Senior Planning Engineer

Overview

Your Role

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• Review and assess contractors' baseline schedules for compliance with contract requirements, project milestones, and construction sequencing.
• Monitor project progress and performance against approved baseline programmes and recommend corrective actions as required.
• Prepare and review short-term and long-term look-ahead schedules to support project execution and resource planning.
• Analyze schedule risks, critical paths, constraints, and potential impacts on project delivery.
• Conduct delay analysis and provide support for Extension of Time (EOT) assessments and claims evaluation.
• Review and validate contractor progress reports, recovery plans, and revised schedules.
• Develop project dashboards, KPI reports, earned value metrics, and schedule performance analyses.
• Coordinate with resident engineers, construction managers, contractors, and client representatives to collect and validate progress data.
• Monitor engineering, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning activities to ensure alignment with project schedules.
• Identify schedule deviations and proactively recommend mitigation and acceleration strategies.
• Support project controls, risk management, forecasting, and change management processes.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports with clear executive summaries and schedule analysis.
• Participate in project review meetings, progress meetings, and stakeholder workshops.
• Ensure planning and reporting activities comply with contractual requirements, consultant procedures, and industry best practices.
• Review schedule impacts associated with design changes, variations, procurement issues, and site constraints.
• Assist in project closeout planning, testing and commissioning schedules, and handover milestones.
• About you
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• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent. Primavera P6 capability/certification preferred.
• Data Center Experience [at least 1 project is delivered in the last 5 years]
• 12+ years of experience.
• Baseline programme review, progress monitoring, look-ahead schedules, delay analysis, EOT support, progress dashboards and reporting; data centre, MEP-intensive or fast-track project experience preferred.
• Rewards & benefits
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• Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
• This includes:
• Tax-free salary.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Medical insurance.
• Annual leave balance.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution.
• Transportation & housing allowances.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
• Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

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