategic partners to incorporate schedule updates to master schedule.


• Auditing schedule received from strategic partners, within the required time frame to avoid any reporting or schedule discrepancies.


• Help in establishing business cases timelines, taking into consideration various inputs for client, strategic consultants and advisors.


• Presenting the schedule in a visually friendly manner and producing necessary diagrams to accommodate the schedule report and updates.


• Help in drafting Requests for proposals, specifically the time schedule and the schedule reporting requirements.


• Drafting the time (schedule) management plan, discussion and agreeing with the client, the plan to include schedule levels, coding, schedule general accepted standards.


• Establish and agree schedule levels and tasks coding and break down.


• Attend planned and schedule meetings representing the client with various strategic partners


• Ensure cross functional cooperation and visibility among other departments to ensure alignment on deadline and critical activities.


• Run sensitivity analysis for various schedule changes, showing the time and cost implications for various changes.


• Flag any issues or concerns to management to help reducing the probability and impact of any schedule related risks.


• Develop the Risk Management strategy, plan and procedures for the project.


• Develop and manage the project risk management register.


• Comprehensively identifying Risks that might impact on the achievement of the Program Objectives


• Accurately assessing using both qualitative and quantitative methods the potential impacts of the identified Risks


• Prioritizing the requirements for Risk response identification


• Formulating appropriate responses to the identified Risks


• Quantifying adequate cost and time provisions for post-response residual Risk impacts


• Controlling the implementation of identified Risk responses


• Monitoring changes in Risk exposure, identifying new Risks and modifying responses


• Data gathering to support monthly risk reports; including report preparation


• Establish Risk Management cadence including recurring meetings and reporting


• Conduct regular risk workshops with different stakeholders

Profile

• High degree of technical proficiency in implementing risk management procedures on major construction projects.


• Understanding of key engineering and construction concepts.


• Technically proficient in one or more risk management tools (i.e. Active Risk Manager, Primavera Risk Analysis, etc).


• Proficient with quantitative cost and schedule analysis using Monte Carlo simulation techniques


• Ability to work with diverse stakeholders at all levels in order to negotiate win-win situations


• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills


• Ability to meet deadlines in a highly pressurized and ever-changing work
  environment


• High degree of competency in the use of Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word & PowerPoint


• Experience in mega-project/program in the Middle East


• Production of consistent project artefacts such as project plans, status reporting and financial reporting


• Proficient in Primavera software.

Position location

Job location

Middle-East/North Africa, Saudi Arabia

City

Riyadh

Candidate criteria

Minimum level of education required

‎4-Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science

Minimum level of experience required

Over ‎10 years