Civil Engineering & ConstructionFull time
20 Oct
Planning Engineer
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
AED 14,000 - 18,000 + Benefits
Full time
Our Client, a leading UAE-based engineering and infrastructure company, is looking to hire an experienced Planning Engineer for a key substation project in Abu Dhabi.
Title: Planning EngineerLocation: Abu Dhabi, UAESalary Range: AED 14,000 to AED 18,000 + Standard Benefits
Job PurposeResponsible for developing, monitoring and maintaining integrated project schedules covering Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Testing & Commissioning, and handover. The role provides progress monitoring, schedule analysis, forecasting and reporting to support the achievement of contractual milestones and project objectives.
Job Responsibilities1. Actively follow and promote the Company Safety and Security policies and ensure that fellow employees and visitors are doing the same. These policies are to be always followed within the Company environment to ensure a safe and secure workplace for all.2. Develop, maintain and update integrated project schedules covering Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Testing & Commissioning and handover.3. Prepare baseline, resource-loaded, updated, look-ahead and recovery schedules in accordance with contractual and project requirements.4. Monitor actual progress against approved schedules, identify deviations, constraints and schedule risks, and assess their impact on project milestones.5. Perform critical path, resource, productivity and schedule analysis and recommend mitigation or recovery measures.6. Prepare progress reports, S-curves, manpower/resource histograms, dashboards, schedule narratives and project forecasts.7. Coordinate planning and progress activities with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, T&C, Commercial and other project teams.8. Monitor engineering deliverables, procurement, material/equipment deliveries and subcontractor progress against the overall project programme.9. Perform delay and schedule impact analysis and support the preparation of Extension of Time (EOT) submissions.10. Monitor contractual milestones and provide timely notification of actual or potential schedule impacts.Qualifications and ExperienceEducation• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline.• Relevant professional training or certification in Project Planning, Project Controls or Project Management is an advantage.
Experience• Minimum 8–10 years of project planning and scheduling experience in EPC, infrastructure, utilities or construction projects.• Strong experience developing and managing integrated EPC schedules from Engineering through Testing & Commissioning and handover.• Proven experience in baseline and recovery scheduling, progress monitoring, critical path analysis, resource loading and forecasting.• Experience in delay analysis, schedule-impact assessment and EOT/claims support.• UAE/GCC EPC experience and client/consultant coordination experience are preferred.
Knowledge and Skills• Proficiency in Primavera P6, with strong knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), schedule logic and resource loading.• Strong knowledge of baseline, updated, look-ahead and recovery schedule development.• Strong understanding of progress measurement, S-curves, productivity analysis, forecasting and delay analysis.• Good understanding of the complete EPC project lifecycle and interfaces across Engineering,Procurement, Construction and Testing & Commissioning.• Strong MS Excel, analytical, reporting, communication and presentation skills.
Languages• Excellent English communication skills, including writing, speaking and reading.• Arabic is preferred; additional languages are an advantage.