رئيس التخطيط والتحكم في SMO

Siemens Mobility (SMO) is the world s leading provider of mobility solutions that enable the efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly transport of people and goods helping to improve the quality of everyday life for millions worldwide.

Motivated by innovation, we develop intelligent solutions for the growing digitalization of the transport sector. Our offerings include rail vehicles, rail automation, road traffic management systems, rail electrification, and services.

In Egypt, Siemens Mobility is delivering one of the country s first High Speed Rail system. This landmark project, spanning approximately 2,000 kilometers, will connect 60 cities across Egypt, transforming transportation for both passengers and goods. Participating in this project could be a pivotal milestone in your career and a significant historical achievement for the region.

Today, we are recruiting for a Head of SMO Planning and Controls to join our team in Egypt. This is an excellent career opportunity for students looking to gain practical experience in digital tools, reporting automation, and site operations within one of the biggest projects of Siemens Mobility.

What are my responsibilities?

• Lead the central planning and scheduling team across High-Speed Railway subsystems, including Rolling Stock, Signaling, Communications, Rail Electrification, AFC, Depot Workshop Equipment, Engineering, Procurement, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, System Integration and Handover.
• Develop and maintain integrated, logic-linked project schedules, consolidating subsystem, consortium and installation partner inputs from engineering through handover while aligning milestones, interfaces, resources, contractual commitments and delivery targets.
• Establish and maintain project-wide planning procedures, schedule structures, coding, calendars, progress rules, data dates and update cycles.
• Review tender, contract-award and amendment schedules, ensuring contractual commitments are incorporated into controlled project baselines.
• Validate schedule logic, progress evidence, constraints, resources, critical paths, float and milestone forecasts; conduct schedule health checks and risk assessments.
• Manage schedule baselines, updates, forecasts and change control, applying Time Impact Analysis (TIA), delay analysis and Earned Value techniques where applicable.
• Monitor progress against approved baselines, identify delays and opportunities, and implement mitigation, recovery and acceleration measures.
• Lead schedule reporting for client and management reviews, including narratives, S-curves, variance and forecast analysis, critical-path assessments, resource reports and schedule dashboards.
• Integrate schedule data with earned value, risk, change, commercial, delivery and site progress information to assess impacts, recommend mitigation options and support informed decision-making.
• Lead, organise and develop the planning team by setting objectives, allocating resources across project scopes and program phases, mentoring planners, addressing performance and workload issues, and establishing development plans.
• Maintain planning standards and governance by standardising methodologies, templates, progress rules and schedule integration; lead the implementation of AI initiatives within the Project Scheduling Community.
• Represent SMO Planning in Employer, Consortium and Management forums, building constructive stakeholder relationships, maintaining clear interfaces and ensuring milestones, forecasts and potential impacts remain aligned with project targets.
• Collaborate with subsystem Project Managers and schedulers across project Lots, reviewing planning assumptions, procedures and updates to ensure schedules are realistic, complete, integrated and aligned with delivery objectives.
• Translate planning analysis into actionable delivery decisions by escalating issues, emerging schedule risks and unresolved constraints through appropriate management channels, providing evidence-based recommendations and maintaining clear accountability for commitments.

Desired Candidate Profile

What do I need to qualify for this job?

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline; a relevant postgraduate degree or professional certification is an advantage.
• At least 12 years of planning and scheduling experience on complex, large-scale infrastructure projects, including at least 5 years in a formal planning leadership role.
• End-to-end experience from tender and contract award through engineering, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning and handover.
• Demonstrated experience integrating schedules for multiple subsystems, packages, contractors or consortium partners into one credible master schedule.
• Experience in railway, metro, high-speed rail or other major transportation projects is strongly preferred; Signaling or system-integration experience is an advantage.
• Advanced practical knowledge of Primavera P6 and Tilos, with working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Power BI, FUSE or equivalent planning and reporting platforms.
• Strong capability in schedule logic and quality, resource planning, critical-path and interface analysis, progress measurement, forecasting, baseline and change control, and schedule risk management.
• Experience preparing and assuring contractual schedule submissions, management reports and recovery plans, with knowledge of Earned Value and delay analysis.
• Ability to use analytics, automation and AI-supported tools for schedule diagnostics and trend analysis, with sound validation and protection of project data.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and develop planning teams, allocate workloads, build capabilities and maintain consistent standards across multiple delivery scopes.
• Strong stakeholder management, coordination, negotiation, problem-solving and decision-making skills, including the ability to challenge schedule assumptions constructively and resolve cross-functional issues.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to lead client-facing planning discussions and prepare clear contractual, management and executive submissions.