Planning Manager

Job Title

Planning Manager

Job Description Summary

This role is responsible for leading project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting activities across multiple projects while ensuring alignment with client objectives, budget, timelines, and quality standards. The Project Planning Manager will work closely with project teams, contractors, consultants, and clients to establish robust project controls, identify schedule risks, and drive successful project delivery through effective planning and performance management.

Job Description

About the Role:

• Develop, maintain, and monitor integrated project schedules covering design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover phases.
• Establish project baselines, work breakdown structures (WBS), project milestones, critical paths, and resource-loaded schedules.
• Track project progress against approved schedules and identify deviations, delays, and recovery opportunities.
• Review and validate contractor and consultant schedules to ensure alignment with project requirements and contractual milestones.
• Conduct critical path analysis, schedule risk assessments, and delay impact evaluations.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and executive-level project reports, dashboards, and forecasts for clients and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with project managers, consultants, contractors, and client teams to ensure timely project execution.
• Support project controls functions including risk management, change management, and performance monitoring.
• Develop recovery programs and mitigation plans to address project schedule challenges.
• Ensure compliance with project planning standards, reporting requirements, and organizational project management frameworks.

About You:

• Bachelor''s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Project Management, or a related discipline with 12 - 18 years of experience in project planning, scheduling, and project controls.
• Proven experience in planning and scheduling commercial real estate, workplace, industrial, data center, healthcare, retail, mixed-use, or infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle management, construction sequencing, project controls, risk management, and scheduling methodologies.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, MS Project, Microsoft Office Suite, and project reporting tools.
• Experience in reviewing contractor schedules, conducting critical path analysis, and developing recovery plans.
• Strong analytical, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work effectively in a fast-paced project environment.
• PMP, PMI-SP, PSP (AACE), Primavera P6 Certification, or equivalent certifications will be an added advantage.

Why join Cushman Wakefield

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live, working at Cushman Wakefield means you will benefit from:

• Being part of a growing global company.
• Career development and promotion-from-within culture.
• An organization committed to Diversity and Inclusion.

We''re committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.

We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion-from-within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional, and technical capabilities, and we reward our employees with a comprehensive benefits program.

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