Planning Engineer

Job Position Planning Engineer Job ID #PHONE_NUMBER Department Others

Responsible 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.

Desired Candidate Profile

Requirements: 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 would be an advantage. Minimum 8 10 years of project planning and scheduling experience in EPC, infrastructure, utility, or construction projects. Strong experience developing and managing integrated EPC schedules from Engineering through Testing & Commissioning and handover. Proven experience in baseline/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 preferred.

Knowledge/Skills: Proficiency in Primavera P6 with strong knowledge of CPM scheduling, 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 Engineering, Procurement, Construction and T&C interfaces. Strong MS Excel, analytical, reporting, communication, and presentation skills. Excellent communication skills in English. Communication skills in Arabic will be an added advantage