About the Role
Join a dynamic team as a Planning Engineer in Abu Dhabi, UAE, where you will lead the planning, scheduling, and progress control activities for major infrastructure and utility projects. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact by ensuring the successful delivery of key projects through effective planning and analysis.
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What You'll Be Doing:
- Review and support the approval of contractor baseline and updated programmes in line with contract conditions and company practices.
- Develop and maintain integrated master schedules (multi-package), monitor interdependencies, and validate resource/schedule feasibility.
- Analyze progress updates, identify delays/slippage and critical events, recommend mitigation/corrective actions, and changes/variations.
- Prepare weekly/monthly progress reports, programme analysis, dashboards, and presentations against key milestones.
- Support claims/EOT assessments using delay analysis methods (e.g., TIA, window analysis) and maintain contemporaneous records and trackers/logs.
- Coordinate with stakeholders through progress/coordination meetings; support responses to contractor notices and issue schedule performance notices when required.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent Engineering discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in planning and scheduling relevant Infrastructure/Utility projects.
- Strong Primavera scheduling capability.
- Proven experience supporting claims/EOT and delay analysis.
- Excellent communication and reporting skills.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Thorough knowledge of industry practices and regulations.
- Consultant/CS/PMC experience preferred.
Benefits
- A culture that values diversity and inclusion at all job levels.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- A commitment to employee wellbeing.
The company is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.
