AGM Planning | Completed Hotel & Resort Projects

Job Title: AGM – Planning – Hospitality Projects
Industry: Hotel Construction / Hospitality / Real Estate / Construction
Department: Project Planning & Controls
Experience: 12–18 Years
Employment Type: Full time

1. Job Purpose

We are looking for an experienced AGM – Planning with mandatory experience in hotel or resort construction planning and project controls, including involvement in at least one successfully completed hotel or hospitality construction project.

The candidate must have a strong background in Primavera P6, master project scheduling, baseline programmer preparation, critical path analysis, delay analysis, progress monitoring, and project controls for hotel construction projects.

The role will be responsible for planning and monitoring project activities from design and procurement through construction, interior fit-out, testing, commissioning, and final handover.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:

- 12–18 years of overall professional experience, with substantial hands-on experience in project planning and controls.
- Minimum 5 years of hotel, resort, or hospitality construction planning experience.
- Must have worked on at least one completed hotel/resort construction project.
- Must demonstrate direct responsibility for project schedules, progress tracking, critical path monitoring, and reporting.
- Strong practical knowledge of Primavera P6.

Candidates without completed hotel/resort construction project experience or whose background is primarily in site execution, MEP supervision, facility management, or general construction management will not be considered.

2. Key Responsibilities

A. Hotel Project Planning & Scheduling

- Develop and maintain the overall Master Project Schedule for hotel and resort construction projects.
- Prepare baseline programmers, WBS, milestone schedules, detailed activity schedules, and look-ahead plans.
- Develop and update Level 1–Level 5 schedules using Primavera P6.
- Integrate civil, structural, MEP, interior fit-out, faade, landscape, finishing, and specialist hotel works into the master programmer.
- Monitor critical path activities, dependencies, milestones, and schedule slippages.
- Prepare recovery schedules and corrective action plans to achieve project completion targets.

B. Progress Monitoring & Project Controls

- Monitor planned versus actual progress and identify schedule variances.
- Track construction progress across guest rooms, lobbies, banquet halls, restaurants, kitchens, back-of-house areas,



and public spaces.
- Collect and validate progress updates from site teams, contractors, consultants, and project managers.
- Monitor productivity, work fronts, activity completion, and resource deployment.
- Maintain milestone trackers, delay registers, and project control reports.
- Recommend corrective actions to address delays and protect project completion dates.

C. MIS & Management Reporting

- Prepare weekly, fortnightly, and monthly project progress reports.
- Develop S-curves, progress dashboards, milestone charts, and planned-versus-actual reports.
- Analyse schedule performance and highlight critical issues to senior management.
- Prepare planning presentations for project review meetings.
- Ensure timely and accurate updates to the master project schedule.

D. Design & Procurement Planning

- Prepare and monitor design and drawing deliverable schedules.
- Track drawing approvals, shop drawings, material approvals, and construction release dates.
- Coordinate with procurement teams to monitor long-lead items.
- Track procurement schedules for HVAC, lifts, kitchen equipment, electrical systems, guestroom FF&E;, and specialist finishes.
- Assess the impact of design and procurement delays on project milestones.

E. Delay Analysis & Recovery Planning

- Identify schedule risks, bottlenecks, and potential delays.
- Conduct critical path analysis and assess the impact of delays on project completion.
- Prepare mitigation plans, revised schedules, and catch-up programmes.
- Support extension-of-time assessments and delay analysis documentation, where required.
- Monitor progress against approved schedules and contractual milestones.

F. Commissioning & Hotel Handover

- Prepare integrated schedules for testing, commissioning, snagging, de-snagging, and final handover.
- Monitor completion of MEP systems, fire and life safety systems, lifts, kitchen equipment, and other hotel facilities.
- Track outstanding works, statutory approvals, inspections, and handover documentation.
- Coordinate project completion milestones to support timely hotel opening.

3. Qualification & Experience

Educational Qualification





- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related engineering discipline.
- Project Management or Project Controls certification will be an advantage.

Mandatory Experience

- 12–18 years of overall experience in construction planning and project controls.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in hotel, resort, or hospitality construction planning.
- Proven involvement in at least one completed hotel or resort construction project.
- Direct responsibility for Primavera P6 scheduling, baseline programmes, critical path analysis, progress monitoring, and recovery planning.
- Experience integrating civil, structural, MEP, interior fit-out, finishing, design, and procurement schedules.
- Ability to explain the candidate's specific planning responsibilities and contribution to the completed project.

4. Required Technical Skills

- Primavera P6 – strong practical working knowledge.
- MS Project and advanced MS Excel.
- Master project schedules, baseline programmes, and WBS.
- Critical Path Method (CPM) and schedule variance analysis.
- Delay analysis, recovery planning, and look-ahead schedules.
- S-curves, progress dashboards, and MIS reporting.
- Construction progress measurement and project controls.
- Commissioning and handover scheduling.

5. Preferred Candidate Background

Candidates currently or previously working as:

- AGM – Planning
- Senior Planning Manager
- Planning Manager – Hospitality Projects
- Project Controls Manager
- Senior Project Planner
- Project Planning Manager

Preference will be given to candidates who have worked on completed hotels, luxury hotels, resorts, or large hospitality developments and can clearly demonstrate ownership of planning and project controls.

6. Screening Criteria

Candidates must satisfy all three core requirements to be considered:

1. Relevant senior-level planning and project controls experience.
2. At least five years of hotel/resort/hospitality construction planning experience.
3. At least one completed hotel/resort construction project, with demonstrable personal responsibility for planning and scheduling.

Candidates whose experience is limited to residential, commercial, infrastructure, industrial, or MEP execution projects without the required completed hotel project experience will not be shortlisted.

Please mention the names of completed hotel/resort projects, project locations, completion status, your role, and Primavera P6 experience in your CV.

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