Planning Engineer

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and monitor project programmes using Primavera P6 and/or MS Project, including baseline, recovery, revised, and look-ahead programmes.
• Review contractor programmes, schedules, progress reports, resource plans, and recovery programmes for compliance.
• Monitor planned versus actual progress; identify delays, critical activities, programme risks, and milestone impacts.
• Analyze schedules and delays, recommend mitigation and recovery measures, and support EOT claims and other time-related contractual matters.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and periodic progress reports, including programme updates, progress measurement, KPIs, and applicable physical or financial progress.
• Review sequencing, durations, logic, resources, critical path, milestones, and interfaces across disciplines and packages.
• Coordinate with project stakeholders, attend progress meetings, and communicate programme status, delays, risks, and recovery actions.
• Track contractor submissions and planning deliverables; maintain project-control records and support risk mitigation.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 7 years of relevant UAE planning experience, including proven Abu Dhabi project experience.
• Previous consultant experience as a Planning Engineer, Project Controls Engineer, or Senior Planning Engineer.
• Proven experience on both infrastructure and building projects, coordinating with developers, contractors, consultants, and Abu Dhabi authorities.
• Strong Primavera P6 proficiency; good knowledge of MS Excel and project reporting.
• Strong understanding of construction planning, sequencing, CPM, resource planning, progress measurement, schedule analysis, and project controls.
• Good knowledge of UAE construction contracts and FIDIC principles.
• PMP, PMI-SP, AACE, or equivalent certification is advantageous.

Workplace and availability

• Work location is in person.
• Candidates must currently be in the UAE and able to join within one month or immediately.

Pay

• Pay is AED 15,000–25,000 per month.