About Maaden
Maaden, established in 1997, is one of the fastest-growing mining companies in the world and the largest multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East. We are leading the development of the mining industry to become the third pillar of Saudi Arabia’s economy by building a world-class, unique, and fully integrated mining value chain. We are pleased to share an exciting opportunity for the above-mentioned position. This role offers a chance to contribute to our ambitious growth and play a key part in shaping the future of mining in the Kingdom.
Job purpose
The Senior Specialist, Planning and Scheduling – Technology & Innovation will oversee and manage planning and scheduling activities for Technology & Innovation initiatives by developing detailed plans, establishing baselines, tracking progress, and ensuring alignment with the Integrated Master Plan (IMP). The role ensures that initiative schedules are realistic, technically sound, and integrated across portfolios to support effective execution tracking and informed management decision-making.
Key Accountabilities
Develop and maintain detailed plans and schedules for T&I initiatives in line with approved scope and the Integrated Master Plan (IMP).
Establish baseline milestone dates, phase gates, and key deliverables in coordination with initiative owners and domain teams.
Monitor progress against approved schedules and identify variances, risks, and potential delays.
Prepare and present regular planning and scheduling reports, dashboards, and forecasts for management and governance forums.
Apply technical expertise to validate work breakdown structures, sequencing logic, dependencies, and effort estimates.
Identify and proactively escalate schedule risks with clear analysis and recommended mitigation actions.
Ensure schedules reflect realistic timelines aligned with planned value realization start dates.
Support scenario analysis and re-planning exercises in response to scope changes, priority shifts, or external dependencies.
Track initiative performance against baselines, focusing on milestone achievement and critical path impacts.
Integrate schedules across initiatives, domains, and portfolios to ensure consistency with the IMP.
Coordinate planning activities across Technology, Innovation, Finance, and Procurement stakeholders.
Challenge unrealistic assumptions and provide expert input to enhance schedule quality and deliverability.
Maintain and continuously improve planning standards, templates, methodologies, tools, and reporting practices across the T&I department.
Minimum Qualification, Experience and Competencies
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Experience:
Maaden High Performance Competencies
Skills
Maaden is Saudi Arabia’s engine of industrial transformation and one of the world’s top ten mining giants by market cap and fastest growing globally. We’re building the future of mining, creating fully integrated value chains across gold, phosphate, bauxite, copper and beyond.
Maaden’s new era of growth is at pace and scale unlike anything the industry has ever seen. We’re doubling gold production by 2030, investing SAR 420 billion ($112 billion) through 2040 and scaling world-class projects that will redefine what’s possible for Saudi mining. This isn’t evolution; it’s transformation at speed, at scale and with purpose.
Since going public in 2008, Maaden has invested over SAR 120 billion ($32 billion) to build large-scale, long-life, cost-competitive operations that deliver both world-class products and strong returns. We help power Saudi Vision 2030 by making mining a key pillar of a diversified and sustainable economy beyond oil.
We’re creating new industries, new jobs and new opportunities. With a team of over 8,000 people, Maaden is writing the next chapter of industrial progress in Saudi Arabia.
Join us as we shape the future of mining and unearth tomorrow, together.
