Assistant Planning Manager

About the role

Mace is looking for an Assistant Planning Manager to join its team in Riyadh on a major ultra-luxury residential and hospitality development. The assignment includes substantial civil works, infrastructure, landscape, and built assets, and is being delivered at pace within a hands-on project management consultancy environment with FIDIC Engineer responsibilities.

The position offers the opportunity to contribute to a high-profile programme alongside leading architects and international consultants, with a strong focus on safe delivery, quality, compliance, and coordinated execution across complex project stages.

Key responsibilities

• Help create and maintain a delivery environment that is safe, high quality, compliant, and supportive of wellbeing and inclusion, with strong HSE performance.
• Carry out important planning tasks that support scheduling, performance tracking, and alignment with strategic project goals.
• Assist senior leadership with governance activities, due diligence, and detailed schedule review and analysis.
• Build cooperative working relationships, share knowledge, and maintain effective stakeholder engagement across multiple workstreams.
• Plan and schedule across complex phases of the project while coordinating with supervision consultant and contractor planning teams.
• Liaise with stakeholders and support progress reporting and productivity monitoring against approved progress rules and methods.
• Incorporate sustainability, safety, and contract compliance into programme delivery.
• Use planning and reporting systems and related methods to monitor performance and support continuous improvement.

Requirements

• A relevant degree plus membership of APM, RICS, CIOB, ICE, AACE, IRM, IEMA, or an equivalent level of professional development.
• Hands-on expertise with Primavera P6; experience with TILOS would be an advantage.
• Proven ability to review contractor programmes and provide challenge where needed.
• Solid understanding of construction sequencing, constraints, and delivery approaches.
• Experience with delay analysis and time impact assessment techniques.
• Knowledge of FIDIC contracts and time-related provisions.
• Strong analytical skills covering the interaction of schedule, cost, and progress information.
• Ability to explain complex programme details clearly to different stakeholders.
• Meeting the visa requirements for Saudi Arabia and having relevant experience on high-value projects/programmes within a project management consultancy environment, as required for immigration and client approval.

Additional information

Mace’s values are central to the way the organisation works: safety first, client focus, integrity, and creating opportunity for people to excel. The company emphasises a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace, long-term client relationships, compliance-led decision-making, and continuous improvement across all activities.

Mace is committed to inclusive hiring and encourages applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply, even if they do not meet every criterion. The organisation also notes that part-time, flexible, and hybrid arrangements may be discussed if they suit the role.