Assistant Manager Projects

Designation: Assistant Manager Projects (Project Control / Planning)
Location: East-Wharf Keamari Port, Karachi (On-Site)
Employment Type: Contractual / Third-Party
Experience: Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience
Nature of Experience: Experience in project controls / planning experience, with at least 2 years on large infrastructure, marine, port, EPC, or heavy civil capital projects in a planning or scheduling lead capacity.
Education: Minimum 16 years of education, preferably a Masters degree

JOB PURPOSE: This position is responsible for ensuring, executing, and planning all project control and scheduling activities across the project portfolio (Dredging, 200m Expansion, Equipment / Electrical works, Civils EPC, SILOS, and related workstreams), in line with ADPG project governance standards. The role develops and maintains integrated project schedules, monitors physical and earned-value progress against the baseline, identifies critical path risks and recovery actions, and provides timely planning analytics, dashboards, and reports to the Project Director and senior leadership. The Assistant Manager – Project Control (Planning) acts as the planning intelligence backbone of the project, safeguarding schedule integrity, contractual milestones, and informed decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Demonstrated experience in baseline schedule development, schedule control, earned-value reporting, look-ahead planning, schedule risk analysis, and forensic delay analysis on multi-disciplinary CapEx projects. Exposure to dredging, marine works, civil EPC, mechanical / electrical equipment installation, or port / terminal expansion projects is highly preferred. Experience working under FIDIC or equivalent contract forms with PMC and contractor structures is essential.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, maintain, and update the integrated Level 1 to Level 4 project schedules in Primavera P6 (or equivalent) for all project workstreams – Dredging, 200m Expansion, Equipment / Electrical, Civils EPC, and SILOS – in line with the approved Project Execution Plan.
• Establish, monitor, and control the schedule baseline; ensure all schedule changes are approved, documented, and managed through the formal Change Management process.
• Track and analyse contractor weekly and monthly progress submissions,
  validate physical progress against installed quantities, and reconcile with earned-value performance metrics (SPI, CPI, % complete, planned vs actual S-curves).
• Identify and report critical-path activities, schedule slippages, float
  erosion, and forecast project completion dates; recommend mitigation
  and recovery actions to the Project Director.
• Coordinate with discipline leads, PMC, and contractors to ensure
  interfaces, look-ahead schedules (3-week / 6-week), and constraint logs are aligned and actionable.
• Prepare and issue weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards, and management decks; ensure consistency, accuracy, and on-time
  submission.
• Maintain the project risk-adjusted schedule, supporting risk identification, quantitative schedule risk analysis (QSRA) where applicable, and contingency / float management.
• Support claims and Extension of Time (EOT) assessments through forensic schedule analysis, delay analysis, and impact assessments; provide planning evidence for contractual reviews.
  
• Maintain the resource histograms, manpower curves, and equipment /
  plant deployment forecasts for early identification of resource bottlenecks.
• Conduct planning reviews and audits of contractor schedules to validate logic, durations, sequencing, calendars, and constraints in line with industry best practice.
• Champion the use of integrated project controls tools (P6, Power BI, MS
  Project, Excel-based dashboards) and continuously improve planning data quality and reporting cadence.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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