Senior Planning Engineer

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Prepare baseline schedules, WBS, activity relationships, and detailed project programs.
• Monitor planned versus actual progress and identify schedule deviations.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports.
• Prepare look-ahead schedules and recovery programs.
• Monitor critical path activities and project milestones.
• Analyze delays and schedule variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare S-curves, progress curves, manpower histograms, and planning reports.
• Coordinate with site, engineering, procurement, subcontractors, and project management teams.
• Collect and verify site progress data for Primavera updates.
• Attend project progress meetings and provide schedule updates.
• Support delay analysis and extension-of-time claims when required.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field is required.
• The role requires 8–10 years of relevant Planning Engineer experience.
• At least 5 years of Gulf/GCC project experience is mandatory.
• Strong hands-on experience with Primavera P6 is mandatory.
• Strong knowledge of project planning, scheduling, and progress monitoring is required.
• Experience preparing baseline schedules, look-ahead programs, S-curves, and progress reports is required.
• Knowledge of critical path and delay analysis is required.
• Good proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong communication and coordination skills are required.
• The successful candidate must be willing to work onsite in Abu Dhabi.

Salary

• The salary is AED 7,000–8,000 per month.

Work Location

• Work location is in person in Abu Dhabi.