Planning Engineer (Rail/Metro–Communications&Control Systems) UAE National only

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Develop contract programmes using contract documents, WBS structures, cost and resource loading, and project inputs.
• Support portfolio management, project requests, and resource capacity planning.
• Support feasibility and strategic planning and establish milestones across pre- and post-construction phases, including procurement, design, and tender.
• Prepare resource plans using productivity rates; prepare operational schedules and monitor progress against site conditions.
• Produce and monitor daily, weekly, and monthly planning reports and KPIs; report critical issues and propose delay mitigation.
• Prepare delay analysis with the Commercial team for Extension of Time claims; follow up delays and support correspondence reserving contractual rights.
• Coordinate with clients and consultants to avoid execution delays.
• Ensure quality and approval of project controls procedures, schedules, cost reports, and reporting deliverables; prepare the Project Controls Plan.
• Lead or support risk management, consolidate risk analysis, and monitor updates.
• Coordinate with Finance on target sales, budget tracking, and invoicing; support contract reviews using schedule, cost, and resource data.

Experience and education

• Minimum 4 years of project management experience.
• Minimum 6 years of Communications and Control Systems project experience; international exposure is preferred.
• Technical experience in metro or railway systems, including communications and control, security, passenger information, and comfort systems.
• University degree in Electronic, Telecommunication, or Computer Engineering.
• Professional certificates in Planning and Scheduling are preferred.

Technical skills

• Expertise in project structures and baselines including WBS, OBS, RAM, WPDDs, and PMB.
• Knowledge of PERT, Critical Path, Schedule Risk Analysis, Extension of Time, delay analysis, and basic Earned Value and variance analysis.
• Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6 and advanced MS Office skills.
• Strong scheduling concepts, including Critical Path and schedule acceleration principles.

Additional qualifications

• Ability to manage customers and stakeholders in complex, multicultural, multidisciplinary environments.
• Leadership skills to manage teams and resources without direct reporting lines.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, communication, and coordination; proactive and solution-oriented approach.

Health, Safety and Environment

• Ensure personal safety and the safety of others, and comply with local HSE laws and company requirements.
• Use required PPE and safety equipment; promote waste reduction, recycling, and energy and water conservation.
• Stop work and report immediately if an activity may affect health and safety.