Senior Planning Engineer

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Monitor project progress against approved master programmes, baselines, and key milestones.
• Review contractor and consultant schedules, look-ahead programmes, resource plans, and recovery schedules for alignment with project objectives and site conditions.
• Track progress, productivity, and performance metrics; conduct variance analysis, earned value analysis, and schedule forecasting.
• Identify critical path impacts, schedule risks, delays, and mitigation opportunities; recommend actions to maintain project objectives.
• Perform delay analysis, time-impact assessments, and recovery planning.
• Coordinate planning across design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Monitor project interfaces and authority approval milestones, escalating risks and issues when necessary.
• Prepare monthly progress reports and executive dashboards on construction status, variances, and risks; use AI-enabled reporting tools where appropriate.
• Maintain accurate planning records, reporting systems, and auditable project control documentation.
• Support digital and AI-enabled tools for schedule analysis, reporting, and performance monitoring where applicable.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Architecture.
• At least 8 years of planning and project controls experience on large-scale construction or development projects.
• Experience working with developers, consultants, project management consultants (PMCs), or tier-one contractors.
• Experience across the full project lifecycle from design through construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• GCC or Qatar project experience is highly preferred.

Certifications and technical skills

• Primavera P6 proficiency is mandatory.
• PMP, PMI-SP, AACE PSP, or other recognized Project Controls certifications are preferred.
• Technical skills include Integrated Master Programme development and maintenance, baseline management, CPM analysis, float analysis, schedule assurance, EVM, progress measurement, forecasting, delay analysis, TIA, recovery planning, schedule optimization, and resource and look-ahead planning.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Power BI or project reporting tools are listed.
• Knowledge of AI-driven project controls, analytics, and reporting solutions is an advantage.
• Familiarity with 4D Planning and BIM integration is preferred.