Planning Engineer

Role overview

Planning and project controls

• Develop baseline programmes in Primavera P6 and prepare schedules, WBS, activity logic, durations, and critical path analyses.
• Prepare and update 2–4 week look-ahead schedules with site teams; monitor actual progress and update programmes.
• Collect and verify progress from project managers, site engineers, subcontractors, and project teams.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports, S-curves, histograms, dashboards, and other planning reports.
• Track critical activities, delays, schedule slippages, and potential project risks.
• Coordinate sequencing with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, and Project Management teams.
• Maintain planning records, progress backup, schedule narratives, and programme documentation.
• Support meeting minutes, client and consultant presentations, and progress meetings.
• Check planning deliverables against contract and client or consultant requirements.
• Support delay analysis, recovery programmes, and extension-of-time or claims-related planning when needed.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Primavera P6 proficiency is essential; hands-on experience is specified as essential.
• 4–6 years of relevant planning and scheduling experience in landscape, infrastructure, construction, or related industries.
• Strong landscape-project experience is highly preferred.
• Previous ADM and DMT project experience is described as required / highly preferred.
• Experience working with consultants, clients, and government authorities in Abu Dhabi.
• Knowledge of baseline programmes, critical path, progress measurement, resource loading, and schedule updates.
• Recovery programme and delay analysis experience is an advantage; FIDIC and contractual knowledge is an advantage.
• MS Project and MS Office knowledge are preferred; PMP, PMI-SP, PSP, or other relevant certifications are advantageous.
• Strong analytical and communication skills and ability to work effectively under project deadlines.

Preferred candidate profile

• Landscape planning experience and experience with ADM and DMT projects are preferred profile strengths.
• Strong Primavera P6, progress monitoring, and reporting experience.
• Experience dealing with consultants and government projects.

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